Member of the Department of International Law participates in the 5th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference at the U.S. Naval War College.
Dr Felicity G. Attard was invited by Prof James Kraska, John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization at Harvard Law School and Chairman of the Stockton Centre for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College, to deliver a presentation at the 5th Annual Alexander C. Cushing International Law Conference in Newport.
It was organised by the U.S. Naval War College and co-sponsored by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Command and Staff College, the University of Basel, and the U.S. Naval Justice School. The presentation analysed the challenges facing the international maritime community with respect to the obligation of all States to ensure that shipmasters render assistance and the inadequate protection offered thereafter. The conference was attended by high-ranking naval officers, academics, and practitioners from around the world.