Biography
Rob McLaughlin is Professor of Law at the Australian National Centre for Oceans Resources and Security, Senior Fellow at the Stockton Centre for International Law at the US Naval War College, and Honorary Professor at the Australian National University College of Law. He researches, publishes, and teaches in the areas of Law of Armed Conflict , Law of the Sea, Maritime Security and Enforcement Law, and Military Law. He works with the ICRC, the Australian Red Cross, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and came to academia after a career in the Royal Australian Navy as a Seaman officer and Legal officer, and several years as the Head of the UNODC Global Maritime Crime Program.