On October 18th 2021, Professor emeritus Vladimir-Đuro Degan, a former head of the Adriatic Institute, received an Award of the Croatian Maritime Law Association for his significant contribution to the development and study of the International Law of the Sea and Maritime Law as well as for the transfer of his wide knowledge to many generations of maritime lawyers.

The award was presented to Professor Degan by employees of the Adriatic Institute Associate Professor, Ph.D. Adriana Vincenca Padovan and Irena Nišević, LL.M.