Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy

The Academy is a collegial undertaking among individuals from the Center for Oceans Law and Policy, the Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law, the Max Planck Institute (Heidelberg, Germany), and the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea.

More details available as the program develops.

Basic structure is:

• Week 1: introduction and overview on oceans law and policy; State practice; new international organs for ocean matters; zones of maritime jurisdiction; settlement of disputes; etc.
• Week 2: short courses on specific topics (TBA) 
• Week 3: marine environment protection -- international and European perspectives; coastal zone management; marine biodiversity; etc.

Space is limited to 30-35 particpipants. Application required; available from contacts listed above; deadline approx. 15 May 1998 (though there is some inherent flexibility).

Target audience in foreign ministry employees or civil servants with interest or responsibilities in oceans affairs; military personnel with related responsibilities; upper level graduate students; and any others with an interest or need (preferably demonstrated) for this type of program.

**Please note this is not a maritime law program (e.g., admiralty, shipping, commerce), but rather deals with oceans law and policy, using the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea as a foundation for discussion of contemporary oceans issues (fisheries, pollution, jurisdiction, navigation issues, nonliving resources, etc.)

Neal R. Grandy

Center for OCeans Law and Policy

University of Virginia School of Law

580 Massie Road

Charlottesville, VA 22903-1789 U.S.A.

tel: 804-924-7442 fax: 804-924-7362

e-mail: colp@virginia.edu

OR:

Mr. Spiros Loupis

Aegean Institute of the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law

1, Demokratias Str.

GR-85100 Rhodes GREECE

tel: 30-241-77110 fax: 30-241-77111

email: loupis@rhodes.aegean.gr