Anna Petrig holds the Chair of International Law and Public Law at the University of Basel, Switzerland. She was sitting as Judge ad hoc for Switzerland on the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Cases 27 and 29. Her research focuses on the law of the sea, international human rights law, and transnational criminal law, including the interaction between these legal regimes. Anna is the Co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Protection of People at Sea and Chair of the EU-funded COST Action CA23103 BlueRights (Life, Liberty and Health: Ensuring Universal Protection of Human Rights at Sea).