Mark Nevitt, Cmdr., JAGC (Ret.), breaks down the 1936 Montreux Convention and its wartime importance – from a lawyer’s perspective. Mark is Associate Professor of Law at Syracuse University College of Law and a former tactical jet aviator and legal advisor to the U.S. Sixth Fleet. This episode was edited and produced by Marie Williams.
Links:
1. The 1936 Montreux Convention.
2. A Constitution for the Oceans. Remarks by Tommy Koh, President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.
3. The Russia-Ukraine Conflict, the Black Sea, and the Montreux Convention, by Mark Nevitt, Just Security, February 28, 2022.
4. The Operational and Legal Risks of a No-Fly Zone over Ukrainian Skies, by Mark Nevitt, Just Security, March 10, 2022.