Signature Topics - BNJ - Oceans
Rieser CV
A Global Pact for the Environment
Introduction
Biodiversity in High Seas Areas: An Integrated Legal Approach
In July 2017, a Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) of United Nations member states agreed to take the next step toward negotiating an international instrument to govern the marine biodiversity of the high seas.
Protecting the Global Fishing Workforce: New International Labor Treaty to Enter into Force
Introduction
The (Il?)legality of Nuclear Weapons Tests Under International Law—Filling the Possible Legal Gap by Ensuring the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty’s Entry into Force
Introduction
The South China Sea Arbitration
Introduction
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.