Author: Barbara Kwiatkowska Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers ISBN: 9789041118066 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 298
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This pioneering publication provides A Reference Guide to the significant contributions of decisions of the World Court, as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and the world's most senior Court with the broadest material jurisdiction, to the development of the law of the sea as a part of the global system of peace and security. The Guide is dedicated to the Court's former President Stephen M. Schwebel in appreciation of his belief that it is important for the Court to further explore its pre-eminently unique role throughout the Third Millennium. Whereas the format of specific entries covered by this Reference Guide largely corresponds to the Parts and Annexes of the 1982 UN Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) and the 1994 Part XI Agreement, the heading of each entry also contains, as appropriate, references to the 1930 League of Nations Hague Draft, the four 1958 UN Geneva Conventions and the 1995 UN Straddling Stocks Agreement, as well as to the 1972 UN Stockholm, the 1992 Rio UNCED and the 2002 Johannesbourg instruments. This will enable the reader to relate the Court's decisions to the respective UNCLOS provisions as originated from and as implemented by these global framework instruments at various stages of codification and progressive development of the law of the sea. The entries cover principally Judgments and Orders (including the related pleadings) of the PCIJ and the ICJ and those decisions of Arbitral Tribunals and other third party fora as well as national courts which have been relied upon in the Court's jurisprudence. In addition, the recent decisions of the ITLOS and some other fora, such as the Annex VII Southern Bluefin Tuna, Singapore v. Malaysia, Barbados/Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana/Suriname and the Mox Plant Arbitral Tribunals, as well as references to treaties are also listed under specific entries as appropriate. Tables of Cases and Treaties will importantly facilitate the use of A Reference Guide. It has proven to be an indispensable tool for the Judges and governmental and other practitioners in furthering the coherent development of the law of the sea by international courts and tribunals on the one hand, and for international community of academics in the adequate assessing of this development on the other hand.
Author: Barbara Kwiatkowska Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004184295 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1
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Dedicated to former ICJ President S.M. Schwebel, this Reference Guide is an indispensable tool for Judges and other practitioners in furthering the development of international law of the sea by the ICJ, ITLOS and Arbitral Tribunals and for the international community of academics in the assessing of this development.
Author: Barbara Kwiatkowska Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004184848 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 465
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Dedicated to former ICJ President S.M. Schwebel, this Reference Guide is an indispensable tool for Judges and other practitioners in furthering the development of international law of the sea by the ICJ, ITLOS and Arbitral Tribunals and for the international community of academics in the assessing of this development.
Author: Philippa Webb Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019967115X Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 282
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Fragmentation is a potential problem in an international legal system that has seen the creation of new courts and tribunals around the world, with the chance for different judicial approaches to develop in different courts. This book addresses this issue by analyzing judicial practice in three areas:genocide, immunities, and the use of force.
Author: Igor V. Karaman Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers ISBN: 9004212019 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 438
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The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has been frequently referred to as the ‘constitution for the oceans’ and as one of the most important events in the history of modern international law. Representing one of the treaties most widely accepted by the international community, the adoption of the Convention had a long and difficult passage, explained in part by the varied and often irreconcilable interests at stake during the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. In this context, one of the primary merits of the Convention is its successful accommodation of the interests involved, an accomplishment which has contributed to the view that the Convention constitutes one of the major compromises in the history of international treaty law-making. A detailed dispute settlement system represents a significant achievement of the Convention, an aspect on which Dispute Resolution in the Law of the Sea focuses. The book aims at examining the resolution of disputes which have emerged since the Convention’s entry into force and at analyzing the role of compulsory procedures entailing binding decisions through the prism of general international law and jurisprudence. An overall evaluation of the effectiveness of the functioning of the dispute settlement system under the Convention is presented and annexes offer a compendium of the LOSC-related disputes together with various means involved in their resolution as well as maritime delimitation agreements and the provisional arrangements negotiated by States.
Author: Hance D. Smith Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136294821 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 627
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This comprehensive handbook provides a global overview of ocean resources and management by focusing on critical issues relating to human development and the marine environment, their interrelationships as expressed through the uses of the sea as a resource, and the regional expression of these themes. The underlying approach is geographical, with prominence given to the biosphere, political arrangements and regional patterns – all considered to be especially crucial to the human understanding required for the use and management of the world's oceans. Part one addresses key themes in our knowledge of relationships between people and the sea on a global scale, including economic and political issues, and understanding and managing marine environments. Part two provides a systematic review of the uses of the sea, grouped into food, ocean space, materials and energy, and the sea as an environmental resource. Part three on the geography of the sea considers management strategies especially related to the state system, and regional management developments in both core economic regions and the developing periphery. Chapter 23 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203115398.ch23
Author: Attila Tanzi Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004420835 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 378
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Problems relating to the non-navigational uses of international watercourses have the capacity to be among the most serious causes of international conflicts in the new century. The Convention adopted by the UN General Assembly on 21 May 1997 is the first comprehensive attempt to provide at the universal level a coherent set of rules for the avoidance, management and settlement of such conflicts. This book gives a brief history of the codification process leading to the adoption of the Convention and considers the conflicting approaches to the subject that have been taken over the years. It examines the Convention as future treaty law and considers its impact on customary law putting it in the context of existing relevant international instruments. It analyses the substantive principles of equitable utilisation and of no-harm, on the one hand, and the procedural obligations, on the other, and emphasises their mutual complementarity. The specific rules on the environmental protection of watercourses are given separate consideration underlining the indivisibility of water quality and water quantity issues, while the dispute settlement provisions set out in the Convention are studied with special emphasis on negotiated settlement as their ultimate aim. This book will be a compulsory tool for law makers, negotiators of future watercourse agreements and water law practitioners, as well as a required reading for students of the international law of shared natural resources.
Author: Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers ISBN: 9789041111777 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 734
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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea was established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as an independent, international judicial body with competence to settle disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the Convention, pursuant to other international agreements which confer jurisdiction on the Tribunal. The Tribunal is open to States parties, international organizations and other entities as provided for in the Convention or other agreement. The Seabed Disputes Chamber of the Tribunal has compulsory jurisdiction with respect to seabed disputes between various entities including States Parties, the International Seabed Authority and private corporations and individuals. The Tribunal has special jurisdiction to deal with urgent requests for the prompt release of vessels and crews and for prescribing provisional measures. It also has competence to give advisory opinions. This volume contains a selection of documents that are basic to the work of the Tribunal in parallel presentation in English and French. It reproduces the Statute of the Tribunal, the Rules of the Tribunal, the Resolution on the internal judicial practice and the Guidelines concerning the preparation of cases. It also contains the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Agreement on the Privileges of the Tribunal. Le Tribunal international du droit de la mer, institui par la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer de 1982, est un organisme judiciaire international autonome qui a compitence pour rigler les diffirends concernantl'interpritation ou l'application de la Convention, ou ceux qui lui sont soumis en vertu de tout accord qui lui confhre compitence en la matihre. Le Tribunal est ouvert aux Etats Parties, aux organisations internationales et d'autres entitis, conformiment aux dispositions pertinentes de la Convention ou d'autres accords. La Chambre pour le rhglement des diffirends relatifs aux fonds marins a compitance obligatoire pour les diffirends portant sur le fonds marins et qui mettent en cause diverses entitis, telles que des Etats Parties la Convention, l'Autoriti internationale des fonds marins et des entreprises ou des personnes privies. Le Tribunal est doti d'une compitence spiciale pour connantre des demandes de prompte mainlevie de l'immobilisation de navires et de prompte libiration de leurs -quipages, ainsi que des demandes en prescription de mesures conservatoires. Il est igalement habiliti donner des avis consultatifs. Ce volume contient un ensemble de documents de base du Tribunal en langues anglaise et frangaise, prisentis dans une idition bilingue. Il s'agit du Statut du Tribunal, du Rhglement du Tribunal, de la Risolution sur la pratique en matihre judiciaire et des Lignes directrices concernant la priparation et la prisentation des affaires. Le volume contient en outre le texte de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer de 1982, l'Accord relatif la mise en oeuvre de la Partie XI de la Convention sur le droit de la mer et l'Accord sur les privilhges et immunitis du Tribunal.
Author: Nicole Silk Publisher: Island Press ISBN: 1597266191 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 408
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A Practitioner's Guide to Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation brings together knowledge and experience from conservation practitioners and experts around the world to help readers understand the global challenge of conserving biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. More importantly, it offers specific strategies and suggestions for managers to use in establishing new conservation initiatives or improving the effectiveness of existing initiatives. The book: offers an understanding of fundamental issues by explaining how ecosystems are structured and how they support biodiversity; provides specific information and approaches for identifying areas most in need of protection; examines promising strategies that can help reduce biodiversity loss; and describes design considerations and methods for measuring success within an adaptive management framework. The book draws on experience and knowledge gained during a five-year project of The Nature Conservancy known as the Freshwater Initiative, which brought together a range of practitioners to create a learning laboratory for testing ideas, approaches, tools, strategies, and methods. For professionals involved with land or water management-including state and federal agency staff, scientists and researchers working with conservation organizations, students and faculty involved with freshwater issues or biodiversity conservation, and policymakers concerned with environmental issues-the book represents an important new source of information, ideas, and approaches.
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