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 Point

San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea - ICRC

National Military Manuals – IIHL

www.operationalmaritimelaw.org

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) / Twitter

Hong Kong Convention

EU Regulation on Ship Recycling

EU 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 Platform

Norwegian Court Upholds Georg Eide's Prison Sentence for Scrap Sale (maritime-executive.com)

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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.ca

Joint Task Force Pacific - Canada.ca

RIMPAC (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)

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