• Welcome to CMI

    We are a non-governmental not-for-profit international organization established in Antwerp in 1897, the object of which is to contribute by all appropriate means and activities to the unification of maritime law in all its aspects.

  • About CMI

    The CMI holds a Conference every 3 – 4 years at which the work of International Working Groups and/or International Sub-Committees is debated and, if appropriate, concluded with a resolution at the plenary session at the end of the Conference.

  • Beijing Conference and Shanghai Add-On

    The last CMI Conference was held in Beijing October 14-19 2012 and Shanghai October 20-22 2012. For the Conference documents please visit: www-cmi2012beijing.org

 

Announcements & Events


CMI/NMLA Events
  • Joint CMI and Irish MLA Symposium at the Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin 
  • The United States MLA and IIDM Joint Conference, Puerto Rico, 29 October to 2 November 2013
  • Spanish MLA Congress, Madrid 12 and 13 June 2013

OTHER Events
  • 2013 IFLOS Seventh Summer Academy
  • Antwerp Regional Young Maritime Lawyers Conference
  • Ravenna Summer School - For PHD Students
  • Den Norske Sjorettsforening (Norwegian MLA) - Young CMI Essay Competition
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • Article about the CMI published in the BIMCO Bulletin
  • IMLI: CMI Former President, Patrick Griggs, receives the title of Doctor of International Maritime Law Honoris Causa
  • Appointment of Vice-President Johanne Gauthier as Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal in Canada
  • At the Graduation Ceremony on 5 May of the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI), the CMI was given an Award for its work towards the unification of maritime law.

Documents of interest

  • "A new liability and compensation regime for Passenger Ships" by Patrick Griggs
  • Appointment of Prof.Luis Cova Arria as President of Venezuelan's Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Paper delivered by Patrick Griggs CBE at 100 Session of IMO legal Committee, 18 April 2013
  • Paper delivered by Mans Jacobsson CBE at 100 Session of IMO legal Committee, 18 April 2013
  • Promoting Maritime Treaty Ratification
  • One Hundredth Session of the IMO Legal Committee


 

About CMI

The CMI holds a Conference every 3 – 4 years at which the work of International Working Groups and/or International Sub-Committees is debated and, if appropriate, concluded with a resolution at the plenary session at the end of the Conference.

In between the Conferences, Colloquia and Symposia are sometimes organised by National Maritime Law Association in conjunction with the CMI. In years when there is such a meeting, the annual Assembly of the CMI will be organised in conjunction therewith and otherwise as a separate event.

CMI History

The Comite Maritime International (CMI) was formally established in 1897. It is a non-governmental not-for-profit international organisation established in Antwerp, the object of which is to contribute by all appropriate means and activities to the unification of maritime law in all its aspects.