Captain (NLD N) Dr. Martin Fink is a legal advisor in the Royal Netherlands Navy and research fellow at the Royal Netherland Defence Academy. We sat down to discuss his recent article 'The Ever-existing “Crisis” of the Law of Naval Warfare'. In addition to his article, our conversation ranged from blockades, contraband, and prize law, to the influence of military manuals on customary international law, as well as Martin's top advice for aspiring operational lawyers. The ever-existing “crisis” of the law of naval warfare | International Review of the Red Cross (icrc.org)War and security at sea | International Review of the Red Cross (icrc.org)The War at Sea: Is There a Naval Blockade in the Sea of Azov? - Lieber Institute West PointSan Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea - ICRCNational Military Manuals – IIHLwww.operationalmaritimelaw.org
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#6 Ingvild Jenssen - Shipbreaking
Ingvild Jenssen is the Executive Director and Founder of NGO Shipbreaking Platform - a global coalition of organisations working to reverse the environmental harm and human rights abuses caused by current shipbreaking practices and to ensure the safe and environmentally sound dismantling of end-of-life ships worldwide. We discuss how the shipbreaking industry is regulated, how these laws are often subverted and what can be done about it, as well as the role of navies in the responsible disposal of end-of-life vessels. (Note: this episode was recorded just prior to the scuttling of the Brazilian aircraft carrier SAO PAULO. )https://shipbreakingplatform.org/NGO Shipbreaking Platform (@NGOShipbreaking) / TwitterHong Kong ConventionEU Regulation on Ship RecyclingEU Regulation on Shipments of Waste“Harrier” – the first beaching case heard by Norwegian courts ends with a six month prison sentence for the shipowner (wr.no)Press Release - Appeal Court confirms prison sentence for Norwegian ship owner - NGO Shipbreaking PlatformNorwegian Court Upholds Georg Eide's Prison Sentence for Scrap Sale (maritime-executive.com)www.operationalmaritimelaw.org
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#5 Heidi Straarup - Port Inspection Diver to Judge Advocate
Lieutenant Commander Heidi Straarup is a Deputy Judge Advocate at the Assistant Judge Advocate General (Pacific Region) of the Canadian Armed Forces, and legal advisor to Joint Task Force Pacific. We talk about her career, some challenges and opportunities for lawyers in multinational operations and exercises, as well as the 2023 Conference on Operational Maritime Law (COML) - to be hosted in Victoria, B.C. from 11 to 14 September 2023. Judge Advocate General - Canada.caJoint Task Force Pacific - Canada.caRIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) — U.S. Pacific Fleet (navy.mil)NSO > Home (nato.int)Customary IHL - Practice relating to rule 16 Target Verification (icrc.org)www.operationalmaritimelaw.org
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#4 David Hammond and Steven Haines - Human Rights at Sea, Part 2 of 2
David Hammond (Human Rights at Sea) and Professor Steven Haines (University of Greenwich) are back for second half of this two-part interview. In this episode we address some misnomers regarding “illegal” migration, what can be done about the plight of abandoned seafarers, considerations for military commanders and legal advisors when operations run up against potential human rights abuses, and much, much more.Human Rights at Sea | Human Rights at Seawww.operationalmaritimelaw.org
Commander Caroline Tuckett, lead legal adviser in International and Operational Law within the Royal Navy, joins the program to discuss autonomous shipping and how navies are navigating international law to incorporate these maritime systems/ships/vessels/vehicles into their fleets.House of Lords - UNCLOS: the law of the sea in the 21st century - International Relations and Defence Committee (parliament.uk)Autonomous shipping (imo.org)IHL Treaties - San Remo Manual on Armed Conflicts at Sea, 1994 (icrc.org)MASS UK Industry Conduct Principles and Code of Practice 2022 (V6) | Maritime UKNSO > Home (nato.int)www.operationalmaritimelaw.org
The NATO Centre of Excellence for Operations in Confined and Shallow Waters (COE CSW) hosts interviews with leading academics and practitioners in the field of maritime law.
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