Profile

Craig Forrest teaches and undertakes research in the areas of private international law, cultural heritage law and maritime law. His current research interest focuses on the international law applicable to wrecks, and has published a number of articles on the subject. He was a member of the South African delegation to the UNESCO meeting of experts to draft the international convention on the protection of underwater cultural heritage from 1998-2000, was a Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge in 2005, and was awarded a Universitas 21 Fellowship to undertake collaborative research at the University of Nottingham in 2009. He is a member of the International law Association's International Committee on Cultural Heritage Law, a co-editor of LAWASIA Journal, associate editor of the Australian International Law Journal and on the editorial board of the World Maritime University Journal of Maritime Affairs. Prior to joining the University of Queensland, he worked at Kings College, London and the Universities of Wolverhampton and Teesside. He has also taught courses in South Africa, Hong Kong and Republic of Korea. Before turning to the law, he served as a naval officer in the South African Navy.

Research Interests

• Conflict of Laws
• Cultural Heritage Law
• Law of the Sea
• Maritime Law