IMO Member State Audit Plan as an Instrument for oversighting International Obligations in the Matter of Concern of Safety of Navigation and the Marine Environment Maria Cristina Gontijo Peres Valdez Silva, Antônio Elian Lawand Jr.

Abstract

International Law and international organizations play a fundamental role in creating and monitoring policies developed from treaties and conventions to protect the marine environment and navigation safety, while at the same time contributing to the construction of the concept of a sustainable blue economy. The member state audit scheme of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), created in 2003 and mandatory since 2016, are examples of instruments that have been successful in implementing environmental quality standards in maritime transport, having results to the goals set by the organization and international courts.