The Brazilian Journal of International Law invites submissions for a special issue on “Oil spill Prevention and Response: national, international and comparative perspectives” to be published in December 2023. In the backdrop of the 2019 Northeast Brazil Oil Spill, this call aims to look into innovative solutions for addressing environmental, social and economic issues caused by accidental oil spills caused by ships from an international, national and comparative perspective. The call is open to papers examining a variety of civil, administrative, criminal and international legal issues regarding oil spills, such as: 1) Prevention and reparation of vessel-source pollution; 2) Safety management of offshore oil and gas operations; 3) Assessing economic loss caused by oil spill disasters; 4) Ecologic compensation in case of oil spill disasters; 5) Area Based Management Tools (including Marine Protected Areas, other effective area-based conservation measures and Marine spatial planning). The deadline for submission is 31 July 2023. More information is available here.
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Calls: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law is currently inviting submissions on a closed list of topics, including a number of law of the sea related topics. Non-exhaustive examples include an entry on fisheries and an entry on maritime boundaries.
While the analysis of these topics cannot dispense with a general overview of the relevant framework set by public international law, the focus should remain on domestic constitutional provisions dealing with fisheries and maritime boundaries and should cover an appropriate selection of relevant jurisdictions. Submissions should be around 5000 words and the ordinary deadline is 6 months from assignment.
Designated authors will receive a free token giving access to a selection of Oxford University Press products for 1 year. For further information, or to receive a full list of available entries, please contact the Managing Editor at contact@mpeccol.de.
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Calls/Events: The Protection of Vulnerable People at Sea
The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law is inviting abstract submissions for a one-and-a-half-day in-person workshop, funded by the Society of Legal Scholars. The event is to be held from 17 May to 18 May 2023 at Swansea University, Wales (U.K.). A first aim of the workshop is to reflect on the existing international legal framework applicable to the protection of vulnerable people at sea, to identify any gaps and deficiencies contained therein. Connected to this, the workshop will explore how such gaps and weaknesses in the two main branches of the law relating to the protection of vulnerable people at sea (i.e., human rights law and the law of the sea) could be remedied. The deadline for submitting abstracts (250 words maximum) is 20 March 2023. More information is available here.
2023 Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy
The 2023 session of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy has been scheduled for 2-21 July 2023. The deadline to submit an application is 1 May 2023. For more information, fees and application documents please see here. The Academy has a small number of extremely competitive scholarships available that are offered based on high academic merit and financial need.
Furthermore, see the Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Writing Award sponsored by The International Cable Protection Committee the winner of which is awarded a full scholarship to the Rhodes Academy. Information on the 2023 Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Writing Award is not yet available.
Call for Papers: Portuguese Yearbook of the Law of the Sea
The Portuguese Yearbook of the Law of the Sea has issued a call for papers for its inaugural edition (2023). Submission are welcome until 31 March 2023. For more information see here.
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Calls: OGEL Special Issue on Carbon Capture and Storage
The journal Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL) invites submissions for a Special issue focusing on Carbon Capture and Storage. This special issue will look at the key issues related to carbon capture, utilization, and storage, taking a multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary perspective including both onshore and offshore projects. Topics of interest include: challenges with cross-jurisdictional projects, including CO2 pipelines, CO2 shipments and offshore storage and international law of the sea. Papers should be submitted by the end of March 2023 to the editors. More information available in the call for papers.
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Call for Abstracts: Developing Robust Ocean Regimes for Uncertain Futures
The Yong Pung How School of Law (Singapore Management University) will host a workshop, entitled, Developing Robust Ocean Regimes for Uncertain Futures, 28 April 2023 at SMU (Singapore). Abstracts are welcome until 15 January 2023. For more information see here.
Call for Abstracts: London International Boundary Conference 2022
The London International Boundary Conference 2022 will be held from the 12-13 December 2022, at King’s College London (London, UK), in a hybrid format. The call for papers includes 5 themes, whereby a number of topics may be of interest to those working around the law of the sea. Abstracts are welcome until 4 November 2022.
For more information, see here.
Call for Applicants: 14th South China Sea Conference Young Leaders Program
The Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam is seeking applicants for the Young Leaders Program 2022 under the framework of the 14th South China Sea International Conference, themed, Undisrupted Sea, Undisrupted Peace, Undisrupted Recovery, 16-18 November 2022. Applications are welcome until 30 October 2022. For more information see here.
Call for Papers: Is international law fair?
The European Society of International Law (ESIL) is hosting the 2023 ESIL Annual Conference, themed, Is international law fair?, 30 August-2 September 2023 in Aix-en-Provence, France. All 11 Agora appear suitable for law of the sea related submissions, with explicit examples being Agora 5: Fairness, Natural Resources, Shared Resources, and Common Spaces and Agora 7: Fairness in the Allocation of Maritime Spaces. Abstracts are welcome until 31 January 2023.
Call for Papers: A New World Disorder
Two consecutive conferences, namely the NKR/JTMS Joint Conference & KISA 14th Annual Convention, themed, A New World Disorder: Security Risks, Challenges, and Opportunities, will be hosted at the Yonsei Institute of North Korean Studies, South Korea, 24-26 November 2022. Abstract, including on a number of non-exhaustive law of the sea topics are welcome until 1 October 2022. for more information see here.
Call for Papers: Maritime Security Interventions in the Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute (GoGMI) welcomes papers for the maiden edition of the GoGMI Journal of Maritime Research, The Gulf Spectrum, addressing the theme: Maritime Security Interventions in the Gulf of Guinea. Abstracts are welcome until 19 September 2022. For more information see here.
Call for Contributions: AsianSIL Voices
On 2 August 2022 the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) announced the launch of a new blog, entitled, AsianSIL Voices: the Blog of the Asian Society of International Law, which is now accepting unsolicited contributions. For more information and instructions for contributors see here.
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Call for Papers: Black Sea Maritime Security Symposium
The NATO Maritime Security Centre of Excellence (NATO MARSEC COE) will host a conference, entitled, Black Sea Maritime Security Symposium, 28–29 November 2022, at MARSEC COE (Istanbul, Türkiye). Abstracts are welcome until 30 September 2022. For more information see here and the call.
Call for Abstracts: Sustainability in the Sea
MEI (University of Barcelona) and Instituto Salvador de Madariaga de Estudios Europeos (Universidade Da Coruña) will host a conference, entitled, Sostenibilidad en el Mar: Una visión desde la Barcelona Mediterránea, 19 December 2022, at University of Barcelona (Baercelona, Spain). Abstracts in Spanish, Catalan or English are welcome until 21 October 2022. For more information see here and the call.
Call for Papers: VI Congresso do Instituto Brasileiro de Direito do Mar
The Brazilian Institute of Law of the Sea (BILOS) shall host its VI Congress of the Brazilian Institute of Law of the Sea on the 27-28 October 2022, in a hybrid format (University of Caxias do Sul (Brazil)/Online). The submission of papers is welcome until 31 August 2022.
For further information see here.
Call for Papers: The Future of UNCLOS
The Australian National University College of Law Centre for International and Public Law (CIPL) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL) will host a conference, entitled, New Horizons: The Future of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 9-10 December 2022, in a hybrid format (Canberra/online). Submission of abstracts is welcome until 8 August 2022. For more information see here.
Calls/Events: Transitions in Climate Arctic Governance
The interdisciplinary Climate Arctic Governance (CArGo) research network welcome proposals for paper and poster presentations at a conference on Transitions in Climate Arctic Governance. The event will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the 16 September 2022. The conference aims to explore the different transitions within Arctic climate governance, which are necessary to address the increasing societal, climate and sustainability challenges the Arctic is facing. The conference will focus on Arctic socio-economic systems and the different legal, political, geographical and cultural regimes at play. In particular, the conference centers around the Arctic governance landscape, paying specific attention to the current geopolitical situation. Further, it will examine the topics of Arctic shipping, climate vulnerability, and natural resources in the Arctic. Deadline to submit proposals is 1 August 2022. More information is available here.
Special Issue: Ocean-Based Action – The Ocean-Climate Nexus & Human Rights
The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law is currently seeking contributions for a special issue, entitled, Ocean-Based Action: The Ocean-Climate Nexus and Human Rights, including advance publication online on a rolling basis. Abstracts are welcome until 1 August 2022, with further details and deadlines in the call for papers.
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Calls: Implementing “Fit for 55”
The InterTran Research Group for Sustainable Law and Business, at the University of Helsinki and Turku School of Economics (Finland) welcomes proposals for extended abstracts to be presented at the upcoming international conference on Implementing Fit for 55 – The right Logistics and Transport Infrastructure for a Net Zero-Carbon Future. The Nordics at the Helm? The event is organized in collaboration with the Finnish Swedish Chamber of Commerce (FINSVE) and the Institute for Sustainability Science at the University of Helsinki (HELSUS). The conference will include presentations by invited participants (August 24) as well as by extended abstracts selected in the course of this call (August 25). Deadline for submission of abstracts is 20 June 2022. More information can be found in the call and here.
Calls: Non-use measures for global goods and commons in international law
The Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) and the Utrecht Center for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL) of Utrecht University, in collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), are organizing the workshop “Non-use measures for global goods and commons in international law”, which will take place on 8-9 May 2023 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The workshop intends to look at a selection of non-use measures (e.g., bans, moratoria, closed areas) to better understand how specific non-use measures were adopted (or not) and with what effects, and to consider the potential for success of proposals currently under discussion or consideration. Non-use measures related to four themes will be discussed: marine living resources, Antarctica, areas beyond national jurisdiction at sea, and the atmosphere and outer-space. The deadline to submit an abstract is 31 July 2022. More information is available here.
Calls: NCLOS Conference 2022
The Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), at the Faculty of Law of UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, has launched a call for papers for its annual Conference, which will be organized in Tromsø, Norway, November 23-24, 2022. NCLOS invites papers addressing the Conference theme “Ocean Space”, broadly constructed. Examples of topics that would fall within the scope of the Conference includes the spatial architecture constructed by the law of the sea; challenges posed by ocean connectivity of currents, species, domains etc.; integrated ocean management; marine spatial planning; protection and preservation of the marine environment in the land-sea interface; limits and possibilities of thinking land and sea together within and beyond the LOSOG framework; effects of emerging issues threatening the marine environment, such as climate change, marine plastic pollution, ocean acidification etc. More information is available here.
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Call for Abstracts: 2022 Oslo International Environmental Law Conference
The IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Oslo, will host the 2020 Oslo Environmental Law Conference, themed, The Transformative Power of Law: Addressing Global Environmental Challenges, 3-6 October 2022, at the University of Oslo (Norway). Many of the non-exhaustive subject clusters lend themselves to a law of the sea perspective submission, although most evident is 3. Transforming Ocean Governance: UNCLOS as Living Instrument. Abstracts are welcome until 30 April 2022. For more information see here.
Call for Papers: Africa and the Challenge of Climate Change
The African Society of International Law (AfSIL) is currently seeking contributions for its 11th Annual Conference, entitled, Africa and the Challenge of Climate Change, 28-29 October 2022 in Cairo, Egypt (virtual participation possible). This includes Theme VIII: Climate Change and the Law of the Sea, although other themes may also be addressed from a law of the sea perspective. Abstracts are welcome untill 15 May 2022. For more information see here.
Call for Papers: UNCLOS in Asia-Pacific – 40 Years and Onwards
The Development of International Law in Asia-Korea (DILA-KOREA) and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) are seeking papers for the 2022 Asia-Pacific Ocean Law Institutions Alliance (APOLIA) Conference, themed, UNCLOS in Asia-Pacific: 40 Years and Onwards, 19–20 May 2022. Abstracts are welcome until 20 April 2022. For more information see the call for papers.
Call for Papers: ASCOMARE Yearbook on the Law of the Sea Vol. 2
Associazione di Consulenza in Diritto del Mare (ASCOMARE) has launched a call for papers for the Second Volume of its Yearbook on the Law of the Sea (YLoS), entitled, Fisheries and the Law of the Sea in the Anthropocene Era. Abstracts are welcome until 31 May 2022. For more information see the call for papers and Volume 1.
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Call for Papers: Enhancing Climate Action Beyond the State
The Centre for International Law and Governance (Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen) and the Frank Guarini Center (New York University School of Law) will host the IV TRAMEREN International Conference, entitled, Enhancing Climate Action beyond the State, 1-2 June 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Paper proposals are welcome until 26 April 2022. For more information see here.
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2022 Rear Admiral Horace B. Robertson Prize in International Law
The Judge Advocate General of the Navy (USA) has announced the 2022 Rear Admiral Horace B. Robertson Prize in International Law, which welcomes submissions in the field of international law, related to national security, until 20 June 2022. The prize is “open to all judge advocates, including reservists and retirees, in the armed forces of any country”, with the winning article being published in International Law Studies. For more information see here.
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Call for Proposals: 15th Polar Law Symposium
The Center for Arctic Studies (University of Iceland), in partnership with the Arctic Circle, will co-host the 15th Polar Law Symposium, 12-14 October 2022, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Proposals for keynotes, panels, workshops and/or single topic presentations for inclusion on the PLS agenda are welcome until 15 April 2022. For more information see here.
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Call for Abstracts: Power and the Development of International Law – Asian Perspectives
The 2022 Regional Conference of the Asian Society of International Law, hosted by the Nepalese Society of International Law-Nepal Chapter of AsianSIL, entitled, Power and the Development of International law: Asian Perspectives, will occur 29-30 July 2022, Online/Hybrid (TBC: Nepal). Abstracts are welcome until 7 April 2022 and numerous law of the sea topics are included in the non-exhaustive examples provided. For more information, see here.
Call for Applications: Maritime Cybersecurity Workshop
The Cyber & Innovation Policy Institute (CIPI), US Naval War College, will host the 2022 CIPI Summer Workshop, themed, Maritime Cybersecurity, 12-14 June 2022, at the US Naval War College (Newport, USA). Applications are welcome until 15 March 2022. For more information see here.
Call for Papers: International Law & Climate Change
The International Law Association British Branch Annual Spring Conference, themed, International Law and Climate Change, will be held 29 April 2022 in a hybrid format (University of Surrey/Online). The panel on the Impacts of Rising Sea Level on Migration and Statehood, or suggested topics such as emission trading schemes, could be relevant to law of the sea submissions. Abstracts are welcome until 1 February 2022. For more information see the call for papers.
Call for Papers: Italia e diritto del mare
The SIDI – Gruppo d’Interesse sul Diritto del Mare will host a conference, entitled, Italia e diritto del mare, 29 April 2022, at the Università di Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy). Abstracts are welcome until 10 February 2022. For more information see the call.
Call for Papers: Exploring Various Legal Methods for Sustainable Development
The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law will host its 13th Annual Conference, themed, Exploring Various Legal Methods for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Practical Contributions from Asia, 9 July 2022, in a hybrid format at Yokohama National University (Yokohama, Japan). Paper proposals, including on the law of the sea, are welcome until 28 February 2022. For more information see here.
Call for Abstracts: Women in the Law of the Sea
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) shall host a Women in the Law of the Sea Conference, themed, Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Adoption of UNCLOS, in March-June 2022 (dates to be confirmed). Abstracts are welcome until 11 February 2022, with the conference intended to primarily hear from women legal experts working in the field of the law of the sea. For more information see here and here.
Call for Applicants: 13th South China Sea International Conference Young Leaders Program
The Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam is seeking applicants for the Young Leaders Program 2021 under the framework of the 13th South China Sea International Conference, themed, Looking Back to a Brighter Future, 17-20 November 2021, with a follow-up phase until 15 December 2021. Applications are welcome until 11 November 2021. For more information see here.
Call for Evidence: UNCLOS – fit for purpose in the 21st century?
The International Relations and Defence Committee of the UK Parliament is undertaking an inquiry into the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), entitled, UNCLOS: fit for purpose in the 21st century?, including a call for written evidence concerning a series of questions posed by the Committee. Written evidence at this stage is welcome until 12 November 2021. The first oral evidence session will also take place 20 October 2021 and may be watched online.
For more information see the call for evidence.
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Calls: Impacts of the EU MSP Directive
The academic journal Marine Policy launched a Special Issue Call for Papers entitled ‘MSP in Europe: Impacts of the EU MSP Directive’. The focus is on the practical experiences of Member States in implementing the Directive and also on the wider transnational and policy context that is shaping MSP in Europe and the intentions of the MSP Directive itself. Deadline for submission of papers is 15 December 2021. More information is available here.
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Calls: In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law
The European Society of International Law (ESIL) is hosting its 17th Annual Conference, themed, In/Ex-clusiveness of International Law, 1-3 September 2022, at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. The main conference will be preceded by various workshops organised by the Society’s Interest Groups, 31 August-1 September 2022. Abstracts are welcome until 31 January 2022. For more information see here.
Calls: International Law and Technological Progress
The University of Aberdeen will host a conference, entitled, International Law and Technological Progress Conference 2022, 23-24 June 2022, in a hybrid format. Several law of the sea topics are included in the call, and one could envisage further suitable topics. Abstracts are welcome until 20 December 2021. For more information see here.
Events/Calls: Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS)
The 15th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference (NESS) shall be hosted on 7-9 June 2022 at the School of Global Studies, Gothenburg, Sweden. The theme of this year’s edition is emergency and transformation. Two deadlines are open: submitting workshops by 1 October, 2021 and submitting abstracts for workshop papers by 15 December, 2021. One of the panels is specifically devoted to ocean governance, and many others allow for marine/maritime themes as well. More information is available here.
Call for Papers: The Evolution of the Law of the Sea
The International Association for the Law of the Sea (AssIDMer) will celebrate its 20th Anniversary with a book publication, entitled, The Evolution of the Law of the Sea: Celebrating AssIDMer’s 20th Anniversary. Proposal abstracts are welcome until 30 November 2021 in french or english.
For more information, including the list of thematic areas for contributions, see here.
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Call for Papers: The Duty of States to Cooperate in International Law
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the International Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars will host a hybrid workshop, entitled, The Duty of States to Cooperate in International Law, 29 November 2021. Abstracts are welcome until 24 September 2021.
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Call for abstracts: The Global Antarctic
The 2021 biennial academic conference of the Standing Committee on Humanities and Social Sciences (SC-HASS) under the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), themed, The Global Antarctic, will be held 18-19 November 2021 in a hybrid format (online and at the Kobe University Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC), Kobe, Japan). Abstracts are welcome until 2 August 2021.
For more information see here and the call for abstracts.
Call for Posts: Emerging Technologies
The Center for International Maritime Security, in partnership with Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School’s Naval Warfare Studies Institute have issued a call for articles, entitled, Emerging Technologies. Submissions are welcome until 26 July 2021.
For more information see here.
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Call for Papers: V Congresso do Instituto Brasileiro de Direito do Mar
The Brazilian Institute of Law of the Sea (BILOS) shall host its V Congress of the Brazilian Institute of Law of the Sea on the 11-12 November 2021, online. The submission of papers is welcome until 15 August 2021.
For further information see here.
Call for Abstracts: 2021 Polar Law Symposium
The Polar Cooperation Research Centre (Kobe University), the Polar Law Institute (University of Akureyri), the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law – Arctic Centre (University of Lapland) and the University of the Arctic and its Arctic Law Thematic Network (Finland) shall host the 14th Polar Law Symposium, themed, The Blue Earth, from the Poles, through the Law, 21-23 November 2021, in a hybrid format of online and at Kobe University (Kobe, Japan). Abstracts are welcome until 2 August 2021.
for further information see the call for abstracts and the website.
Calls: From Integrated Maritime Policy to International Ocean Governance
The School of Law at NOVA University of Lisbon is launching a call for papers for a workshop entitled “From Integrated Maritime Policy to International Ocean Governance: the progressive development of EU maritime policies”. The main focus of the Workshop is the EU’s Integrated Maritime Policy and how it can be reinforced to meet the current and future challenges facing the Ocean and humankind. Deadline for paper proposals is 28 May 2021. More information is available here.
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Calls: European judges faced with migration
The Center for International Law of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University, in France, is accepting contributions for a book project entitled “European judges faced with migration”. This book project is part of the Migration and Asylum Policies Systems (MAPS) research project. The goal of this project is to highlight the ways of exercising the office of European judges lato sensu in migration matters in order to understand how the judge determines, organizes and articulates the applicable law or even constructs case-law policies that supplement or compete with national and / or European policies.
Deadline is 21 May 2021 to submit proposals in either English or French. It is confirmed that this call welcomes contributions on the topic of unsafe mixed migration by sea. Further information is to be found here.
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Calls: Les quarante ans de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer
Deadline to submit proposals of research papers in French is 15 July 2021 with the Centre d’études et de recherche internationales et communautaires (CERIC) at the Aix-Marseille Université (France), for a colloquium entitled Les quarante ans de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer (The fourty years of UNCLOS).
The event is set to take place on 16-17 June 2022. More information can be found via the website of the Association Internationale du Droit de la Mer (ASSIDMER) here (in French).
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