Patrick Lipton Robinson

Patrick Lipton Robinson was born in Jamaica. In 1964 he became a graduate teacher of English, and in 1966 he became a civil servant in Jamaica. He served as a Crown Counsel in the Office of the Director of the Public Prosecutions, Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Crown Counsel for the Attorney General, Senior Assistant Attorney-General, Director of the Division of International Law, and Deputy Solicitor-General. In 1972 he also became Jamaica’s Representative to the Sixth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, a position that he held for 26 years. He served on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights from 1988-1995, on the International Law Commission from 1991-1996, on the Haiti Truth and Justice Commission from 1995-1996, on the International Bio-ethics Committee of UNESCO from 1996-2005, and on the United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations (UNCTAD). Currently, he presides over the trial of Milan Lukić and Sredoje Lukić for The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Judge Robinson is a Barrister of Law, Middle Temple, United Kingdom. He holds a B.A. in English, Latin, and Economics from University College of the West Indies (London), an LLB with honours from London University, and an LL.M. in International Law from King’s College, University of London, in the areas of the Law of the Sea, the Law of the Air, Treaties, and Armed Conflict. He also holds a Certificate of International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law.