The IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law Volume III: Marine Environmental Law and Maritime Security Law

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world. Prepared in cooperation with the International Maritime Law Institute, the International Maritime Organization's research and training institute, this a uniquely comprehensive study of this fundamental area of international law.

Volume III is devoted to The Marine Environmental Law and Maritime Security Law. The first part of Volume III deals in depth with the issues of most fundamental importance in the contemporary world, namely how to protect the marine environment from pollution from ships, pollution from land-based sources, pollution from seabed activities, and pollution from or through air. In explaining these types of pollution, various conventions concluded under the auspices of the IMO (such as MARPOL 73/78 and the 1972 London Convention) and soft law documents are analyzed. The Volume also includes chapters on the conventions relating to pollution incident preparedness, response, cooperation, and the relevance of regional cooperation. This Volume additionally discusses liability and compensation for pollution damage.

The second part of Volume II, dedicated to Maritime Security law, includes chapters dealing with piracy; stowaways; human trafficking; illicit drugs; terrorism; military uses of the sea; and new maritime security threats.

David Attard, Director, IMO International Maritime Law Institute,Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Professor of International Law and Maritime Environmental Law, Queen Mary University of London,Norman Martinez, Senior Lecturer, IMO International Maritime Law Institute,Riyaz Hamza, NIppon Foundation Lecturer in International Maritime Security Law, IMO International Maritime Law Institute

David Attard is the Director of International Maritime Law Institute. In 2011 he was appointed judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.


Malgosia Fitzmaurice holds the chair of International Law at Queen Mary, University of London, and is the Nippon Foundation Professor on Marine Environmental Law at the International Maritime Law Institute.


Norman Martinez is Senior Lecturer at the International Maritime Law Institute.


Riyaz Hamza is the Nippon Foundation Lecturer in International Maritime Security Law at the International Maritime Law Institute.

Part I: Marine Environmental Law
Section A - General
1. State Jurisdiction in Relation to the Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment, Maria Gavouneli
Section B - Prevention of Marine Pollution
2. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, Malgosia Fitzmaurice
3. Pollution From Dumping, Hossein Esmaeili and Brendan Grigg
4. Pollution From Seabed Activities, Ricardo Pereira
5. Pollution From Land Based Sources, Yoshifumi Tanaka
6. Pollution of the Marine Environment From or Through the Atmosphere, James Harrison
Section C - Response to Marine Pollution Casualties
7. Conventions Relating to Pollution Incident Preparedness, Response, and Co-operation, Frederic Hebert and Gabino Gonzalez
8. Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution Casualties, Agustin Blanco Bazan
Section D - Liability and Compensation for Pollution Damage
9. Liability and Compensation for Ship Source Pollution, Mans Jacobsson
Section E - Regional Approaches to the Protection of the Marine Environment
10. Regional Seas Programme: The Role Played by UNEP in its Development and Governance, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Part II: International Maritime Security Law
11. Piracy, Hijacking, and Armed Robbery Against Ships, Markiyan Z. Kulyk
12. Maritime Terrorism and the Illicit Trafficking in Arms, Riyaz Hamza
13. Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, Reto Duerler
14. Ship and Port Facility Security, James Kraska
15. The Illicit Trafficking of Drugs, Efthymios Papastavridis
16. The Human Element of Maritime Crime: Stowaways, Human Trafficking, and Migrant Smuggling, Patricia Mallia
17. New Maritime Security Threats, David Ong, Karen Hulme, and Darren Calley
18. Military Uses of the Sea, Natalino Ronzitti