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 …