Iva Parlov is Associate Professor at BI 黑料专区 Business School, Department of Law and Governance. Her professional competence and interests lie in the domain of shipping, both from the perspective of private law and in the public law context (international maritime law and law of the sea).
Iva is the author of the monograph Coastal State Jurisdiction over Ships in Need of Assistance, Maritime Casualties and Shipwrecks (Brill 2022; book review by Nick Gaskell available here: ; and by Nelson F. Coelho here: ), and has been continuously publishing her research in journals and collected works. She has participated in several international academies including the International Foundation of the Law of the Sea Academy, Hamburg and the Hague Academy of International Law, and was a visiting researcher at the Scandinavian Institute for Maritime Law. During her PhD studies, Iva undertook an internship at the International Maritime Organization in London.
Whereas currently in academia, Iva has experience as a practicing lawyer. She worked for two major law firms specializing in maritime law in Croatia, where she advised clients in domestic, international and EU matters concerning shipping, and where she contributed to professional publications, such as Getting the Deal Through.
Iva holds a PhD in the law of the sea (UiT- the Arctic University of Norway), a LL.M degree in international maritime law (cum laude; IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta), and a master degree in law (mag iur. cum laude; Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka, Croatia).
Ringbom, Henrik & Chircop, Aldo (red.). The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. A commentary
Parlov, Iva & Sverdrup, Ulf (2024)
The Emerging “Shadow Fleet” as a Maritime Security and Ocean Governance Challenge
Lott, Alexander (red.). Maritime Security Law in Hybrid Warfare
Parlov, Iva (2023)
Can the International Regulatory Framework on Ships’ Routing, Ship Reporting, and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Accommodate Marine Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)?: Exploring the Autonomy-Neutral Character of the Existing Regulations
Ocean Development and International Law, 54(2), s. 163- 180. Doi: -
Parlov, Iva (2022)
Coastal State Jurisdiction over Ships in Need of Assistance, Maritime Casualties and Shipwrecks
Brill|Nijhoff.
Parlov, Iva (2022)
The 2007 Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks: The Implications for the Law of the Sea
Ocean Yearbook, 36(1), s. 659- 679. Doi:
Gaunce, Julia Martha; Solski, Jan Jakub, Parlov, Iva & Neves, Maria Madalena das (2021)
Anthropocentric Ocean Connectivity: A Pluralistic Legal-Regulatory Model
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 12, s. 222- 237. Doi: -
Mandic, Nikola & Parlov, Iva (2015)
Public Transport in Linear Shipping and Occasion Coastal Maritime Traffic: Legal Sources (Croatian legislation)
Poredbeno pomorsko pravo, 54(169), s. 275- 308.
Parlov, Iva (2025)
Interview for Shippingwatch: Tomas Kristiansen, Mette Grube Condrup, Daniela de Lorenzo, "Shadow fleet's future at crossroad amid Ukraine peace talks" (13 February 2025)
Decarbonizing Shipping: Implementation Challenges for the IMO from the International Law Perspective
[Academic lecture]. International Conference: Promoting the Implementation of the IMO Objectives through Maritime Legislation.
Parlov, Iva (2024)
Legal, institutional, and regulatory implications of the ‘shadow fleet’
[Academic lecture]. UN Global Compact - Ocean Security Dialogue.
Parlov, Iva (2023)
International conference on "Safe, Secure and Sustainable Shipping" - moderator of a panel on continental shelf issues
[Academic lecture]. 46th Annual Conference on Ocean law and Policy.
Parlov, Iva (2023)
Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) from the Perspective of the Law of the Sea and State Jurisdiction: Challenges and Opportunities for Global Commercial Shipping?
[Academic lecture]. Autonomous Ship Expo 2023.
Parlov, Iva (2023)
Hybrid Threats and Autonomous Ships: Legal Challenges from the Perspective of Coastal States
[Academic lecture]. Tallinn Conference on the Law of the Sea and Hybrid Warfare (LOSFARE).
Parlov, Iva (2023)
The Developing International Law on Maritime Casualties: How Far Have We Come and Where Are We Heading To?
[Academic lecture]. International Conference on Maritime Law.
Parlov, Iva (2023)
Autonomous ships
[Academic lecture]. Nordic Maritime Law Gathering.
Parlov, Iva (2021)
MASS in the context of ships’ routeing, reporting [and vessel traffic services]: Exploring jurisdictional challenges and opportunities
[Academic lecture]. Internal seminar.
Parlov, Iva (2021)
Problematizing Sovereignty While Introducing Marine Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) into the Law of the Sea Framework and Such Regulatory Areas and Ships’ Routeing, Ship Reporting and Vessel Traffic Service (VTS)