IMO International Maritime Law Institute Established under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization a specialized agency of the United Nations

27th Graduation Ceremony

(28 May, 2016) IMLI

“Serving the Rule of International Maritime Law”

Venue: Malta Maritime Museum Vittoriosa Malta Time: l0:30 a.m.

IMO International Maritime Law Institute P.O. Box 31, Msida MSD 1000, Malta Tel.: (356) 21319343 / (356) 21310816 Fax: (356) 21343092 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.imli.org

1 PROGRAMME

Procession: Faculty and Class of 2016

Welcoming Address: Professor David J. Attard Director, IMLI

Graduation Address: Mr. Kitack Lim Secretary-General, IMO and Chairman, IMLI Governing Board

Valedictory Address: Mr. Derrick Okadia on behalf of the students

Presentation of Candidates: Ms. Elda Belja Lecturer, IMLI

Conferment of Degrees: Professor David J. Attard

Presentation of Prizes: IMO Secretary-General’s Prize for Best Dissertation Maltese Government Prize for Best Performance in the Law of the Sea Transport Malta Prize for Best Performance in Shipping Law Professor Walter Müller Prize for the Best Maritime Legislation Drafting Project Sasakawa Prize for the Best Performing Nippon Foundation Scholar Dr. Kofi Mbiah’s Prize for the Best Performing African Scholar Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Malta) Prize for Best Performance in Maritime Transport Law REMPEC Marine Environment Law Prize The CMI Prize for Best Overall Performance

2 A MESSAGE FROM MR. KITACK LIM SECRETARY-GENERAL OF IMO

It is my pleasure to congratulate the class of 2016 on their graduation from this fine institution. IMO is honoured to be affiliated with IMLI and proud of the Institute’s impressive record of producing graduates of great distinction year upon year.

Shipping, continuously, quietly and efficiently, keeps the world’s people fed, clothed, housed and entertained. It is truly indispensable to the world. But the worldwide fleet and workforce need global standards. The International Maritime Organization, as the United Nations agency responsible for safe, secure, clean and efficient shipping, has developed and maintains these standards.

But, to be effective, these international standards need to be enshrined in law at the national level. And, by providing a regular flow of highly trained legal professionals, IMLI has been instrumental in doing this, helping to establish the solid legal foundations needed for the maritime sector to thrive.

We are sure that this class will be no exception. Like many IMLI graduates, they may one day find themselves in positions of great responsibility throughout the maritime world. Indeed, we see many members of the IMLI alumni at IMO meetings, where they represent their countries with great skill and assiduousness. Others, we are lucky enough to count as our colleagues in the Secretariat.

Whether in commercial industry, international organizations, institutions or at IMO, an IMLI graduate’s path to success is a well-worn one. We owe our gratitude to an Institute – complete with all of its staff and many supporters and donors – that, for nearly three decades, has been one of the cornerstones of IMO’s mission to enhance and build global capacity within the maritime sector.

Today is a time for celebration and contemplation, of reflecting and looking onward to how this successful period will help to foster new opportunities for the future. I wish all the graduates every success in their future endeavours, and I very much look forward to meeting many of them in a Mr. Kitack Lim professional capacity in the coming years. Secretary-General, IMO

3 IMLI GOVERNING BOARD IMLI COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL Chairman: AND PERSONNEL MATTERS Mr. Kitack Lim Secretary-General, IMO Chairman: Members: Mr. J. Harrison Group Legal Director, Lloyd’s Register Professor D.J. Attard Director, IMLI Members: Dr. P. Boisson Communication Director and Legal Adviser, Professor D.J. Attard Director, IMLI Marine Division, Bureau Veritas Dr. P. Boisson Communication Director and Legal Adviser, Marine Division, Dr. R. Dürler Head, Swiss Maritime Navigation Office Bureau Veritas Dr. P. Griggs, CBE Former President, Comité Maritime International Dr. R. Dürler Head, Swiss Maritime Navigation Office Mr. J. Harrison Group Legal Director, Lloyd’s Register Mr. M. Hasebe Senior Legal Counsel, Japan Association of Marine Safety Mr. L. Mbanefo President, Nigerian Maritime Law Association Dr. E.K. Mbiah Chairman, IMO Legal Committee IMLI ACADEMIC COMMITTEE Professor Dr. M. Pavliha Vice Dean for Research and Development, Faculty of Maritime Chairman: Studies and Transportation, University of Ljubljana Professor D.J. Attard Director, IMLI Ambassador L. Vassallo Permanent Representative of Malta to IMO Professor F.L. Wiswall Jr. Vice-President (Honoris Causa), Comité Maritime International Members: Dr. P. Griggs, CBE Former President, Comité Maritime International Members Emeriti: Mr. Frederick J. Kenney Jr. Director, IMO, Legal Affairs and External Relations Division Mr. K. Sekimizu Secretary-General Emeritus, IMO Professor Dr. M. Pavliha Vice Dean for Research and Development, Faculty of Maritime Mr. E.E. Mitropoulos Secretary-General Emeritus, IMO Studies and Transportation, University of Ljubljana Mr. W.A. O’Neil Secretary-General Emeritus, IMO Professor F.L. Wiswall Jr. Vice-President (Honoris Causa), Comité Maritime International Faculty Members – Academic Year 2015 – 2016

Professor David J. Attard (Malta) Professor Dr. Norman Martinez Ms. Elda Belja (Albania) Ms. Ramat Jalloh (Sierra Leone) Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice Ms. Atur Tetty Lubis (Indonesia) LL.D. (Malta) (Honduras) Jurist (Greece) B.A., LL.B. (United Kingdom / Poland) M.B.A. (Monash) D. Phil. (Oxon) Lic. (Honduras) LL.M. (IMLI) LL.M. (IMLI) LL.B. (University of Warsaw) LL.M. (UCL) Advocate (Malta) LL.M. (IMLI) Lecturer Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor LL.M. (University of Warsaw) The Nippon Foundation Lecturer on Barrister (London) Ph.D. (IMLI) Lecturer Ph.D. (University of Warsaw) International Maritime Security Law Director Advocate (Honduras) The Nippon Foundation Professor on Associate Professor Marine Environmental Law

4 IMLI VISITING FELLOWS – ACADEMIC YEAR 2015 – 2016

Professor Ignacio Arroyo (Spain) Dr. Timmy Gambin (Malta) H.E. Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici (Malta) Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona Senior Lecturer, Maritime Archaeology, Department of Classics and Archaeology, University of Malta President Emeritus, Republic of Malta Past President, Spanish Maritime Law Association “Out of Sight - Out of Mind (Till Discovered): The Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in “Introduction to Comparative Law” “Unification of Maritime Law through International Conventions” Context” “Classifications and Differentiations” “The Mainstream of Law in the West” Professor Lia Athanassiou (Greece) Professor Philippe Gautier (Belgium) “The Specific Nature of the Anglo-Saxon Common Law Systems” Associate Professor, University of Athens Registrar, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea “Law in Islamic Countries” “EU Maritime Law” “Settlement of Disputes under the Law of the Sea Convention” “Law and Change: The Drafting of New Laws” Mr. Pieter Bekker (The Netherlands) Dr. Kevin Ghirxi (Malta) Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas (Greece) Professor and Chair in International Law, Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), Head, Marine Safety Investigation Unit Professor of European Criminal Law, University of Dundee (UK); Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Edinburgh/London/New York Merchant Shipping Directorate, Transport Malta Director of the Criminal Justice Centre, “The Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundaries” “Maritime Safety Investigations and Accident (Social) Modelling” Head of the Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Mr. Archie Bishop (United Kingdom) Dr. Miriam Goldby (Malta) “Human Smuggling” Consultant, Holman Fenwick & Willan Law Firm Lecturer in Insurance and Commercial Law, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London Professor Federica Mucci (Italy) “Law of Maritime Salvage” “Marine Insurance Law” Associate Professor in International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” “Maritime Arbitration” Professor Augustin Blanco-Bazan (Argentina) “Characteristics and Types of International Organizations” International Lawyer and Consultant Dr. Mitja Grbec (Slovenia) Mr. Bent Nielsen (Denmark) “Implications of UNCLOS for the IMO” President, Slovenian Maritime Law Association Retired Partner of Kromann Reumert, Copenhagen “The Environmental UNCLOS and IMO Conventions” “Marine Environmental Law: Liability and Compensation” “General Average” Dr. Philippe Boisson (France) Dr. Patrick J.S. Griggs CBE (United Kingdom) “Implementation of Maritime Law Conventions – A Scandinavian Model” Communication Director and Legal Adviser, Marine Division, Bureau Veritas Former President, Comité Maritime International Professor David Ong (Malaysia) President, French Maritime Law Association “The Nairobi International Convention on Removal of Wrecks” Professor of International and Environmental Law at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University “Introduction to Maritime Safety” “Making International Maritime Law – Do Conventions Work?” “The Delineation of Continental Shelf Limits beyond 200nm, with a focus on the Implementation of Art 82 of “The Regulatory Process” “The 1980’s-Disasters on Land, In the Air and at Sea” UNCLOS & Joint Development Agreements in these Continental Shelf Areas beyond 200nm” “The Ship Safety” Justice Sean Harrington (Canada) “Cargo Safety” Professor Dr. Marko Pavliha (Slovenia) Judge, Federal Court of Canada “The Human Element and Operational Safety” Head of Law Department, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation, University of Ljubljana “The Law of General Average” “The Control of Ship Safety” “Law of Marine Insurance” “Classification Societies” Mr. Robert Hodge (United Kingdom) Mr. Robert van de Poll (Canada) Senior Account Executive Ambassador Saviour Borg (Malta) International Law of the Sea Manager, Fugro N. V. For International Transport Intermediaries Management Co. Ltd Past Ambassador of Malta to the United Nations “The Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundaries” Managers of International Transport Club Ltd “Role of the Permanent Representative to the UN with Special Focus on the UN General Assembly” “Law of Agency” Professor Francis M.B. Reynolds Q.C. (United Kingdom) “The UN Security Council and Maintenance of International Peace and Security” Barrister/Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford Mrs. Pernille Jacobsen (United Kingdom) Dr. Fiammetta Borgia (Italy) “Carriage of Goods by Sea” Senior Legal and Contractual Affairs Officer, BIMCO Lecturer of International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” “BIMCO’s Documentary Work” Professor Maria Helena Rolim (Brazil) “The Role of Non-State Actors in International Law (Non-Governmental Organizations and Multinational Legal Adviser on the Law of the Sea and Space Law; Retired Professor of Public International Law and Conflict Corporations and Individuals” Mr. Mäns Jacobsson (Sweden) of Laws, Faculty of Law, São Paulo University “The Legal Regime of the Arctic” Former Director, International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Funds “Ballast Water Management” “Bunkers and HNS Conventions” Mr. Nicolaos Charalambous (Cyprus) Mr. Frederick R. Sciulli (United States of America) Director, Technical Cooperation Division, IMO Judge Elsa Kelly (Argentina) General Counsel “Technical Cooperation and Assistance: what does it means in IMO speak.” Judge, International Tribunal for Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Commander, Naval Forces Europe “The Position of Argentina on the Law of the Sea” Mr. Larry Stephen Cox (United States of America) “U.S. Navy and International Coalition on Counter Piracy” Chief, Legal Section, United States Coast Guard Mr. Kensuke Kobayashi (Japan) Mr. Ron Seely (United States of America) “The Application of the ISPS Code and International Legal and Regulatory Development for Ship/Port Security” Legal Counsel, the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) International Port security Programme, United States Coast Guard “The Role of IOPC Funds in Compensating Victims of Oil Pollution Damage” Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (Dominica) “The Application of the ISPS Code and International Legal and Regulatory Development for Ship/Port Security” President, World Maritime University (WMU) Mr. Frederick Kenney (United States of America) Mr. Sunil Shastri (India) “Introduction to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006” Director, Legal Affairs and External Relations Division, International Maritime Organization Lecturer, Marine Policy, University of Hull “Development, entry into force and amendment of IMO Conventions” Dr. Reto Dürler (Switzerland) “Ocean and Environmental Governance” Head of Swiss Maritime Navigation Office Mr. Paul Knight (United Kingdom) Mr. Douglas B. Stevenson (United States of America) “The New SUA Protocols: Developments, Contents and Scope” Head of Compliance & Secretariat, Thomas Miller & Co., Managers of the UK P&I Club Director, the Centre for Seafarers’ Rights at the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York & New Jersey “P&I Clubs” Sir Bernard Eder (UK) “Overview of Seafarers’ Rights” International Judge, Singapore International Commercial Court Dr. Dorota Lost-Sieminska (Poland) “The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006” “International Trade: An Overview” Head of the Legal Affairs Office, International Maritime Organization Ambassador Lino Vassallo (Malta) “Maritime Legislation Drafting” Professor Peter Ehlers (Germany) Permanent Representative of Malta to IMO Former President, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency Mr. David Martin-Clark (United Kingdom) “International Organizations” “Marine Environmental Law Making: The Helsinki Convention as an Example” Insurance and Shipping Consultant, Dr. Ivan Vella (Malta) Commercial Disputes Arbitrator and Mediator Dr. Ann Fenech (Malta) Advocate “The Rotterdam Rules” Managing Partner, Fenech and Fenech Advocates “International Conventions on Maritime Liens and Mortgages” “Electronic Commerce and the Shipping Industry” President, Malta Maritime Law Association “Ship Finance” “General Characteristics of a Maritime Lawyer” Mr. Louis Mbanefo (Nigeria) Mr. Godwin Xerri (Malta) “The Role of a Maritime Law Practitioner in the Shipping Industry” Senior Advocate, Louis Mbanefo & Co. Managing Director, Focal Maritime Services Co. Ltd. “The Preparation of a Merchant Shipping Act” Professor Serena Forlati (Italy) “Introduction to Shipping” Associate Professor of International Law, University of Ferrara, Italy Mrs. Monica Mbanefo (Nigeria) “Sale and Purchase Procedures” Director, Centro studi e servizi sul diritto straniero e delle relazioni internazionali (CeStInt), Partner, Louis Mbanefo & Co. “Management and Operation of Ships” Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Mafia and Other Forms of Organised Crime (MaCrO) “Economic Development - The Role of IMLI” Capt. Joseph Zerafa (Malta) “Maritime Security Law” Dr. Kofi Mbiah (Ghana) Consultant Dr. Stefano Filletti (Malta) Chairman, Legal Committee, International Maritime Organization “Technical Aspects of Shipping” Senior Partner, Filletti & Filletti Advocates “The Work of the IMO Legal Committee: Challenges and Prospects” Honorary Consul of Ecuador “Marine Pollution Prevention under Customary International Law” “Marine Pollution Prevention under UNCLOS Part XII” “Marine Pollution Prevention under UNCLOS Part XI”

5 SELECTED IMLI ACHIEVEMENTS 673 LL.M. STUDENTS (1989 – 2015)* Class of 1990 Class of 1998 Ms. Raeefa Abdul Wahhaab (Maldives) Albania 2 Maldives 10 Mr. Fred Amoa (Samoa) Mr. Foli-Bazi Katari (Togo) Registrar, High Court of Maldives Algeria 13 Malta 72* President of the Pacific International Maritime Law Association Head of Personnel Service, Autonome de Port of Lome Mr. Filimon Manoni (Marshall Islands, the) Angola 14 Marshall Islands (the) 2 Mr. Kevin Aquilina (Malta) Attorney General of the Marshall Islands Class of 1999 Dean, Faculty of Laws, University of Malta Ms. Khin Thandar (Myanmar) Antigua and Barbuda 2 Mauritania 1 Ms. Bo Chen (China) Lt. Commander Muhammed Yar Lak (Pakistan) Deputy Director, International Law and Treaties Division, Ministry of Foreign Argentina 2 Mauritius 5 Deputy Secretary-General, China Maritime Arbitration Commission Deputy Judge Advocate General, Pakistan Affairs Azerbaijan 4 Mexico 6 Ms. Evelina Baptiste (Dominica) Class of 1991 Chief Magistrate, Magistrates’ Court Class of 2008 Bahamas (the) 6 Mongolia 1 Ms. Fatou Bensouda (Gambia, the) Mr. Nikoloz Tsiklauri (Georgia) Mr. François Laurent (France) Bahrain 3 Montenegro 1 Prosecutor, International Criminal Court Rector, Batumi State Maritime Academy Expert, Anti-Piracy Unit, Indian Ocean Commission Bangladesh 10 Morocco 1 Mr. George Dulu (Kenya) Mr. Abdullah Saeed (Maldives) Mr. Lesther Antonio Ortega Lemus (Guatemala) Barbados 1 Mozambique 7 Judge, High Court of Kenya Supreme Court Judge, Maldives Minister Counsellor & Alternate Permanent Representative of Guatemala Belize 1 Myanmar 6 Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Mbiah (Ghana) Dr. Christian Cardona (Malta) to IMO Benin 1 Namibia 2 Chairman, IMO Legal Committee Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business, Malta Mr. Ananda Chandra Ojha (India) Mr. Pemamiththa A. Ratnayeke (Sri Lanka) Dr. Jacqueline Padovani Grima (Malta) Deputy Registrar, Armed Forces Tribunal, Kolkata Bench Bolivia 1 New Zealand 1 Judge of the Supreme Court Judge, Judiciary of Malta Mrs. Rita Uzoamaka Egbuche (Nigeria) Brazil 7 Nicaragua 1 Ms. Miriam Samaru (Trinidad and Tobago) Assistant Director, Legal Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Class of 2000 Bulgaria 4 Nigeria 73 Principal of the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad Safety Agency Ms. Dominika Lempicka (Poland) Burundi 1 Niue 1 Mr. Francisco A. Villarroel Rodriguez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) Mr. Tahir Hadejia Idris (Nigeria) IMO Consultant, Poland Cameroon 3 Norway 1 National Maritime Judge, Titulary Member of the CMI, President of the Assistant Director (Legal Services), Nigerian Shippers’ Council Ms. Perline RAVONIARISOA (Lithuania) Venezuelan Maritime Law Association (2007-2010) Mrs. Karina Sergeevna Hansford (The Russian Federation) Cape Verde 2 Oman 1 Head of Legislation Division, Ministry of Transport and Meteorology Director, ARK & Partners Ltd. China 15 Pakistan 9 Class of 1992 Class of 2001 Mr. Ronald Sipho Jama Mbatha (South Africa) Chile 2 Panama 2 Ms. Lucy A. Asuagbor (Cameroon) Mr. Iakoba Italeli (Tuvalu) Alternate Permanent Representative of South Africa to the IMO Vice-President, Court of Appeal Colombia 5 Papua New Guinea 4 Head of State, Tuvalu Ms. Azuka Ogo (Nigeria) Class of 2009 Comoros (the) 2 Peru 7 Captain Reuben Lanfranco (Malta) Vice-Chairman, Executive Council, IOPC Fund Mr. Choe Kun Song (DPR Korea) Director, Malta Maritime Institute Congo (the) 2 Philippines (the) 16 Mr. Gerald Zackios (Marshall Islands, the) Counselor of the DPR of Korea Embassy to UK / Deputy Permanent Cook Islands 1 Poland 2 Minister of Foreign Affairs Class of 2002 Representative of the DPRK to IMO Costa Rica 1 Portugal 1 Mr. Kosi Latu (Samoa) Ms. Lydia Abela (Malta) Mr. Samuel Darse (India) Deputy Director of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Secretary of the Maltese Labour Party’s National Executive Deputy Director General of Shipping, Office of the Directorate General of Côte d’Ivoire 1 Russian Federation (the) 6* Programme (SREP) Lt. Commander Syed Md. A. H. Gardezi (Pakistan) Shipping, Mumbai Croatia 3 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 Director, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency Ms. Primrose Aphrodite Chimwaza (Malawi) Cuba 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 Class of 1993 Ms. Krittika Panprasert (Thailand) Deputy Chief State Advocate Ms. Sharon Rose (Bahamas, the) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the) 8 Samoa 6 Director, Legal Division, Foreign Affairs Unit, Legal Affairs Bureau Capt. Ruth Jamila Malafa (Nigeria) Vice President of the BNP PARIBAS [Bahamas] Ltd Dominica 5 Saudi Arabia 8 Mr. Sornchai Sirariyakul (Thailand) Assistant Director, Military International Law Office, Nigerian Navy Mr. Bashir M. Abdullahi (Nigeria) Deputy Chief Judge, Central Intellectual Property & International Trade Court Dominican Republic (the) 2 Senegal 2 Assistant General Manager, Nigerian Ports Authority Class of 2010 Ecuador 3 Serbia 2 Ms. Josephine Mallalieu (St. Kitts and Nevis) Class of 2003 Mr. Eurico Andrade Ndando (Angola) Egypt 5 Seychelles 4 Magistrate Ms. Adriana Padovan (Croatia) Head of the International Cooperation Office, Ministry of Justice Commander A. A. Zafar (Pakistan) Research Fellow, Adriatic Institute of the Croatian Academy of Sciences Ms. Joyce Bawah Mogtari (Ghana) Eritrea 3 Sierra Leone 9 Senior Deputy Judge Advocate General and Arts Deputy Minister for Transport Estonia 1 Slovenia 4 Mr. Arley Gill (Grenada) Ms. Susana Custodia Roque Tembe (Mozambique) Ethiopia 8 Solomon Islands 1 Class of 1994 Senator, National Parliament Lecturer at the Nautical University of Mozambique Ms. Nancy Karigithu (Kenya) Fiji 5 South Africa 5 Mr. Panya Dhanpaddamoangcoal (Thailand) Mr. Roba Megressa Akawak (Ethiopia) Principal Secretary France 1 Spain 1 Chief Judge, Surin Provincial Court Deputy Director, Ethiopian Maritime Affairs Authority State Department of Shipping & Maritime Affairs, Government of Kenya Gambia (the) 5 Sri Lanka 13 Mr. Ahmed Muizzu (Maldives) Class of 2004 Class of 2011 Georgia 9 Sudan (the) 2 Prosecutor General, Maldives Mr. Gilberto Asuque (Philippines, the) Capt. Gabriel Abad (Ecuador) Germany 3 Suriname 3 Atty. Virgilio Calag (the Philippines) Assistant Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs Commanding Officer, Ecuadorian Research Vessel “Orion” Director of the Legal Office, Maritime Industry Authority Mr. Md. Alamgir Khan (Bangladesh) Mr. Sahdev Singh (India) Ghana 18 Switzerland 2 Director, Department of Shipping Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Government of India Greece 2 Syrian Arab Republic (the) 1 Class of 1995 Mr. Jorge Humberto Jaimes Tellez (Mexico) Grenada 2 Thailand 6 Mr. Ilkin Radjabov (Azerbaijan) Class of 2005 Technical Secretary of the Ports and Merchant Marine Legislative Judge, Absheron District Court Ms. Rusudan Tushuri (Georgia) Guatemala 2 Togo 1 Commission, Chambers of Representative Ms. Cynthia Herbert Q.C. (Barbados) Deputy Head (Responsible for Maritime Transport), United Transport Guyana 2 Tonga 1 Mrs. Aisha Idris Yakubu (Nigeria) Deputy Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers Administration Haiti 1 Trinidad and Tobago 4 Assistant Chief Legal Officer, NIMASA Dr. Francesco Depasquale (Malta) Lt. Commander Gianmatteo Breda (Italy) Honduras 5 Tunisia 2 Magistrate, the Judiciary of Malta Lecturer, International Law and Military Disciplinary Regulations, Naval Class of 2012 India 10* Turkey 8 Ms. Laila Medin Racina (Latvia) Academy, Livorno Ms. Victorina Hesti Dewayani (Indonesia) Head of Legal and International Unit, Maritime Department, Ministry of Mr. Ibrahima Sy (Senegal) First Secretary, Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 8 Tuvalu 2 Transport General Secretary, Office of the President of the Republic Mr. Nya S. Gbaintor (Libera) Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8 Uganda 3 Mr. Joseph Pyawan (Papua New Guinea) Director, Administration of the Liberia Maritime Authority Iraq 1 Ukraine 4 Class of 1996 Maritime Standards and Compliance Manager, National Maritime Safety Mr. Alberto Jose Martinez Salinas (Mexico) Hon. Fielakepa Siosia Tupou Aleamotu’a (Tonga) Israel 1 United Kingdom (the) 1 Authority Deputy Director of the Ports and Merchant Marine, Legal Office, Ministry of Lord Chamberlain of Palace Office, Kingdom of Tonga Italy 3 United Republic of Tanzania (the) 11 Atty. Josephine Uranza (the Philippines) Transport and Communications Jamaica 5 United States of America (the) 4 Class of 1997 Corporate Secretary and Counsel, A. Magsaysay Group of Companies Ms. Ramat Jaraie Angelica Jalloh (Sierra Leone) Mr. Ugnius Labutis (Lithuania) Japan 2 Uruguay 2 Class of 2006 Lecturer, IMLI Head of the Legal Expertise Division, Ministry of Transport Jordan 4 Vanuatu 2 Mr. Cai Yongsheng (China) Class of 2014 Ms. Esmeralda Marques da Costa Mangueira Legal Officer, International Seabed Authority Mr. Ivane Abashidze (Georgia) Kazakhstan 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2 Chief of International Relations Department, Ministry of Justice Mr. Leo Tito Ausan Jr. (the Philippines) Head of Legal and International Relations Department, Maritime Transport Kenya 15 Viet Nam 5 Mr. Ahmed Hamza (Maldives) Director of the Legal Maritime Safety and Security Division Agency, Georgia Kiribas 1 Yemen 2 Member of Parliament & Head, Parliamentary Legal Committee of the Maritime Ocean Affairs Center, Department of Foreign Affairs Simon Kofe (Tuvalu) Maldives Parliament Latvia 7 Zambia 4 Ms. Dorota Lost-Sieminska (Poland) Magistrate, Judiciary of Tuvalu Mr. George Tshatumbu (Namibia) Lebanon 3 Zimbabwe 1 Head of Legal Affairs Office, IMO Deputy Director of Legal and International Maritime Matters, Ministry of Class of 2015 Mr. Riyaz Hamza (Sri Lanka) Liberia 5 Hong Kong, China 1 Works, Transport and Communications Ms. Mavis E. V. Joseph (Fiji) Puisne High Court Judge, High Court of Fiji. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the) 4 Palestine 1 Mr. Fagaloa Tufuga (Samoa) Chairperson of the Pacific Women in Maritime Association (PacWIMA) Former Lecturer, IMO-International Maritime Law Institute Lithuania 6 Regional Maritime Legal Officer (Regional Maritime Programme) Mr. Warnakulasuriya Nuwan Peiris (Sri Lanka) Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Fiji Class of 2007 State Counsel, Attorney General’s Department Madagascar 5 Mr. Alberto Coelho Soares Ramos da Cruz (Angola) Malawi 4 * Includes students that were awarded a Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Ministry of Justice Malaysia 4 Diploma in International Maritime Law

6 SPONSORED STUDENTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2015 – 2016

IMO Scholars Lloyd’s Register Foundation Scholars The Nippon Foundation Scholars

MAJOR DONORS 2015 – 2016

IMO (Bulgaria), Ms. Anene K. Wodajo (Ethiopia), Ms. Olimatou SWISS GOVERNMENT CMI CHARITABLE TRUST IMO continues to support IMLI’s funding requirements Danso (the Gambia), Mr. Herwindo Danevianta (Indonesia), The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Government of The CMI Charitable Trust supports IMLI’s academic activities by annually providing scholarships which are intended for Ms. Georgette Patricia Grant (Jamaica), Ms. Mialisoa Iarivola Switzerland, in coordination with the Swiss Maritime Navigation by covering travel and accommodation expenses for CMI deserving government-nominated candidates who wish to Rakouth (Madagascar), Ms. Binderiya Battulga (Mongolia), Office, continues to support IMLI’s activities. Through its sponsored visiting lecturers to IMLI. The Trust was set up to be pursue post-graduate studies in international maritime law at Lt. Teresa Guia Ramirez Monje (the Philippines), and Mr. Donor’s Agreement with IMLI, which has been extended up to applied for the advancement of legal education for the public the Institute. This academic year the IMO provided ten full and Osmanberdi Garajayev (Turkmenistan). the 2015-2016 academic year, it provides a fixed annual financial benefit and the advancement and promotion of research and one partial scholarships which were awarded to: Ms. Florencia contribution to the Institute. Such contribution enables the Institute study in the fields of comparative law and international marine Otero (Argentina), Ms. Jingjing Yin (China), Mr. Tilahun LLOYD’S REGISTER FOUNDATION to continue with its program of providing post-graduate study and and commercial law and the publication of the results of such Yimer Tassew (Ethiopia), Ms. Rusudan Kipiani (Georgia), The Lloyd’s Register Foundation continues to support training research opportunities in the field of international maritime law to research. Ms. Nielsen Libyeth Avila Rovelo (Honduras), Ms. Tahjna at IMLI. The Lloyd’s Register Foundation is a charity which government-nominated candidates. This contribution would not Toya Hill (Jamaica), Mr. Chevanev Andrei Yevgeny Charles supports the advancement of engineering-related education, and have been possible without the kind assistance of Dr. Reto Dürler NATIONAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MARITIME (St. Vincent and the Grenadines), Mr. Moatassim Mohammad funds research and development that enhances safety of life at (Head of the Swiss Maritime Navigation Office). AUTHORITIES Ahmed Sanosi (the Sudan), Capt. Emmanuel Ewald Marijani sea, on land and in the air. Although set up as a charity in 2012, National public and private maritime authorities support the (Tanzania), and Ms. Daffodil D’vore Maxwell (Trinidad and its history dates back to 1760 through Lloyd’s Register, a public GOVERNMENT OF MALTA academic activities of the Institute by sponsoring annually the Tobago). Dr. Stephan Piazza (Malta) received the partial benefit organization in the marine and energy sectors. The The Government of Malta has supported the Institute’s activities training of lawyers employed by them at IMLI. The Kenyan scholarship award. Foundation has been joined by The Lloyd’s Register Educational since its establishment in 1988. In addition to the provision of the Navy, which continues to send lawyers to the Institute to Trust, a charity which has been operating since 2004. This premises which are located on the University of Malta Campus, enroll in its LL.M., programme sponsored the studies of Major THE NIPPON FOUNDATION academic year the following students have been selected as the it also enables the training at the Institute of deserving Maltese Alice Muringo Mate. IMLI also notes with appreciation the The Nippon Foundation, through its joint project with IMLI, Foundation’s scholars: Ms. Melody Yandi Ofon (Cameroon), Ms. lawyers. The Government of Malta supports also the Institute’s co-operation with the Argentinian Navy, the Government of known as the “Human Resources Development Project for the Aleksandra Bujkovic (Montenegro), and Ms. Daria Omelchenko activities through the generous funding provided by Transport Barbados, and the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Advancement of a More Effective Legal Order for the Oceans”, (Ukraine). Malta, the Government Authority in charge of aviation, maritime Association. For this academic year, the following students continues to support deserving government-nominated and land transport. were awarded sponsorship by these institutions: Lt. Guillermo scholars. For the academic year 2015-2016 the following Anibal Fonseca Atrio (Argentina), Ms. Najla Achele Rosonia ten students were selected as scholars under the Project: Ms. King (Barbados), and Ms. Evangelia Pouli (Greece). Nezrin Mirzezade (Azerbaijan), Mr. Marko Bazlyankov

7 Mr. Nicolaos Charalambous (Director, IMO Technical Cooperation Division) with Mr. Frederick J. Kenney Jr. (Director, IMO Legal Affairs and External Relations Dr. Dorota Lost-Sieminska (Head, IMO Legal Affairs Office) Mr. Osmanberdi Garajayev (Turkmenistan) placing the Institute’s badge on the IMLI Division) meeting the IMLI Class of 2015-2016 with the IMLI Class of 2015-2016 map commemorating the presence of the first lawyer from Turkmenistan in IMLI’s LL.M. programme

IMLI Committee on Financial and Personnel Matters Mr. Masamichi Hasebe (Senior Legal Counsel, Japan Association of Maritime Safety) Professor Francis M.B. Reynolds, Q.C. (Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford) (L-R: Mr. Nicolaos Charalambous, Dr. Reto Dürler, Mr. Jim Harrison (Chairman), lecturing at IMLI with the IMLI Class of 2015-2016 Dr. Philippe Boisson, and Prof. David Attard)

Ambassador Lino Vassallo (Malta’s Permanent Representative to IMO) meeting the Dr. Kofi Mbiah (Chairman, IMO Legal Committee) meeting Dr. Philippe Boisson (Communication Director and Legal Advisor, Marine Division, IMLI Class of 2015-2016 the IMLI Class of 2015-2016 Bureau Veritas) meeting the IMLI Class of 2015-2016