By: Konstantinos Deligiannis Virvos, Vito De Lucia and Jan Jakub Solski, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway 1. Introduction In September 2025, the United States of America (US) launched operation “Southern Spear” which, among other actions, included a …
By: Jessica N.M. Schechinger (postdoctoral research fellow at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway) Matter commented on: the BBNJ Agreement entering into force and Norway’s ratification and implementation of the Agreement 1. Introduction: Norway’s ratification of the …
By: Sofie Elise Quist and Bastiaan Klerk (UiT, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea). Matter commented on: NCLOS Conference on “Future Trajectories for the Law of the Sea”, 6-7 November 2023, Tromsø, Norway. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) seen by many as …
ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change INTRODUCTION On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued its landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law, the first of a series of advisory opinions on climate change across various judicial fora (see also ICJ …
By: Daniel Stein, Assistant Professor, OP Jindal Global University, Jindal Global Law School; Visiting Researcher, Freie Universität, Berlin. PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2024/06/Daniel-NCLOS-blog-ITLOS-AO-on-Climate-change-and-CLC_PDF.pdf Matter Commented on: The Conventions regulating Civil Liability for oil spills were not explicitly mentioned by the ITLOS, but several new duties related to transboundary harms and environmental restoration could …
By: Maria Madalena das Neves (Associate Professor at NCLOS, Faculty of Law, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway). PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2024/04/Maria-Seabed-Mining_-NCLOS-Blog_290424.pdf Matter commented on: Norwegian Government’s plans for seabed mining and theNorwegian Parliament’s decision to open the Norwegian continental shelf to seabed mining. 1. Introduction On the 12th of April 2024, the …
By: Philipp P Nickels (Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, NCLOS, Faculty of Law, UiT) PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2024/04/The-Relationship-between-the-LOSC-and-the-UN-Climate-Change-Regime-NCLOS-blog.pdf Matters commented on: request for an advisory opinion, ITLOS, COSIS, inter-regime relationships 1 Introduction* On 12 December 2022, the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (COSIS) submitted a request …
By: Konstantinos Deligiannis-Virvos (PhD Research Fellow, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, UiT) PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2024/01/NCLOS-Blog-IMO-and-Climate-Change-final-1.pdf Matters Commented on: North Atlantic Ocean surface temperature rise, IMO 2020 Sulphur Regulation, IMO GHG Strategy, Climate Change 1. Introduction In the summer of 2023 exceptional sea surface temperatures were recorded on the …
By: Konstantinos Deligiannis-Virvos (UiT, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea) Matter commented on: NCLOS Conference on Ocean Commons, 1-3 November 2023, Tromsø, Norway. Introduction: The term “commons” usually brings into mind the problem of the tragedy of the commons: a concept in environmental science and economics that describes …
By: Alexander Lott (Marie Curie research fellow at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea). PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2023/11/Alexander-Lott-NCLOS-Blog_Nord-Stream-Jus-in-Bello-Case-Study_-Final.pdf Matter commented on: The Nord Stream Explosions in the Baltic Sea 1. Introduction Preliminary Western intelligence reports have emerged about a purportedly pro-Ukrainian group of six divers conducting the sabotage against …