Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundaries

Advisory Opinion of the Seabed Disputes Chamber of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on “Responsibilities and Obligations of States Sponsoring Persons and Entities With Respect To Activities in the Area”

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15
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7
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David Freestone
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Suppressing Somali Piracy – Next Steps

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This Insight reports further efforts to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia since Agora: Piracy Prosecutions—Countering Piracy off Somalia: International Law and International Institutions was prepared for the July 2010 issue of the American Journal of International Law.[1]

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14
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39
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J. Ashley Roach
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Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay: The International Court of Justice Recognizes Environmental Impact Assessment as a Duty under International Law

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14
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9
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Cymie R. Payne
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Climate Change and Guidelines for Argo Profiling Float Deployment on the High Seas

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14
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8
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Aurora Mateos & Montserrat Gorina-Ysern
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International Legal Responses to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia

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13
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2
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Eugene Kontorovich
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International Law Commission Adopts Draft Articles of a Transboundary Aquifers Convention

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12
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18
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Kerstin Mechlem
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Russia's Claim in the Arctic and the Vexing Issue of Ridges in UNCLOS

On August 2, 2007, Russian explorers in a submersible planted their national flag on the seabed below the North Pole in symbolic support of Russia's 2001 claim relating to its extended continental shelf. This claim was first made on December 20, 2001 in the context of Russia's submission to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in accordance with Article 76(8) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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11
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27
Author: 
Marc Benitah
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The ICJ Awards Sovereignty over Four Caribbean Sea Islands to Honduras and Fixes a Single Maritime Boundary between Nicaragua and Honduras

In a 94-page judgment issued October 8, 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) found unanimously that Honduras, not Nicaragua, has sovereignty over four disputed islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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11
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26
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Pieter Bekker and Ana Stanic
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The United States and the 1982 Law of the Sea Treaty

On May 15, 2007, President George W. Bush "urge[d] the Senate to act favorably on U.S. accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea during this session of Congress."[1] In doing so, the President identified four benefits to U.S. interests when the U.S. joins the Convention.

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11
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16
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David D. Caron & Harry N. Scheiber
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