over maritime crimes. His publications include the monograph International Law
for Ocean Governance (Sanseido, 2015). Since 2016, he serves as a member of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 8,
Subcommittee 13, Working Group 4 (ISO/TC8/SC13/WG4), which makes international standards for marine environment impact assessment.
Jun Tsuruta is Associate Professor of International Law at Meiji Gakuin
University, Tokyo, Japan. He also serves as Visiting Lecturer of International
Environmental Law at Waseda University, Visiting Researcher at Institute of
Maritime Law, Waseda University and Visiting Lecturer of International Law at
Tsukuba Law School, and served as Legal Adviser, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth
Science and Technology. He earned a master’s degree in laws from the University
of Tokyo. He published many articles on international law of the sea and international environmental law. His recent works in English include the articles titled
as, “Legal Issues to Implement the SUA 2005 Protocol from Japanese Perspective”,
Meijigakuin Law Journal, Vol. 107(2019), and “Application and Enforcement
of the Japanese Stimulants Control Act against Foreign Ships at Sea,” Meijigakuin
Law Journal, Vol. 110(2021).
Jiayi Wang is a lecturer at Huzhou University. She has over 10 years of experience in study, teaching and practice of international law. She earned LL.M. degree
from University of Manchester in 2009. During 2010–2014, she has been a faculty
member in Huzhou University. Since 2014, she has studied in Zhejiang University
Guanghua Law School and obtained her Ph.D. (Law of the Sea) degree in 2019.
She was a Visiting Scholar with the Center for Ocean Law and Policy at the
University of Virginia (2016–2017) sponsored by China Scholarship Council. Her
research interests include the law of the sea and international environmental law.
She published widely on ocean law and policy issues of China, such as ‘Enforcing
Marine Environmental Law in China: Some New Measures’ in Chinese Journal of
International Law; ‘China’s Efforts in Marine Biodiversity Conservation: Recent
Developments in Policy and Institutional Reform’, in International Journal of
Marine and Coastal Law; and ‘Solid Wastes Import Control in China: Recent
Developments’, in Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy. She has been
involved in a number of research projects on marine environmental and climate
change issues. Dr. Wang also has rich experience in legal practice, dealing with
civil litigations and providing legal consultation as a part-time lawyer with
Dongtangren Law Firm since 2012.
Hua Zhang is an Associate Professor in International Law & EU Law at School of
Law, Nanjing University, where he teaches public international law, and EU law.
He holds PhD degree in International Law from the Institute of International Law,
Wuhan University (2009). He has been working at Nanjing University since 2009.
He once worked as a visiting fellow at Manchester University (UK, 2007),
Goettingen University (Germany, 2011), and University of Cambridge (UK,
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, 2013- 2014). His research interest lies in
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for Ocean Governance (Sanseido, 2015). Since 2016, he serves as a member of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 8,
Subcommittee 13, Working Group 4 (ISO/TC8/SC13/WG4), which makes international standards for marine environment impact assessment.
Jun Tsuruta is Associate Professor of International Law at Meiji Gakuin
University, Tokyo, Japan. He also serves as Visiting Lecturer of International
Environmental Law at Waseda University, Visiting Researcher at Institute of
Maritime Law, Waseda University and Visiting Lecturer of International Law at
Tsukuba Law School, and served as Legal Adviser, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth
Science and Technology. He earned a master’s degree in laws from the University
of Tokyo. He published many articles on international law of the sea and international environmental law. His recent works in English include the articles titled
as, “Legal Issues to Implement the SUA 2005 Protocol from Japanese Perspective”,
Meijigakuin Law Journal, Vol. 107(2019), and “Application and Enforcement
of the Japanese Stimulants Control Act against Foreign Ships at Sea,” Meijigakuin
Law Journal, Vol. 110(2021).
Jiayi Wang is a lecturer at Huzhou University. She has over 10 years of experience in study, teaching and practice of international law. She earned LL.M. degree
from University of Manchester in 2009. During 2010–2014, she has been a faculty
member in Huzhou University. Since 2014, she has studied in Zhejiang University
Guanghua Law School and obtained her Ph.D. (Law of the Sea) degree in 2019.
She was a Visiting Scholar with the Center for Ocean Law and Policy at the
University of Virginia (2016–2017) sponsored by China Scholarship Council. Her
research interests include the law of the sea and international environmental law.
She published widely on ocean law and policy issues of China, such as ‘Enforcing
Marine Environmental Law in China: Some New Measures’ in Chinese Journal of
International Law; ‘China’s Efforts in Marine Biodiversity Conservation: Recent
Developments in Policy and Institutional Reform’, in International Journal of
Marine and Coastal Law; and ‘Solid Wastes Import Control in China: Recent
Developments’, in Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy. She has been
involved in a number of research projects on marine environmental and climate
change issues. Dr. Wang also has rich experience in legal practice, dealing with
civil litigations and providing legal consultation as a part-time lawyer with
Dongtangren Law Firm since 2012.
Hua Zhang is an Associate Professor in International Law & EU Law at School of
Law, Nanjing University, where he teaches public international law, and EU law.
He holds PhD degree in International Law from the Institute of International Law,
Wuhan University (2009). He has been working at Nanjing University since 2009.
He once worked as a visiting fellow at Manchester University (UK, 2007),
Goettingen University (Germany, 2011), and University of Cambridge (UK,
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, 2013- 2014). His research interest lies in
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