UNCLOS and MASS
The Ocean Law and Policy team of the Centre for International Law (CIL) organized a series of three webinars in late 2021 and early 2022 to address the impact of MASS on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). These webinars were part of CIL’s broader research project into MASS and UNCLOS under the Maritime Port Authority (MPA)-CIL Oceans Governance Research Programme funded by the Singapore Maritime Institute. The objective of this Report is to set out the background for CIL’s research on MASS as well as summarize the key issues discussed during the webinars. The Report will first address (1) the background to CIL’s Research Project on MASS including IMO’s consideration of MASS (2017–2021) and the implications of MASS on UNCLOS and will then (2) summarize the key issues that were discussed during the three webinars.
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