On the 18th of April professor of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, expert in marine scientific research for use in special arbitration under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, legal expert in the Advisory Body of Experts of the Law of the Sea (ABELOS) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), expert in maritime boundary delimitation to the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Dr. Erik Franckx held an open lecture "South China Sea Dispute Resolution" in framework of "International Law of the Sea" at the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.
