Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundaries

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules on EU Institutional Prerogatives in ITLOS Advisory Opinion

The European Union (EU) is one of the world’s leading fishing powers and is party in its own right to several dozen multilateral, regional, and bilateral agreements on the management and conservation of fisheries, an area of exclusive EU competence under the common fisheries policy. [1]  Absolute clarity regarding the prerogatives of the European institutions in the conduct of the EU’s external representation is therefore of fundamental importance for all concerned with legal proceedings in international courts and tribunals.

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20
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2
Author: 
Ronán Long
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Arbitral Tribunal Orders Russia to Pay Compensation for Seizure of Greenpeace Ship (August 14, 2015)

Author: 
Catherina Valenzuela-Bock

On August 14, 2015, a tribunal constituted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of th

ITLOS Tribunal Orders Parties to Suspend Domestic Court Proceedings in Italian Marines Case (August 24, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On August 24, 2015, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued

China's Shifting Sands in the Spratlys

Introduction

Since 2014 China has been constructing features atop seven coral reefs in the disputed Spratly/Nansha Islands of the South China Sea by dredging sand and coral from existing coral reefs. At last count China's new features total more than 2,000 acres.[1]

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19
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15
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J. Ashley Roach
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ITLOS Issues Order in Ghana/Cote d’Ivoire Maritime Boundary Dispute (April 25, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On April 25, 2015, the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivered its