Alan E. Boyle (1953-2023): In Memoriam
?James Harrison
The International Ocean Institute
Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law
Co-editors' Note of Appreciation and Welcome
?Scott Coffen-Smout, Moira L. McConnell and Sara L. Seck
Aldo Chircop: a Personal Tribute to Excellence
?Proshanto K. Mukherjee
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Contributors
Part 1: ITLOS Advisory Opinion Commentaries
The "Integrative Approach" in the ITLOS Climate Change Advisory Opinion: an Essay in Honor of Aldo Chircop
?Kristin Bartenstein
The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law: a Solid Legal Foundation for State Obligations on Climate Change
?Lisa Benjamin and Cymie Payne
Strengthening the Legal Framework for the Ocean-Climate Nexus? A Commentary on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law
?Cecilia Engler
The 2024 ITLOS COSIS Advisory Opinion: Delivering Climate Justice for Small Island States
?David Freestone, Payam Akhavan and Catherine Amirfar
Part 2: The Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance
The Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood in an Ocean Context
?Michelle Bender, Lydia Slobodian, Kristina M. Gjerde, Philippe Cullet, Pradeep Singh and Chloe Olsen
The 2022 Canada-Denmark/Greenland Maritime Boundary Agreement: a Model for Rules-Based International Order and a Stepping Stone to Greater Cooperation
?Henning Dobson Fugleberg Knudsen, Michelle Campbell and Kenneth Hoegh
Is the Common Heritage of Mankind Concept Obsolete or Still Relevant?
?Michel Morin
To Freeze or Not to Freeze: an Analysis of the Approaches to Maritime Boundaries amidst Global Sea Level Rise
?Asia Murphy
Big Ocean States Leading the Way: Transitioning from Exemplars to Leaders in Ocean Governance
?Jeremy Raguain, Angelique Pouponneau, Tamara Thomas and Sara Tjossem
Part 3: Marine Resource Management and Conservation
Mare Liberum to Mare Curare: the IMO's Prospective Role in Implementing Area-Based Management Tools for the BBNJ Agreement
?Lucas Barsi
West Africa's Rising Tide: Shaping the Future of Marine Geoengineering Governance
?Abdul Hafez Mahamah
Navigating the Seas of Contamination: Regulating Forever Chemicals in the Ocean
?Aleke Stoefen-O'Brien and Lena Ebbinghoff
Part 4: Shipping
Shipping Emissions Scrubbers and Sea Ice-Breaking in the Arctic: Reflections at the Interface of Shipping Regulations and the Law of the Sea Regime
?Youna Lyons and Sian Prior
Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships: Recent Developments and Challenges
?Sabrina Hasan
Policy Response to COVID-19 in Global Shipping: Systematic Review and Analogical Application
?Lamin Jawara and Tafsir Matin Johansson
New Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Linkages to Pandemic Lessons
?Desai Shan, Cory Ochs and Evan G. MacKenzie
Should Canada Allow Autonomous Ships in its Coastal Waters?-International Context and Legal Implications
?Yannick Suazo
Part 5: Maritime Crime and Security
Gulf of Guinea Piracy: Analysis of Threats, Dynamics and Responses
?Kamal-Deen Ali and Emmanuel Kwabena Koomson
The Revamped EU Environmental Crime Directive and the Maritime Sector: Real Teeth or Window Dressing?
?Michael Tsimplis
Humanitarian Missions at Sea: Lessons from the Deployment of Indonesia's Military Hospital Ship for Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Conflict
?Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga and Lowell Bautista
Part 6: Book Reviews
Louise K. Comfort and Harkunti P. Rahayu, eds., Hazardous Seas: A Sociotechnical Framework for Early Tsunami Detection and Warning
?Cherdsak Virapat, Ph.D.
Neil Craik, Tara Davenport and Ruth Mackenzie, Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons
?Elizabeth M. De Santo
Vito De Lucia, Alex Oude Elferink and Lan Ngoc Nguyen, eds., International Law and Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Reflections on Justice, Space, Knowledge and Power
?Olga Koubrak, Ph.D.
Endalew Lijalem Enyew, Indigenous Peoples, Marine Space and Resources, and International Law: The Interaction between International Human Rights Law and the Law of the Sea
?Sara L. Seck
Malcolm D. Evans and Reece Lewis, Islands, Law and Context: The Treatment of Islands in International Law
?Jay L. Batongbacal, J.S.D.
Nicola Ferri, Conflicts over the Conservation of Marine Living Resources: Third States, Governance, Fragmentation and other recurring issues in International Law
?Fred Kingston
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, Sea Level: A History
?Charles T. O'Reilly
Dawoon Jung, The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the Regulation of Offshore Renewable Energy Activities within National Jurisdiction
?Alexander Severance
Natalie Klein and Kate Parlett, Judging the Law of the Sea
?Arron N. Honniball, Ph.D.
James Kraska, Ronan Long and Myron H. Nordquist, eds., Peaceful Maritime Engagement in East Asia and the Pacific Region
?Ying Tan
Lan Ngoc Nguyen, The Development of the Law of the Sea by UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Bodies
?Nong Hong
Kristoffer Svendsen, Liability and Compensation for Offshore Oil Pollution Damage in the Arctic. Comparing Norwegian and Russian Law
?Lars Rosenberg Overby
Yoshifumi Tanaka, Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation
?Clive Schofield
Anna von Rebay, The Designation of Marine Protected Areas: A Legal Obligation
?Vu Hai Dang, JSD
Appendices
Annual Report of the International Ocean Institute
Report of the International Ocean Institute, 2023
?Mahindokht Faghfouri
Selected Documents and Proceedings
Oceans and the Law of the Sea Report of the Secretary-General, 19 March 2024
Oceans and the Law of the Sea Report of the Secretary-General, 6 September 2024
United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea Report of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of States Parties, 10-14 June 2024
Report on the Work of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea at Its Twenty-Fourth Meeting, 18-21 June 2024
?(Signed) Elina Kalkku
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships
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