Donald R. Rothwell is Professor of International Law at the ANU College of Law, Australian National University, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Stuart Kaye OAM is Director and Distinguished Professor of Law at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, at the University of Wollongong. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Australian Academy of Law. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to international law and tertiary education in the King's Birthday Honours in 2024. Afshin Akhtar-Khavari is Dean of Law and Professor of International Law, University of South Pacific. He is currently on leave as the Professor of International Law in the School of Law at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) where he has been a professor since 2018.