The Relationship between the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the UN Climate Change Regime: What Role for Article 237 UNCLOS?

Climate change / International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) / Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) / Marine pollution Leave a comment

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 …

Introduction to the outcomes of the 2023 NCLOS Conference on “Ocean Commons”

Biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) / Blog / Ecosystem approach / Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) / Marine Protected Areas / Rights of Nature Leave a comment

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 …

Operationalizing the Ecosystem Approach in the BBNJ Treaty

Biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) / Ecosystem approach Leave a comment

By: Vito De Lucia PDF: Vito de Lucia_181022_NCLOS Blog.pdf Matter commented on: 5th Session of the Intergovernmental Conference towards a new treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, Further Refreshed Draft Text, A/CONF.232/2022/CRP.13/Add.1 1         Introduction: IGC5 and the “Further Refreshed Draft …

The Problems of Overlapping Governance on the Arctic Continental Shelves Pending Delineation and Delimitation

Arctic / Delimitation 2 Comments

By: Dr. Ekaterina Antsygina (Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Hamburg) & Cornell Overfield (Research Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses) Corresponding author: Dr. Ekaterina Antsygina, ekaterina.antsygina@gmail.com Pdf: Ekaterina Antsygina and Cornell Overfield_04102022_ the NCLOS blog_ final.pdf Matter commented on: Problems of overlapping governance on Arctic continental shelves 1. Introduction The continental …

New Draft Law on the Russian Arctic Straits – Putin’ Money Where the Mouth is?

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By: Jan Jakub Solski PDF: Jan Solski_14092022_NCLOS blog.pdf Matter commented on: Draft Federal Law of the Russian Federation “On the Amendments to the Federal Law on the Internal Sea Waters, Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of the Russian Federation, 31 July 1998, No. 155-FZ (on the procedure for the passage …

Guidelines for Grey Zone Naval Incidents: Distinguishing between the Rules of Armed Conflict and Law Enforcement

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By: Alexander Lott PDF Version: Alexander Lott_Guidelines for Grey Zone Naval Incidents_NCLOSblog_290422 Matter commented on: Hybrid naval warfare; Distinction between naval warfare and maritime law enforcement 1. Introduction This short blog post aims to provide guidance for parties to hybrid naval warfare for determining whether the rules of armed conflict …