Arctic Sovereignty – Myths & Reality Introduction With climate change and global warming the Arctic has become a topic of great interest to international law, global affairs, and public policy professionals as well as the general public. Regrettably there are a number of very important myths which have developed regarding the Canadian Arctic and […]
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Recent Developments in Maritime Boundary Delimitation Law Introduction The international law on maritime boundary delimitation, while having a foundation in multilateral treaties such as the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, has been greatly influenced by the decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and arbitrations panels. There have been
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15 November 2010 | CIL Distinguished Speaker Series / South China Sea Seminar Series Overlapping Claims in the South China Sea: The Malaysian Perspective Introduction The lecture discussed the issue of the overlapping claims in the South China Sea including a short assessment of the legal basis of the claims. The discussion also focused on
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4 November 2010 | South China Sea Seminar Series (This event was by invitation only) Architecture for Cooperation in the SCS: A View from the Philippines Introduction The Chinese occupation of the Panganiban (Mischief) Reef in 1997 was a stark reminder of the perils and dangers of territorial disputes in the South China Sea (SCS)
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30 August 2010 | CIL Distinguished Speaker Series / South China Sea Seminar Series The Indonesian Perspective on the South China Sea Introduction The overlapping claims on the South China Sea have become one of the main issues in the region since 1973. The South China Sea, with an area of 3.5 million square kilometer,
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27 August 2010 | CIL Seminar Series Development and Implementation of an Ecosystem Approach to Ocean Management Introduction The worldwide application of an ecosystem approach to the protection and management of the environment and natural resources by 2010 was encouraged at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002. In recent years, the
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25 August 2010 | South China Sea Seminar Series (This event was by invitation only) The Legal Regime of the Spratlys: Positions of the Parties Concerned and Relevance to the Dispute Introduction This seminar examined the provisions of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which are part of the legal
18 August 2010 | CIL Seminar Series (This event was by invitation only) The Sino-US controversy over military activities in the exclusive economic zone: Strategy and Law Introduction The controversy over the legitimacy of the US military activities in China’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) was triggered by the EP-3 incident of 2001 and escalated
27 July 2010 | South China Sea Seminar Series (This event was by invitation only) Seminar on the South China Sea Introduction On 27 July 2010, CIL held a seminar on “The dotted line on the map of the South China Sea and its legal implications”. The seminar introduced the history of the
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The New and Continuing Debate about Innocent Passage Rights Introduction Closely attached to freedom of navigation on the seas, the international legal right of innocent passage has long history. Wording in the relevant international treaties not all that helpfully directs that passage of a foreign vessel in the territorial sea “is innocent so long
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