The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)’s Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS) is hosting its 11th conference in Monaco on 11-12 October 2023 (with an ice-breaker event on the evening of 10 October 2023). The meeting’s theme is Ocean Geosciences: From the Past Century to the Future Decade. Topics of interest will include both legal and technical aspect of the international law of the sea including concerning the definition of baselines along the coast, the delineation of the outer limits to zones of maritime jurisdiction including outer continental shelf limits seawards of 200 nautical miles from baselines along the coast, overlapping claims and maritime boundary disputes as well as recent efforts in maritime boundary dispute resolution.
Deadline to submit abstracts is 15 September 2023. The organizers welcome papers devoted to climate change impacts on oceans and coasts, including global sea level rise, and the implications of emerging technologies on law of the sea issues; other proposed papers engaging with contemporary developments at the interface of legal and technical considerations in the international law of the sea are also welcome. More information is available at the event’s webpage.
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