Ocean Law and Policy

Challenges for the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas in Response to Arctic Marine Operations and Shipping

Increasing Arctic marine use is driven primarily by natural resource development and greater marine access throughout the Arctic Ocean created by profound sea ice retreat. Significant management measures to enhance protection of Arctic people and the marine environment are emerging, including the development of marine protected areas (MPAs), which may be effective and valuable tools. […]

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18–19 August 2018: Ocean Law and Policy Programme Head Robert Beckman Participates in APOLIA-KIOST Conference on Area-Based Marine Protection in Asia-Pacific

Oceans Law and Policy Programme Head Robert Beckman participated in the 2018 APOLIA-KIOST Conference: Area-Based Marine Protection in the Asia-Pacific on 18–19 August 2018 at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The conference was organised by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) and the Asia Pacific Ocean Law Institutions

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Prospects for the Future Use of ITLOS Ad Hoc Special Chambers after the Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire Case

The maritime boundary delimitation decision in the Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire Case is remarkable as the first decision of an ad hoc chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). This article evaluates the advantages of this critically under-examined dispute settlement mechanism, its operation in this case and the consequent prospects for the

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18–19 August 2018: Oceans Law and Policy Programme Head Robert Beckman Presents at the 2018 APOLIA-KIOST Conference: Area-Based Marine Protection in the Asia-Pacific

Associate Professor Robert Beckman participated in the 2018 APOLIA-KIOST Conference: Area-Based Marine Protection in the Asia-Pacific on 18–19 August 2018 at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The Conference was organised by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) and the Asia Pacific Ocean Law Institutions Alliance (APOLIA). Assoc Prof

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Assessing Environmental Impact and the Duty to Cooperate: Environmental Aspects of the Philippines v China Award

The Philippines v China Award contained a number of novel and highly progressive findings with respect to obligations for the protection of the marine environment under UNCLOS. Thus far, these elements of the decision have gone largely unexamined in the surrounding literature. This article concentrates on two specific aspects of these findings: the obligations in

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16–17 July 2018: Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons Lectures at the 23rd Session of the Rhodes Academy

Senior Research Fellow Youna Lyons was a lecturer in the 23rd Session of the Rhodes Academy, an annual three-week course on principles of contemporary oceans law and policy. Ms Lyons lectured on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), international law, and the protection and preservation of the marine environment. Her

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International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Shipping

International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Shipping 13–14 November 2018, Singapore The NUS Centre for International Law (CIL) is hosting a workshop in Singapore on 13–14 November 2018. The workshop is being organised in collaboration with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). At its 72nd Session in April 2018, the Marine Environment

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12–13 July 2018: Research Fellow Zhen Sun Presents on ‘Legal Framework of Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea’ in Phuket

Research Fellow Zhen Sun participated in ‘ASEAN-China Workshop on Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea’ in Phuket, Thailand, on 12–13 July 2018. The workshop brought together government officials and academics from ASEAN member states and China to discuss means to deepen cooperation on the marine environmental protection and marine search and rescue in

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28–30 June 2018: CIL Research Associate Millicent McCreath Participates in Conference Organised by Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland and Korea Maritime Institute

CIL Research Associate Millicent McCreath attended the conference ‘New Knowledge and Changing Circumstances in the Law of the Sea’, which was organised by the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland and Korea Maritime Institute. The conference was held in Reykjavik from 28 to 30 June 2018. The main themes of the conference were biodiversity

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