ATTY. JOHN PSALMUEL CHAN

Atty. John Psalmuel V. Chan is an Associate Solicitor at the Office of the Solicitor General and a faculty member at the San Sebastian College Recoletos – Manila College of Law and the Notre Dame of Marbel University College of Law, where he teaches Public International Law, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, and Environmental Law. His practice and research focus on public law, dispute resolution and arbitration, and public international law, with particular interest in the law of the sea. He was a Nippon Foundation Fellow at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, where he presented his research on the military activities exception under Article 298 of UNCLOS before the Tribunal’s judges. He also served on the Philippine delegation to the advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning States’ obligations in respect of climate change. Atty. Chan has published legal articles on the West Philippine Sea, and has pursued further studies through the International Foundation for the Law of the Sea Summer Academy (with Distinction), the Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea, and the Advanced Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law. He is also the chief legal officer of the Philippine International Law of the Sea Academy and a Global Fellow of the Bangladesh Center for Ocean Law and Policy. He earned his Juris Doctor from San Beda University College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines Manila.

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