Lieutenant Commander Heidi Straarup is a Deputy Judge Advocate at the Assistant Judge Advocate General (Pacific Region) of the Canadian Armed Forces, and legal advisor to Joint Task Force Pacific. We talk about her career, some challenges and opportunities for lawyers in multinational operations and exercises, as well as the 2023 Conference on Operational Maritime Law (COML) - to be hosted in Victoria, B.C. from 11 to 14 September 2023.

Judge Advocate General - Canada.ca

Joint Task Force Pacific - Canada.ca

RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific) — U.S. Pacific Fleet (navy.mil)

NSO > Home (nato.int)

Customary IHL - Practice relating to rule 16 Target Verification (icrc.org)

www.operationalmaritimelaw.org