Text and translations
Versions in official CMI languages, approved by the CMI
English – The CMI Lex Maritima 2025 – The Tokyo Principles of Maritime Law (full version with introduction and commentaries)
English – The CMI Lex Maritima 2025 – The Tokyo Principles of Maritime Law (black letter text without introduction or commentaries)
French – La CMI Lex Maritima – Les Principes de Tokyo du droit maritime (Règles et Principes, sans introduction ni commentaires) – in preparation
Versions approved by national maritime law associations affiliated to the CMI
To be announced
Other versions
Chinese – in preparation
Dutch – De CMI Lex Maritima – De Zeerechtbeginselen van Tokio (Regelen en Beginselen, zonder inleiding of commentaren) – in preparation
Japanese – の予備規則と原則の翻訳（仮訳） – translation to be published in The Report of the Japanese Maritime Law Association, the official journal of the Japanese Maritime Law Association
Portuguese – A CMI Lex Maritima 2025 – Os Princípios de Direito Marítimo de Tóquio – translation by a subcommittee of the Brazilian Maritime Law Association composed of Werner Rizk, Arthur Rocha Baptista, Pedro Calmon Neto, Alte. Ralph Dias Costa, Daniella Revoredo, Amanda Balduci, Wellington Nogueira and Luis Carlos Almeida
Russian – in preparation
Spanish – in preparation
“The CMI Lex Maritima – The Tokyo Principles of Maritime Law marks a landmark moment in the development of maritime legal doctrine: for the first time, a single instrument consolidates what are claimed to be the general principles of private maritime law recognised across jurisdictions” – Lucia Diaz Cameselle, Researcher with the Università Bocconi, Milan