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Raul Pedrozo 

Howard S. Levie Chair on the Law of Armed Conflict, Stockton Center for International Law, U.S. Naval War College

Catedrático Howard S. Levie sobre derecho de los conflictos armados, Centro Stockton de Derecho Internacional, Escuela de Guerra Naval de los Estados Unidos


Professor Raul (Pete) Pedrozo (Captain, USN, Ret.) is the Howard S. Levie Chair on the Law of Armed Conflict, U.S. Naval War College, Stockton Center for International Law. Prior to his retirement from active duty after 34 years of service, he held numerous positions advising senior military and civilian Defense officials, including as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and senior legal advisor to Commander, U.S. Pacific Command.

Professor Pedrozo has lectured extensively at military and civilian academic institutions and participated in numerous multilateral and bilateral negotiations, including the International Maritime Organization, Transnational Organized Crime Convention, and International Civil Aviation Organization. CAPT Pedrozo is the co-author to International Maritime Security Law (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013), The Free Sea: The American Fight for Freedom of Navigation (United States Naval Institute, 2018), Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2022), The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare (International Law Studies, Vol 101, 2023), and the Annotated Supplement to the Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations (International Law Studies, Vol 102, 2024). He has an LLM (International & Comparative Law), Georgetown University Law Center and JD (Law), The Ohio State University College of Law.


El profesor Raúl (Pete) Pedrozo (Capitán, USN, retirado) es el catedrático Howard S. Levie sobre derecho de los conflictos armados, Escuela de Guerra Naval de los EE. UU., Centro Stockton de Derecho Internacional. Antes de retirarse del servicio activo después de 34 años de servicio, ocupó numerosos puestos asesorando a altos funcionarios militares y civiles de Defensa, incluido el de Asistente Especial del Subsecretario de Defensa para Políticas y asesor jurídico principal del Comandante del Comando del Pacífico de los EE. UU.

El profesor Pedrozo ha dado numerosas conferencias en instituciones académicas militares y civiles y ha participado en numerosas negociaciones multilaterales y bilaterales, incluida la Organización Marítima Internacional, la Convención contra la Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional y la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional. El capt. Pedrozo es coautor de International Maritime Security Law (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013), The Free Sea: The American Fight for Freedom of Navigation (United States Naval Institute, 2018), Emerging Technology and the Law of the Sea. (Oxford University Press, 2022), The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare (International Law Studies, Vol 101, 2023) y el Suplemento comentado del Commander’s Handbook on the Law of Naval Operations (International Law Studies, Vol 102, 2024). Tiene un LLM (Derecho Internacional y Comparado) del Centro de Derecho de la Universidad de Georgetown y un Doctorado en Derecho (Derecho) de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Estatal de Ohio.

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