On this Day in Chinese History; 24 August

This day, 24 August, in 2020, Duan Jielong was elected as one of the 21 judges sitting on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for a term of 9 years. The Tribunal is an international judicial institution that plays an important role in handling international maritime disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Third United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.