Lan Nguyen

About/Bio

Lan Nguyen is an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University School of Law and a Senior Research Associate of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (Utrecht University Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law). She is the author of the monograph The Development of the Law of the Sea by UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Bodies (CUP 2023)

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One Step Forward, Two Steps Obscure: Jurisdiction over External Rules in M/T Heroic Idun (No.2)

On 27 May 2026, the ITLOS Special Chamber rendered its judgment in M/T Heroic Idun (No. 2). Brought by the Marshall Islands against Equatorial Guinea, the case concerns the lawfulness of the latter’s arrest and detention of the vessel and its crew. At first glance, the case appears to fall squarely under UNCLOS, as it revolves around…

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