The International Law of the Sea Summer Academy aims to provide education in fundamental areas of the Law of the Sea, by bringing together judges from international tribunals, academics and practitioners specialized in international law. All the lectures are to be given in English by experts in the related fields. The International Law of the Sea Summer Academy is a non-profit enterprise which gathers together participants from different nations, in order to discuss legal problems arising in the global arena concerning maritime zones, and thereby provide the human and information resources needed to understand political and commercial issues.