Symposium: 30th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The 'Constitution for the Oceans' in Light of Emerging Challenges

Symposium Details

The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS), together with the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI), is organising a Symposium to mark the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the 'Constitution for the Oceans'. Further sponsors include the British Institute of International & Comparative Law (BIICL), the Centre for International Law of the National University of Singapore (CIL NUS), the Centre for Ocean Governance Law (University of Gothenburg), the Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland, the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) and the University of the Faroe Islands.

The Symposium, which will take place in person at the Courtroom of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on September 21st and 22nd, 2024, will address current and, at the same time, forward-looking issues (current developments concerning the continental shelf and deep seabed mining in the Area, the BBNJ Agreement, the law of the sea, and climate change) through six high-level panels. The overall aim of the event is to determine whether and to what extent the UNCLOS regime provides a suitable legal basis for new challenges that were not yet foreseeable at the time of its entry into force in 1994. The focus is, therefore, on the future viability of UNCLOS as such.

Registration

 The event will be in person only, and registrations are free of charge.

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