Essays about: "UNCLOS"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the word UNCLOS.

1. 16. Advisory Opinion: A bridge between the CLCS and the ITLOS

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sophie Cuenot; [2013]
   Keywords : Advisory opinion; Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; interpretation; competence; role; mandate; authority; International Seabed Authority; extended continental shelf; States Parties; Meeting of States Parties; UNCLOS; United Nations; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; outer limits line; delineation; continental shelf; outer edge; outer limits; continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles; maritime boundaries; settlement of disputes; continental margin; treaty; international agreement; sovereignty; article 76; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to try to establish a mechanism that will enable the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to get access to legal interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The mandate of the Commission is to validate the outer limits line delineated by coastal States. READ MORE

3. 17. The Legal Future of the Arctic Region - Challenges and Opportunities Facing the World’s Northernmost Area

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Louise Nordkvist; [2013]
   Keywords : Public International Law Comparative Law Maritime Law Arctic; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Det huvudsakliga syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om ett fullgott juridiskt ramverk i syfte att skydda den arktiska regionen redan är etablerat, eller om ytterligare juridiska instrument behöver tillkomma för att så ska vara fallet. Frågan diskuteras med bakgrund av det faktum att den arktiska isen smälter i en hög takt, och att framtiden för regionen sannolikt kommer att se väldigt annorlunda ut än vad som hittills har varit fallet. READ MORE

4. 18. Geographical and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change in the Arctic Legal Regime: Towards a Comprehensive Legal Order for Balancing Environmental Governance and International Trade & Commerce Interests

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Tafsir Matin; [2012]
   Keywords : Soft law; Hard law; Arctic Council; strict liability; absolute liability; zero-discharge policy; Commercial implications; Geographical impacts; Environmental impacts; Climate Change; Arctic States; Intercross; Balancing interests; New legal regime; Multilateral agreements; Joint contingency plans; Arctic national legislations; International Conventions.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at supplementing a critique of the existing international instruments, regional responses and national legislation of the Arctic related to marine environmental protection. With this aim in view, the thesis satisfies its objective by proposing a Bipartite “Arctic Council” acting as a conglomeration of the Arctic States and the Flag States with a hybrid “Arctic treaty”, which is an interplay of international and regional response. READ MORE

5. 19. Zonal Versus Functional Approach in the New Law of the Sea

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Nut Sillwatwinyoo; [2012]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The international law of the sea has its roots in Roman law embedded in the ancient doctrines of res communis and res nullius. The law came from custom and practice and was transformed into customary law periodically confirmed and consolidated by fundamental doctrines such as mare liberum or freedom of the seas enunciated by Hugo Grotius in the 1500s and eventually by the doctrine of common heritage of mankind by Ambassador Arvid Pardo in relatively recent times. READ MORE

6. 20. Regional cooperation as part of the solution to piracy – the importance of ReCAAP in Southeast Asia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Kax; [2012]
   Keywords : ReCAAP; Piracy; Vietnam; Maritime; Regional Cooperation; UNCLOS; SUA; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Piracy is not given very much attention in the western part of the world – there is not many news about it in the medias, and it is not very high prioritized on the politicians’ agenda. However, this does not indicate that it is not a problem. READ MORE