Thursday, March 27, 2025 12PM EST / 6PM CET

Join the ABA ILS International Criminal Law Committee and ILS International Animal Law Committee for the final webinar in our Blue Crimes series focused on crimes impacting aquatic animals, humans and our environment. This webinar is free and open to the public.

Register at: https://bit.ly/4bxSiXv

SPEAKERS

Peter Hammarstedt is the Chief Campaigns Officer for Sea Shepherd Global, an international nonprofit organization that supports law enforcement authorities to tackle illegal fishing through blue water interdictions. In 2014, Peter Hammarstedt captained a ship that set the record for longest maritime pursuit in history, chasing an internationally-blacklisted vessel across three oceans and 10,000 miles before it was intentionally sunk by its captain off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe.In the wake of the sinking, Peter created and piloted a “civilian offshore patrol vessel” program to support developing countries in efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in their sovereign waters and sustain the health of the ocean.

Alana Malinde S.N. Lancaster is a Guyanese-Barbadian environmental, energy & human rights lawyer, academic and natural resources specialist. She is currently a Lecturer in International Environmental & Energy Law, and Head of the Caribbean Environmental Law Unit of the Faculty of Law, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. Alana is also a Researcher with the UKRI GCRF-funded One Ocean Hub, and serves as the Regional Director of the Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment for the Caribbean Region. Since 2014, she has been a Member of the International Law Association Caribbean Branch and currently serves on the Branch’s Executive. In addition to er research, Alana has also contributed extensively to the work of international bodies, courts and the work of the Special Rapporteurs on human rights and climate change, and the right to a healthy environment.

Amy P. Wilson is a licensed attorney of the High Court of South Africa and researcher with over 14 years of professional legal experience. She is the co-founder and director of Animal Law Reform South Africa, the first dedicated animal law non-profit in the country. She is a Lecturer and Research Associate with the University of Johannesburg and a Senior Adjunct Lecturer with the University of the Western Cape. She is consultant on aquatic animal law issues for the Animal Legal Education Initiative at The George Washington University Law School. Amy is an Independent Expert with the United Nations in Harmony with Nature Programme and a founding steering committee member of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature: Africa Hub. She holds bachelor’s degrees in business management and law, a Master’s degree in Animal Law and is currently working towards her Doctorate.

Jamie McLaughlin (moderator) is the Co-Chair of the ABA ILS Animal Law Committee.

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This program is free and open to all. Please register in advance here:  https://bit.ly/4bxSiXv