Professor Dr. H.C. Rüdiger Wolfrum (President Emeritus of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)) delivered a lecture on 8 April to the IMLI Class of 2020-2021. Professor Wolfrum was warmly welcomed by Professor David Attard (Director, IMLI), who noted that it was a particular and honour...

Judge Kathy-Ann Brown (Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)) delivered an online lecture on 6 April to the IMLI Class of 2020-2021 entitled ‘International Dispute Settlement.’ In introducing Judge Brown, Professor David Attard (Director, IMLI), expressed his delight to have her deliver a lecture...

Mr. Branko Berlan (International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Accredited Representative to IMO) delivered on 4 March 2020, an online lecture on ‘The Contribution of ITF to the Work of IMO for the Protection of the Seafarers’ to the IMLI Class of 2020-2021. Mr. Berlan was introduced to the participants by...

The Institute had the pleasure of welcoming online, Dr. Patrick Griggs CBE (Former President of the Comité Maritime International (CMI)) between 2-3 March. Dr. Griggs delivered three lectures entitled “Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks”, “Making Maritime Law -Do Conventions Work?” and “The 1980’s – a Decade of...

Ms. Katie Higginbottom (Head, ITF Seafarers’ Trust) delivered on 2 March 2021 a lectureentitled “COVID-19 Crisis: The Role of ITF Seafarers’ Trust in Providing Relief for Seafarers”to the IMLI Class of 2020-2021. Ms. Higginbottom was welcomed and introduced to theparticipants by Ms. Elda Kazara-Belja (Senior Lecturer, IMLI). https://imli.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Vol.18-Issue-No.81-20-April-2021.pdf

The Institute had the pleasure of welcoming online, Mr. Måns Jacobsson, former Director of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds). Mr. Jacobsson delivered, between 3 and 5 March 2021, five lectures on “Global Ocean Governance and the IMO Liability Conventions and their Origin”, “The Bunkers Convention and Removal...

The IMLI Treatise on Global Ocean Governance is a result of the IMLI – Nippon Foundation Project on Global Ocean Governance as a follow-up to the address of Dr Yohei Sasakawa (Chairman of The Nippon Foundation) to the International Maritime Organization (IMO), where he mentioned the need to establish a...