Workshop: The Protection of Vulnerable People at Sea (17-18 May, Swansea University)

The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law is organizing a one-and-a-half-day in-person workshop on the important and topical theme of ‘The Protection of Vulnerable People at Sea’ (17-18 May, Swansea University).

Confirmed panellists are:

  • Dr Zoumpoulia Amaxilati (ISTL)
  • Professor Richard Barnes (University of Lincoln & University of Tromsø)
  • Professor Richard Collins (Queen’s University Belfast)
  • Professor Edwin Egede (Cardiff University)
  • Professor Steven Haines (University of Greenwich)
  • Neil Henderson (Gard AS)
  • Dr Richard L. Kilpatrick, Jr. (College of Charleston)
  • Andrea Longo (One Ocean Hub)
  • Professor Irini Papanicolopulu (SOAS University of London)
  • Dr Aphrodite Papachristodoulou (University of Galway)
  • Francesca Romana Partipilo (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies)
  • Matilde Rocca (University of Padova)
  • Dr Mercedes Rosello (Leeds Beckett University)
  • Dr Jessica Schechinger (University of Glasgow)
  • Chris Whomersley (Former Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
  • Sir Michael Wood KC, Barrister (Twenty Essex Chambers, London)

The full programme of the workshop can be found here.

The workshop is open to all and there is no fee to attend. Participation can be registered via the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-protection-of-vulnerable-people-at-sea-tickets-558622122807.

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Dr Youri van Logchem

Dr. Youri van Logchem is a senior lecturer at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, at Swansea University, teaching primarily in the areas of general international law, international energy law, and international law of the sea. He wrote his PhD thesis on the rules and obligations of States in disputed maritime areas at the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), Utrecht University. In addition, he has published several articles and book chapters, which have been cited before international courts and tribunals. His monograph entitled "The Rights and Obligations of States in Disputed Maritime Areas" has been published with Cambridge University Press. Youri has also received awards for academic achievements, including the Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Award, and has presented at various conferences around the world.

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