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Dr. Anna von Rebay LL.M.
CEO | Lawyer | Head of Ocean Litigation Department
+49 151 6778 6007
"We can create as many new Ocean protection treaties as we want. If we are not starting to judicially enforce and use them, they will remain elusive.
It is thus my mission to enforce existing marine protection obligations to make marine protection effective in this UN Ocean Decade."
(Dr. Anna von Rebay)
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CEO | Lawyer | Head of Ocean Litigation Department
Anna is the CEO and founder of Ocean Vision Legal. After having worked in litigation in international law firms, she specilaised in marine protection and investigated in her doctorate thesis, how States can be held liable to better protect the Ocean.
She is Ambassador for the German Committee of the UN Ocean Decade and Mentor for Young Ocean Advocates for Youth4Ocean Forum.
QUALIFICATIONS
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Licensed barrister, judge, prosecutor
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Admitted to the bar in Germany
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Doctor juris (Dr.), with specialisation in Marine Protected Areas
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Master of Law (LL.M.) in conflict resolution
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Business mediator (Munich Centre for Dispute Resolution)
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NLP Diploma
LITIGATION & MEDIATION
80 cases in company liability lawsuits.
More than 65 oral hearings in courts.
Successful mediation procedures in more than 20 cases.
Currently preparing several international and national lawsuits, inter alia on the prohibition of Bottom Trawling and Deep Sea Mining.
ACADEMICS
(2023) Doctor juris: The Designation of Marine Protected Areas: A Legal Obligation (Springer Nature 2023).
(2017) Master of Law in Conflict Resolution.
(2017) Admitted to the bar in Germany.
(2014, 2016) First and second legal state examination, Munich (Germany).
(2015) Training as Business Mediator.
(since 2008) NLP Diplomas, Negotiation and Rhethoric Trainings.
LEGAL ASSESSMENTS
Conducting various legal assessments on the obligation of States to protect the marine environment, e.g.:
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Unlawfulness of Bottom Trawling in the German Territorial Sea
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Unlawfulness of Bottom Trawling in the german EEZ
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Statement to the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights on the Discharge of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima into the Ocean by Japan – Special Procedure Communications and Official Statement.
PRO BONO
Mentor for Young Ocean Advocates for Youth4Ocean Forum (part of the EU4Ocean Coalition).
Teaching at Universities such as the University of Sydney and Auckland and at High Schools on marine protection. Check out out pro bono lectures on our here.
PUBLICATIONS
INTERVIEWS
PERSONAL
Living in Germany, Australia and Indonesia, Anna volunteers with marine protection organisations, and loves surfing, snorkeling, swimming and spending time in Nature.
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