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A book review of Emerging Legal Orders in the Arctic: The Role of Non-Arctic Actors

By: Jan Jakub Solski* PDF version: NCLOS Blog Jan Solski Blog book review Matter commented on: Emerging Legal Orders in the Arctic: The Role of Non-Arctic Actors Akiho Shibata, Leilei Zou, Nikolas Sellheim and Marzia Scopelliti (eds) (2019) Informa Law from Routledge, h/b, ISBN: 978-1-138-61851, pp 286, £115. *The review will …

The Advocate General’s Opinion on Slovenia v Croatia: A proper reflection of international law and the EU’s role in the Arbitration Agreement?

By: Thomas Bickl PDF Version: Bickl AG CJEU SLO CRO Matter commented on: Advocate General Opinion Case Republic of Slovenia v Republic of Croatia (C-457/18), 11 December 2019 I. Introduction The Republic of Slovenia brought infringement proceedings against the Republic of Croatia under Article 259 TFEU before the Court of Justice …

Dispute Settlement in the New Treaty on Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

Dispute Settlement in the New Treaty on Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction By: Joanna Mossop* PDF Version:J Mossop Dispute Settlement in the BBNJ Treaty NCLOS Matter commented on: Dispute settlement provisions in BBNJ Introduction In December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly authorised the commencement of negotiations for …

Provisional Application of an Amendment to the London Protocol to Facilitate Collaborative CCS Projects

By: Nigel Bankes PDF version: Blog_NBankes_Article6 (GZ DW edit)(NB) Document Commented On: Resolution LP.5(14) on the Provisional Application of the 2009 Amendment to Article 6 of the London Protocol, adopted 11 October 2019, by the 14th Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the …

Palestine Takes to the Sea: a Commentary on Palestine’s Declaration concerning its Maritime Claims

By: Nicholas A. Ioannides Pdf version: NCLOS Blog 20.11.2019 Ioannides Palestine maritime claims Matter commented on: Declaration of the State of Palestine regarding its Maritime Boundaries in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, September 24, 2019 Introduction On 24 September 2019, the State of …

Settlement of the Dispute concerning the Arctic Sunrise – A belated recognition of the relevance of the award on the merits in the Arctic Sunrise case?

By: Alex Oude Elferink PDF version: https://site.uit.no/jclos/files/2019/07/JCLOS-Blog-8.7.2019-Settlement-of-the-Dispute-concerning-the-Arctic-Sunrise_Elferink.pdf Document commented upon: Joint statement of the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on scientific cooperation in the Russian Arctic region and the settlement of a dispute (Joint statement) In the fall of 2013, the detention of the vessel Arctic Sunrise …

Freedom of Navigation Following the M/V “Norstar” Case

By: Arron N. Honniball Pdf version: https://site.uit.no/jclos/files/2019/06/JCLOS-Blog_4.6.2019_Honniball_Norstar_Freedom_of_Navigation.pdf Case commented on: The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Judgement in the M/V “Norstar” Case Between Panama and Italy, 10 April 2019. Introduction The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its Judgement in the M/V “Norstar” …

Navigational rights of warships through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) – all bark and no bite?

By: Jan Jakub Solski PDF version: https://site.uit.no/jclos/files/2019/05/JCLOS-Blog_31.5.2019_Jan-Solski-1.pdf Document commented on: Draft Resolution of the Government of Russia on Amendments to the Resolution of the Government of Russia No. 1102, 2 October 1999, “On the rules of navigation and presence of foreign warships and other state-owned ships operated for non-commercial purposes …

Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea (Version 1, 5 April 2019) – a contribution to the discussion on human rights in the maritime context

By: Jessica Schechinger PDF version: JCLOS Blog_May 6 2019_Human rights at sea Declaration Document commented on: Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea (Version 1, 5 April 2019) On 5 April 2019, the first version of the Geneva Declaration on Human Rights at Sea (hereafter: the Declaration) was published by …