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

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

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

David Hammond (Human Rights at Sea) and Professor Steven Haines (University of Greenwich) join the podcast to discuss the protection of human rights at sea. This is Part 1 of a 2-part interview, where we address some of the laws protecting the victims of human rights abuses at sea, barriers to enforcing these laws, the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea, advocacy issues, as well as the differences between Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law.Human Rights at Sea | Human Rights at SeaThe Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea | Human Rights at SeaMaritime Labour Convention, 2006 (ilo.org)Universal Declaration of Human Rights | United NationsEuropean Convention on Human Rights - Official texts, Convention and Protocols (coe.int)Jurisdictional & Human Rights Challenges of a Vessel in Transit | 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