Ocean Law and Policy

24–25 May 2018: Associate Professor Robert Beckman and Captain Ashley Roach Participate in the 42nd Annual Conference of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy of the University of Virginia

Associate Professor Robert Beckman and Visiting Senior Principal Research Fellow Captain Ashley Roach participated in the 42nd Annual Conference of the Center for Oceans Law and Policy of the University of Virginia, which was held in Beijing on 24–25 May 2018. The title of the conference was ‘Cooperation and Engagement in the Asia Pacific Region’. …

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Australia and Timor-Leste’s Landmark Maritime Boundary Conciliation Process

On 9 May 2018, the Conciliation Commission in the maritime boundary dispute between Timor-Leste and Australia issued its report, marking the conclusion of the first-ever conciliation proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This article aims to explain the significance of this ground-breaking conciliation case that culminates in the …

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Balancing the Rights of Coastal States and User States in the Post-UNCLOS Age: Vietnam and Navigational Rights

This chapter examines Vietnam’s position on the rights of coastal states versus the rights of user states as provided in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The first section provides the context and an overview of Vietnam’s participation in the negotiation of UNCLOS as well as its subsequent implementation …

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Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Adapting the Law of the Sea to Address the Challenges of Climate Change

On 13–14 March 2018, the Centre for International Law hosted a two-day international conference on Climate Change and the Law of the Sea: Adapting the Law of the Sea to Address the Challenges of Climate Change. The objective of the conference was to bring together leading legal and scientific experts to discuss the impacts of …

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24–25 April 2018: Research Fellow Dr Zhen Sun Spoke on Fostering Maritime Security Cooperation in Jakarta

At the 2nd Conference on Maritime Security and Coastal Surveillance Indonesia in Jakarta, Dr Zhen Sun spoke on ‘Fostering More Effective Non-Traditional Maritime Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia’ to an audience consisting of government officials, industry representatives, academics and members of other private sectors. Dr Sun said that as non-traditional maritime security threats (eg, trafficking …

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17 April 2018: Members of CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme Participate in INTERPOL Workshop

Members of the CIL Ocean Law and Policy Programme participated in a workshop organised by INTERPOL on 17 April in Singapore entitled ‘Operation 30 Days at Sea: Asia Pacific Operational Planning Meeting’. The workshop was held as part of a year-long global project to enforce the international rules regulating marine pollution from ships. Associate Professor …

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5 April 2018: Research Associate Ms Melissa Loja Presents at Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law

Research Associate Ms Melissa Loja presented her research paper at the New Voices Panel at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington DC. Ms Loja’s paper was about international agreements between non-state actors. Her paper discussed international agreements that national petroleum corporations such as Petronas, PetroVietnam, PetroleumBrunei and China …

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The International Legal Framework for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity

The importance of identifying, preserving and protecting marine biological diversity (biodiversity) has been a growing theme in the last 20 years. Given UNCLOS centrality, pre-eminence and comprehensiveness, all other specific conventions that apply to the marine environment such as those that pertain to specific uses of the sea (eg shipping) or to the conservation of …

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CIL-ANCORS Workshop on Negotiation of Maritime Boundaries 2018

 CIL-ANCORS Workshop on Negotiating Maritime Boundaries 3–5 July 2018 Following the success of the 2017 Workshop on Maritime Boundaries, the Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) of the University of Wollongong will be organising the 2018 CIL-ANCORS Workshop …

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