Photo Gallery

Inception of the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, 8th October, 1988

Graduation Ceremony held at IMLI on 23rd June, 1990

Graduation Ceremony held at IMLI on 21st June, 1991

Graduation Ceremony held at IMLI on 30th June, 1992

Graduation Ceremony held at IMLI on 30th June, 1993

Graduation Ceremony held at IMLI on 19th June, 1994

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 18th June, 1995

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 6th June, 1996

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 31st May, 1997

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 30th May, 1998

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 29th May, 1999

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 20th May, 2000

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 19th May, 2001

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 18th May, 2002

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 17th May, 2003

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 15th May, 2004

HE President Emeritus of the Republic of Malta, Prof. Guido DeMarco lectures at IMLI, 5th October, 2004

First Lady of the United Kingdom, Ms. Cherrie Booth, visits IMLI, 15th October, 2004

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 14th May, 2005

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 16th to 18th May, 2005

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 13th May, 2006

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 16th to 18th May, 2006

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 5th May, 2007

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 5th to 9th May, 2007

Unveiling of the Arvid Pardo Monument, 7th November, 2007

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum on 3rd May, 2008

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 5 to 7th May, 2008

First Day of Academic Year 2008/2009

Unveiling of Climate Change Monument by HE UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban-ki Moon, 22nd April, 2009

Graduation Ceremony held at the Aula Magna in Valletta on 2nd May, 2009

IMLI 20th Anniversary Celebrations held at IMO on 5th May, 2009

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 4th to 6th May, 2009

First Day of Academic Year 2009/2010

Launching of the First Volume of IMLI Publication ‘Serving to Rule of International Maritime Law’, 16th November, 2009

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 2nd May 2010

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 3rd to 5th May, 2010

First Day of Academic Year 2010/2011

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum on 7th May, 2011

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 9th to 11th May, 2011

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 5th May, 2012

First day of Academic Year 2012/2013

Flag Raising Ceremony, 6th September, 2012

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 27th April, 2013

First Day of Academic Year 2013/2014

Amb. Lino Vassallo (Malta, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 11th November, 2013

Mr. Louis Mbanefo (Nigeria, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 13th January, 2014

Prof. Dr. M. Pavliha (Slovenia, IMLI Governor) lecturing at IMLI, 10th February, 2014

IMLI 25th Anniversary Celebrations held at IMO on 28th April, 2014

IMLI 25th Anniversary Celebrations held at IMLI on 6th June, 2014

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum on 7th June, 2014

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 9th to 11th June, 2014

First Day of Academic Year 2014/2015

Amb. Lino Vassallo (Malta, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 10th November, 2014

Dr. Emanuel Kofi Mbiah (Ghana, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 24th November, 2014

Prof. F. Reynolds (UK, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Oxford) lectures at IMLI, 24th November, 2014

Dr. Ph. Boisson (France, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI on 19th January, 2015

Prof. Dr. M. Pavliha (Slovenia, IMLI Governor) lecturing at IMLI, 16th February, 2015

Dr. R. Durler (Switzerland, IMLI Governor and Member of the IMLI Financial and Human Resources Committee) lectures at IMLI, 2nd April, 2015

Dr. Patrick J. S. Griggs CBE (UK, IMLI Governor ) lectures at IMLI on 6th May, 2015

Graduation Ceremony held at the Aula Magna in Valletta on 30th May, 2015

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 1st to 3rd June, 2015

First Day of Academic Year 2015/2016

Prof. F. Reynolds (UK, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Oxford) lectures at IMLI, 9th November, 2015

Hon. Dr. G. Vella, (Malta, Minister for Foreign Affairs) visits IMLI, 17th December, 2015

Dr. Philippe Boisson (France, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 25th January, 2016

Dr. Emanuel Kofi Mbiah (Ghana, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 15th February, 2016

Prof. Dr. M. Pavliha (Slovenia, IMLI Governor) lecturing at IMLI, 15th February, 2016

Dr. R. Durler (Switzerland, IMLI Governor and Member of the IMLI Financial and Human Resources Committee) lectures at IMLI, 28th March, 2016

Launch of IMLI Manual on International Maritime Law Volume II, 11th April, 2016

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on 28th May, 2016

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 30th May to 1st June, 2016

Governing Board Meeting held at IMO, 14th July, 2016

HE Mr. Kitack Lim (Secretary-General of the IMO and Chairman of the IMLI Governing Board) visits IMLI, 4th October, 2016

Prof. D. Attard (Director, IMLI) presents the IMLI Manual to President of International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, 5th October, 2016

First Day of Academic Year 2016/2017

Adm. F. Kenney (USA, Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations Division at the IMO) delivers the inaugural lecture, 17th October, 2016

Flag Raising Ceremony, 11th November, 2016

HE President Emeritus of the Republic of Malta, Dr. Ugo Mifsud Bonnici lectures at IMLI, 21st November, 2016

Prof. David Attard (Director, IMLI) and IMLI Faculty present the IMLI Manuals to Prof. Alfred J. Vella (Malta, Rector, University of Malta), 20th December, 2016

Maritime Labour Law Course delivered by Mr. Douglas B. Stevenson (U.S.A., Director, Center for Seafarers’ Rights at Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey, USA), 26th January, 2017

Maritime Transport Workshop held at IMLI delivered by Dr. George Theocharidis (Greece, Associate Professor of Maritime Law & Policy, World Maritime University) and Mr. Jonathan Pace (Malta, Head, Programme Management and Maritime Transport Policy, Technical Cooperation Division, IMO), 8th February, 2017

Mr. Archie Bishop (UK, Former Legal Adviser to the International Salvage Union) lectures at IMLI, 22nd February, 2017

Mr. Richard Case (UK, Thomas Miller P&I Limited) lectures at IMLI, 27th February, 2017

Hon. Dr. George Vella (Malta, Minister for Foreign Affairs) visits IMLI, 8th March, 2017

Mr. David Martin-Clark (UK, International Maritime Arbitrator and Commercial Dispute Mediator) lectures at IMLI, 16th March, 2016

HE Mr. Kitack Lim (Secretary-General of the IMO and Chairman of the IMLI Governing Board) visits IMLI, 29th March, 2017

Dr. Måns Jacobsson (Sweden, Former Director and Chief Executive Officer of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds) lectures at IMLI, 5th April, 2017

Dr. Miriam Goldby (Malta, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)) lectures at IMLI, 6th April, 2017

EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Dr. Karmenu Vella (Malta), visited IMLI, 5th May, 2017

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa, 27th May, 2017

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 29th to 31st May, 2017

‘The Relevance of International Maritime Law for the Development of Activities at Sea’ Seminar organized by Mexican Navy Secretariat, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21st-23rd August 2017

First Day of Academic Year 2017/2018

Mr. Mitsoyuki Unno (Japan, Executive Director, The Nippon Foundation) visits IMLI, 24th October, 2017

Mr. Gilberto Asuque (The Philippines, Deputy Chief of Mission & Permanent Representative of the Philippines to IMO) lectures at IMLI, 27th October, 2017

30th Session of the International Maritime Organization General Assembly, 4th December, 2017

Dr. Philippe Gautier (Belgium, Registrar, International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea) lectures at IMLI, 13th December, 2017

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Malta’s Initiative on the Law of the Sea at the United Nations, 15th December, 2017

Class Maritime Field Trip, 29th January, 2018

Dr. Philippe Boisson (France, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 30th January, 2018

IMLI in conjunction with the Stockton Center for International Law, U.S. Naval War College holding a workshop at IMLI, 14th February, 2018

Maritime Transport Policy Seminar held at IMLI, 15th to 16th February, 2018

Hon. Dr. Ian Borg (Malta, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects) visits IMLI, 21st February, 2018

Delegation from Comite’ Maritime International (CMI) visits IMLI, 28th February, 2018

Dr. Emanuel Kofi Mbiah (Ghana, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 7th March, 2018

Delegation from DEHUKAM Ankara University visits IMLI, 27th March, 2018

Mr. Gabino Gonzalez (Spain, Head of Office, Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea (REMPEC)) lectures at IMLI, 29th March, 2018

Delegation from the Nippon Foundation visits IMLI, 6th April, 2018

Annual IMLI Cuisine Competition held at IMLI, 18th April, 2018

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosaon 9th June, 2018

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 11th to 13th June, 2018

First Day of Academic Year 2018/2019

Round Table on Global Ocean Governance held at IMLI, 13th November, 2018

Seminar held at the University of Malta, commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Malta’s Climate Change Initiative at the United Nations, 16th November, 2018

Prof. David Attard (Director, IMLI) and IMLI Faculty present the set of publications ‘The IMLI Treatise on Global Ocean Governance’ to Prof. Alfred J. Vella (Malta, Rector, University of Malta), 11th December, 2018

Dr. Dorota Lost Sieminska (Poland, Deputy Director/Head, IMO Legal Affairs, Legal Affairs and External Relations Division) lectures at IMLI, 18th December, 2018

Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia, President, International Court of Justice) visits IMLI, 8th January, 2019

Mr. Chris Trelawny (UK, Technical Cooperation Division, International Maritime Organization) lectures at IMLI, 21 January, 2019

Delegation from Transport Malta visits IMLI, 24th January, 2019

Symposium co-organized by IMLI and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of Malta, held at IMLI, 20th February, 2019

Hon. Dr. Carmelo Abela (Malta, Minister for Foreign Affairs) visits IMLI, 7th February, 2019

Prof. Dr. M. Pavliha (Slovenia, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 11th February, 2019

Dr. Philippe Boisson (France, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 12th February, 2019

Mr. Julian Abril Garcia (Spain, Head of Facilitation, Subdivision for Maritime Security and Facilitation, IMO) lectures at IMLI, 18th February, 2019

Mr. Louis Mbanefo (Nigeria, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 18th February, 2019

Dr. Emanuel Kofi Mbiah (Ghana, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 21st February, 2019

Prof. Philippe Gautier (Belgium, Registrar, International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea) lectures at IMLI, 25th April, 2019

Prof. Atsuko Kanehara (Japan, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 4th March, 2019

Mr. Nobukatsu Kanehara (Japan, Deputy National Security Advisor, Tokyo) lectures at IMLI, 4th March, 2019

Class Maritime Field Trip, 18th April, 2019

Dr. Ivan Vella (Malta, Advocate) lectures at IMLI, 22nd April, 2019

Mr. Jim Harrison (UK, Chairman of the IMLI Financial and Human Resources Committee) lectures at IMLI, 22nd April, 2019

Seminar: Empowering Women in Maritime Affairs, 26th April, 2019

Prof. P. Ehlers (Germany, Former President, German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency), lectures at IMLI, 29th April, 2019

H.E. Ambassador of Greece Mr. D. G. Tsoungas visits IMLI, 30th April, 2019

Prof. Rhidian Thomas (UK, Emeritus Professor of Maritime Law, Swansea University) lectures at IMLI, 2nd May, 2019

Dr. H. Dammak (Tunisia, Chairman, Institut International de Droit Maritime et des Transports) lectures at IMLI, 6th May, 2019

Mr. F. Sciulli (USA, Counsel, Commander Naval Forces Europe- Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet) lectures at IMLI, 13th May, 2019

Mr. Richard Case (UK, Senior Claims Director, Thomas Miller & Co., Manages of the UK P&I Club), lectures at IMLI, 16th May, 2019

Class Moot Court Competition, 20th May, 2019

Annual IMLI Cuisine Competition held at IMLI, 11th June, 2019

Prof. David Attard (Director, IMLI) unveiling the portrait of Prof. Patricia Birnie (Former Director IMLI), 11th June, 2019

Class 2018/2019 visit the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on invitation of Hon. Carmelo Abela (Malta, Minister for Foreign Affairs), 13th June, 2019

IMLI 30th Anniversary Celebration held in Malta, 14th June, 2019

Graduation Ceremony held at the Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa, 15th June, 2019

Annual IMLI Field Trip held in London, 17th to 19th June, 2019

Governing Board Meeting, held at IMO, 24 June, 2019

IMLI 30th Anniversary Celebrations at IMO, 25th June, 2019 (Part 1)

IMLI 30th Anniversary Celebrations at IMO, 25th June, 2019 (Part 2)

IMLI and FAO held 2nd Annual Training Course on International Fisheries Law, 8th July, 2019

First Day of Academic Year 2019/2020

Adm. F. Kenney (USA, Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations Division at the IMO) delivers the inaugural lecture, 8th October, 2019

Prof. Ignacio Arroyo Martínez (Spain, former President of the Spanish Maritime Law Association) lectures at IMLI, 14th October, 2019

Capt. J. Zerafa (Malta, Former Technical Manager, Malta Maritime Authority) lectures at IMLI 15th October, 2019

Prof. Malgosia Fitzmaurice (Poland, The Nippon Foundation Professor on Marine Environmental Law) lectures at IMLI, 17th October, 2019

Dr. Ann Fenech (Malta, Vice President of the Comité Maritime International (CMI)) lectures at IMLI, 23rd October, 2019

Dr. Josianne Cutajar (Malta, Member of the European Parliament) vists IMLI, 31st October, 2019

Mr. Andrew Taylor (UK, International Shipping Law Expert) lectures at IMLI, 4th November, 2019

IMLI Finance and Human Rescources Committee meeting held in London, 6th November, 2019

Maritime Transport Policy Seminar held at IMLI, delivered by Mr. J. Pace (Malta, Acting Chief, Subdivision for Programme Management & Coordination, Technical Cooperation Division, IMO) and Prof. H.  Jessen, (Germany, Associate Professor, Maritime Law & Policy, WMU), 13th November, 2019

Mr. J.J. Shiundu (Kenya, Director, Technical Cooperation Division, International Maritime Organization (IMO)) lectures at IMLI, 21st November, 2019

Mr. Manuel Miguel Vergara Céspedes (Spain, Member at the Universal Jurisdiction Commission of Experts, Ministry of Justice) lectures at IMLI, 22nd November, 2019

International Maritime Organization Council Session held at IMO Head Quarters, 24th November, 2019

Prof. F. Reynolds (UK, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Oxford) lectures at IMLI, 25th November, 2019

Mr. L. Vassallo (Malta, General Secretary of the Malta International Shipowners Association) lectures at IMLI, 2nd December, 2019

International Maritime Organization Assembly held at IMO Head Quarters, 4th December, 2019

Dr. Dorota Lost Sieminska (Poland, Deputy Director/Head, IMO Legal Affairs, Legal Affairs and External Relations Division) lectures at IMLI, 9th December, 2019

Dr. A. Henriksen (Germany, Lawyer, Certified Specialist in Commercial and Corporate Law) lectures at IMLI, 10th December, 2019

Executive Director of the Liaison Office of the League of Arab States visits IMLI, 10th December, 2019

Mr. Godwin Xerri (Malta, Managing Director, Focal Maritime Services Co. Ltd.) lectures at IMLI, 10th December, 2019

Course on the Law of Ports held at IMLI, 2nd January, 2020

Mr. C. Abela (Malta, Senior Project Officer for International Relations, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)) lectures at IMLI, 3rd January, 2020

Prof. A. Blanco-Bazan (Argentina, International Lawyer & Consultant) lectures at IMLI, 16th January, 2020

Ms. Gillian Grant (Canada, Alternative Representative of Canada to the International Maritime Organization (IMO)) lectures at IMLI, 27th January, 2020

Prof. Dr. M. Pavliha (Slovenia, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 3rd February, 2020

Ms. Sakura Kuma (Japan, Executive Director, Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port) lectures at IMLI, 6th February, 2020

Col. C. O’Neil (Malta, Colonel Operations, Plans and Intelligence, Armed Forces of Malta (AFM)) lectures at IMLI, 7th February, 2020

Hon. Carmelo Abela (Malta, Minister for Sustainable Development, Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto, Social Dialogue) visits IMLI, 7th February, 2020

Prof. J. Zhao (China, Director, Centre for Smart Ocean, Shenzhen Research Institute) lectures at IMLI, 7th February, 2020

CMDR (Rt) D. B. Stevenson (USA, Director (Rt) of the Centre for Seafarers’ Rights at the Seamen’s Church Institute) lectures at IMLI, 7th February, 2020

Mr. L. Barchue (Liberia, Assistant Secretary-General/Director, Department for Member State Audit and Implementation Support, International Maritime Organization (IMO)) lectures at IMLI, 13th February, 2020

Mr. Louis Mbanefo (Nigeria, IMLI Governor) lectures at IMLI, 14th February, 2020

Class Visit to a Philippine Coast Guard Ship, 16th February, 2020

Mr. A. Kennedy (UK, Global Head of Dispute Resolution and Compliance, Lloyd’s Register) lectures at IMLI, 17th February, 2020

Dr. Ximena Hinrichs Oyarce (Germany, Registrar, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)), 24th February, 2020

Dr. Y. Ishii (Japan, Associate Professor, National Defence Academy of Japan) lectures at IMLI, 28th February, 2020

H.E. Ambassador of Mexico Mr. C. E. Garcia De Alba Zepeda visits IMLI, 2nd March, 2020

IMLI / WMU Symposium Co-Hosted by IMO and ITLOS held at IMO Head Quarters in London, 5th March, 2020

Prof. Atsuko Kanehara (Japan, IMLI Governor) and Mr. Nobukatsu Kanehara (Japan, Deputy National Security Advisor, Tokyo) lecture at IMLI, 26th February, 2020