Dr Konrad Marciniak

LCIL Partner Fellow

Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Dr Konrad Marciniak is a Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).

Previously he worked at the Treaty and Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Poland where he was a senior expert on the law of the sea and environmental law (2007-2014), Deputy Director (Deputy Legal Adviser) (2014-2019) and Director (Legal Adviser) (2019-2023).

He was also Assistant Lecturer at the Law Faculty, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw (2006-2016); guest lecturer at: Collegium Civitas University in Warsaw, Polish National School of Public Administration, Polish Diplomatic Academy and ITLOS (Nippon programme) (2007-present); Conciliator under Article 2 of Annex V to the Convention; Arbitrator under Article 2 of Annex VII to the Convention; Arbitrator designated pursuant to Article 2(4) of the Schedule to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty; Vice-President to the Bureau of the BBNJ Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; Head of the Polish delegation to the EU Working Parties on Public International Law (COJUR; 2019-2023) and on the Law of the Sea (COMAR; 2007-2023) (Chair of the Group in 2011); Head of the Polish delegation to the Council of Europe Committee of Legal Advisors on Public International Law (CAHDI); Co-chair of the Antarctic Working Group of the Polish Intergovernmental Polar Policy Committee.

Dr Marciniak was a Visiting Scholar to the Lauterpacht Centre in 2009.