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: 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: Apostolos Tsiouvalas (PhD Fellow at NCLOS, Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway). PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2023/10/Apostolos_NCLOS-Blog_271023_Final.pdf Matter commented on: Letter of Intent for Cooperation on the Pikialasorsuaq between the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of Canada and the Ministry of Agriculture, Self-sufficiency, Energy and Environment of the Government …
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/179/2023/06/MMN_Deepsea-Minerals-Exploitation_NCLOS-Blog_27062023.pdf Matter commented on: ISA draft exploitation regulations and the 2-Year rule Nauru invoked the ‘two-year rule’ enshrined in section 1(15)(b) of the Annex to the 1994 Agreement relating to the implementation …
By: Timo Koivurova (Research Professor at Arctic Centre, University of Lapland); Theresa Winkel (Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Lapland) PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2023/06/NCLOS-Blog_Koivurova_Winkel_Final.pdf Matter commented on: Regulation of Nord Stream Pipelines In the realm of European energy security, few topics have sparked as much debate and controversy as …
By: Charlie JP Bennett (Visiting Trainee at NCLOS; Legal intern at T.M.C. Asser Institute and Space Court Foundation) PDF: https://site.uit.no/nclos/wp-content/uploads/sites/179/2023/05/Final_Plastics-negotiation_NCLOS-blog_30052023.pdf Matter commented on: Progression toward negotiation and conclusion of a new UN Plastic Pollution Treaty 1. Introduction This week marked the beginning of the second round of negotiations of the …
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