Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal (MarSafeLaw Journal) is pleased to contribute to the debate by welcoming submissions for a special issue on the topic “The Impact of Environmental and Climate Change on the Oceans and Marine Resources”. The Journal aims to place special emphasis on contemporary issues, recent legal precedents, emerging legislation, new policy …More

The inaugural conference of the MCC Project, to be held at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 on October 18, 2024, will focus on human and cultural rights issues at the interface between the law of the sea and the law of climate. At the heart of these debates are fishing and the right to …More

Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal (MarSafeLaw Journal) is pleased to contribute to such academic debate by welcoming submissions under the topic “Law and Science in Ocean and Maritime Affairs”. The Journal aims to place special emphasis on contemporary issues, recent legal precedents, Emerging legislation, new policy inputs, and ongoing proposals for law reform within …More

The Editorial Board is thrilled to announce that Thea Coventry was awarded a Meijers prize for her article “Appropriate Measures at Sea: Extraterritorial Enforcement Jurisdiction over Stateless Migrant Smuggling Vessels” The annual Meijers prizes are awarded for the best published article, of each faculty research programme, written by Assistant Professors or other academic staff members at Leiden University Law School. The …More

The Editorial Board is thrilled to announce that Melanie Fink was awarded a Meijers prize for her article ‘Non-Governmental Organisations and Search and Rescue at Sea’ (2018) 4 Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal 1-25 (co-authored with Kristof Gombeer). The annual Meijers prizes are awarded for the best published article, of each faculty research programme, written by Assistant Professors or other academic staff members …More

Spring School & Conference in Turin, Italy – The Use of Force at Sea (Monday, 16 April 2018 – Friday, 20 April 2018) Application deadline: 20 December 2017 Download the leaflet: PaSS Spring School 2018    

I. Institute of International Law The Institute of International Law has adopted a Resolution on “The Legal Regime of Wrecks of Warships and Other State-owned Ships in International Law” at its 77th session held in Tallinn, Estonia in August 2015. Professor Natalino Ronzitti was the Rapporteur who prepared the Preliminary report as well as the …More