Short CV
Born 1981 in Ulm, Germany; 2000-2001 community service, German Red Cross (Constance); 2001-2002 paramedic (Rettungssanitäter), after 05/2002 qualified paramedic (Rettungsassistent) with MKT (Munich); 2002-2008 Studies of Law at Bucerius Law School (Hamburg) and Duke University School of Law (USA); 2005 LL.B. (Bucerius Law School); 2008 First State Examination (Hamburg); 2005-2008 research assistant to Dr. Markus Roth and Dr. Jan von Hein at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg); 2006-2007 work experience at Radnóczy & Mészáros Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz (Budapest); 2007-2008 graduate research assistant to Dr. Felix Steffek at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg). Since October 2008 scholar at the IMPRS for Maritime Affairs.
Contact
engels@mpipriv.de
Research Project: The Compliance Regime of the IMO Convention on Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships
Urs D. Engels (Germany) examines the compliance regime of the IMO Convention on Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. Currently, the dismantling and recycling process of ships that are not operated any more is quite simple: ships are sold primarily to Asian companies which “beach” them, i.e. they use high tide waters to run aground these old vessels on shores, and tear them apart. Obviously, these techniques leave much to be desired in terms of environmental, health and safety matters. The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved a draft Convention on Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships at its 58th session in October 2008 for adoption at a diplomatic conference in May 2009. According to the MEPC, “the new convention will provide regulations for the design, construction, operation and preparation of ships so as to facilitate safe and environmentally sound recycling, without compromising the safety and operational efficiency of ships; the operation of ship recycling facilities in a safe and environmentally sound manner; and the establishment of an appropriate enforcement mechanism for ship recycling, incorporating certification and reporting requirements.” These provisions have to be complied with in one way or another. Engels analyses both the institutional and the capacity-building procedures and mechanisms which are incorporated in the convention with regard to compliance theories in international law.
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