Former UN shipping tribunal judge Alexander Yankov has died.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) announced the death this week.

Yankov was a member of the tribunal from 1996 until 2011.

ITLOS said he dedicated his life to the development of the law of the sea and the peaceful settlement of disputes.

He was also a member of the Institut de Droit International and of the International Law Commission, as well as Professor of International Law at Sofia University.