Category Archives: Events

The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) is hosting a conference entitled La Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar de 1982 y el rol del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU (the UNCLOS and the role of the UN Security Council). It will feature inter alia a presentation on the maritime controversy between Nicaragua and Colombia in the Caribbean Sea. The event will be held in Spanish and is set to happen on June 5 2017 at the Faculty of Law of the UBA. More information is available here.

The Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, The Nature Conservancy and the Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies (Waseda University) shall host a conference, entitled, Seafood Transparency and Sustainability, 16-17 May 2017, at Waseda University (Shinjuku, Japan).

For more information and registration see here. The programme is available here.

The K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea and the Elisabeth Haub School of Law shall host a workshop, entitled, Natural Marine Resource Management in a Changing Climate, 13-14 June 2017, at the K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea (Tromsø, Norway).

For more information and registration (fees apply) see the announcement and programme. The call for papers was previously reported.

The School of Law of the University of Milano-Bicocca shall host a conference, entitled, Exploring the human element of the oceans: the gender implications of the law of the sea, 25-26 May 2017, at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy).

For more information see the programme, and registration page. The call for papers was previously reported.

The K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea and the Institute for International Legal Studies, National Research Council of Italy, are jointly organizing a workshop titled Ocean Commons: Common Heritage, Marine Genetic Resources and Biodiversity Conservation in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. The event will take place in Rome, Italy, on 13 June 2017. More information is available here.

The Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law shall host a conference, entitled,  A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Dispute Resolution in the Law of International Watercourses and the Law of the Sea, 25-26 September 2017.

For more information, see here and the poster here.

The Centre de droit international EDIEC (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), together with the Association pour la promotion du droit international, shall host a symposium, entitled, United Nations Security Council and the Sea, 4-5 May 2017, at the Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (Lyon, France).

For more information see the programme here.

The Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission is organising a two-day conference to address the topic of Land Sea Interactions within the framework of Maritime Spatial Planning. The event will be held in Malta, on 15-16 June 2017. More information about the event here.

The Institut du Droit Économique de la Mer (INDEMER) is organizing an international conference entitled “Knowing the Oceans for Achieving Sustainable Development”. The event will address both scientific and legal aspects of marine scientific research activities. It will take place at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco on 27 and 28 April 2017. The programme is available here and more information (in French) is available here.

The Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore and the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, shall host a Maritime Boundaries Workshop, 6-8 June 2017, at the National University of Singapore.

For more information and registration, see here.

The Centre for International Law (National University of Singapore) is hosting a conference entitled “High Seas Governance: Gaps and Challenges”. This event will explore some of the gaps in the governance of the high seas in UNCLOS. It will examine the relationship between UNCLOS and other existing international instruments and mechanisms that protect the sensitive marine environment, and also explore trends in environmental policy and governance. The event will take place on 24-25 April 2017 in Singapore, and registration is required. More information is available here.

The JCLOS will hold a seminar on the topic of “At-sea enforcement and naval warfare”. The event will take place on 20 September 2017 in Tromsø, Norway. The program of the event is available here. Registration is required and open until 1 July 2017; it can be done here.

The JCLOS and FNI will host a side event on the “possible implications of a BBNJ (biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction) Agreement for Arctic marine governance”. The side event is part of the upcoming negotiating session towards a new treaty on marine biodiversity at the United Nations in New York. The side event will be held on 5 April 2017, 13.15-14.30, in Conference Room 11 at UN Headquarters. More information here.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is organizing another event to celebrate its twenty years of existence (see our previous report here). This event, entitled “ITLOS at 20: Looking into the Future”, will occur on 18 March 2017 at the premises of the tribunal in Hamburg, Germany. Following the presentations, this event will feature a round table entitled “A user-friendly Tribunal in the service of the international community”. The program is available here; registration is required.

The Centre for East Asian Studies in Groningen, the Netherlands, is organizing a workshop entitled “Navigating the South China Sea: Challenges and Opportunities”. This event intends to look into some recent developments in the South China Sea area. On the one hand, it will focus on the South China Sea arbitration. On the other hand, the workshop will concentrate on the South China Sea politics and dispute settlement in the future. The event will occur on 10 March 2017, and the program is available here.

The K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea (JCLOS) shall host a conference, entitled, Protecting the ‘Commons’ in the Arctic: The role of the EU, 28 – 29 June 2017, at the University of Tromsø (Norway).

For more information see the programme, and here.

The Frankfurt Investment Law Workshop 2017 will address the topic “Oceans and Space: New Frontiers in Investment Protection?”. The workshop,  will be held at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 10 and 11 March 2017. It is expected to “look at new models of balancing regulatory and commercial interests and ask how the law of the sea, space law and international investment law can interact to shape investment protection regimes beyond areas of territorial sovereignty”. The program of the event is available here.

The European Shipping Week will take place in Brussels from 27 February to 3 March 2017. This event is intended to be a platform where policy-makers from the main EU institutions will meet and engage with European shipowners and other stakeholders from the shipping sector. It is an initiative of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations and is run by a Steering Group made up of Europe’s main shipping organizations as well as the European Commission and Shipping Innovation. The program of the main Conference entitled “European Shipping Policy: Delivering Global Competitiveness, Quality and Sustainability” can be found here and the calendar of the remaining events is here.

The Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) and the Utrecht Centre for Water Ocean and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL) organize a symposium discussing the pertinent legal issues arising from the PCA Award on The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China). The symposium will take place at the Raadzaal of the Utrecht University School of Law (Achter Sint Pieter 200) on 7 December 2016. The programme of the event can be found here.

The Arctic Frontiers conference, entitled, White Space – Blue Future, will be held 22-27 January 2017, in Tromsø (Norway). A number of presentations will touch upon legal matters.

For more information see here, and registration (fees apply) here.

The Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law will host a colloquium, entitled, Ecosystem based management in the Arctic, from 1-2 December 2016, at the University of Oslo.

For more information and registration (fees apply), please see here.

World Maritime Day has been celebrated at IMO Headquarters on 29 September 2016. The theme for this year’s edition was “Shipping: indispensable to the world”. This theme was chosen to focus on the critical link between shipping and global society and to raise awareness of the relevance of the role of IMO as the global regulatory body for international shipping. More information about this event is available in this background paper.

A Parallel Event will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 4 to 6 November 2016. It includes a conference, the program of which is already available here.

PluriCourts – Center for the Study of the Legitimacy of International Courts, UiO, in cooperation with the K.G. Jebsen Center for the Law of the Sea (JCLOS), UiT, shall host a panel discussion, entitled, The South China Sea Arbitration between China and the Philippines, 28 September 2016, at Litteraturhuset, Oslo (Norway).

For further information and the programme, see the PluriCourts and JCLOS announcements.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in October 2016. On this occasion, a one-and-a-half day international symposium will be held on 5 and 6 October 2016. One of the events is entitled “The contribution of the Tribunal to the Rule of Law” and its aim is to highlight the role played by the Tribunal over the last 20 years in the system for the peaceful settlement of law of the sea-related disputes set out in Part XV of the UNCLOS. The ceremony will occur at the Tribunal’s premises, as reported by the President of ITLOS here (paragraphs 33 and 34), followed the next day by a reception at the City Hall of Hamburg.

The Association Internationale du Droit de la Mer (AssIDMer) is holding its VI Ordinary Colloquium. The event takes place at the Università degli Studi del Sannio, in Benevento, Italy, on 3-4 November 2016. The topic of this year’s edition is “International Tribunals and the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea”. The program of the event is available here.

The Transnational Law Institute of King’s College London, in collaboration with the Law of the Sea Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, is hosting a conference entitled “Stress Testing the Law of the Sea”. The event is to be held at the Dickson Poon School of Law on 30 September and 1 October 2016. The program of the conference is available here. More information can also be found here.

The Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), shall host a new book forum, entitled, Whaling in the Antarctic: Significance and Implications of the ICJ Judgment, edited by Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Professor Dai Tamada, and published by Brill. The forum will take place on the 23 September 2016 at the law building of QMUL (London, UK).

For more information and registration, see here.

The American Branch of the International Law Association & the International Law Students Association will host their International Law Weekend 2016, entitled, International Law 5.0, from 27-29 October 2016. The event will take place at the New York City Bar and Fordham University School of Law, New York (USA). A number of panels shall deal with law of the sea issues.

For more information and registration see here, and the programme here.

The Maastricht Centre for Human Rights will host an open event entitled, Symposium on the Falklands (Malvinas), on the 7 October 2016, at the Stayokay Hotel Maastricht (The Netherlands). The second panel will deal with ‘issues concerning the exploration and exploitation of resources in the waters around the islands’.

For more information and registration, see here.

The K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea (JCLOS) will host a symposium entitled, Innovating for change in global fisheries governance, on the 23 September 2016, at the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø (Norway).

For more information, see here, and the latest programme. The previously reported call for papers can be found here.

The Centre for International Law of the National University of Singapore is hosting an event on maritime governance. In this presentation it will be discussed to what extent Barents Sea and Pacific Arctic marine management embedded in the international system can be compared, and what research and policy lessons can be shared from this comparison. The event occurs on 22 August 2016 in Singapore; more information about the speakers and the venue can be found here.

The Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) will host a seminar (in dutch only) entitled, Visserij in de Poolgebieden, on the 14 September 2016, at Universiteit Utrecht (Utrecht, The Netherlands). Participation is free, but registration encouraged due to space constraints.

For more information see here, and the programme here.

The University of New England is hosting a round table entitled “Can We Move Beyond Disputes in the South China Sea?”. The event occurs on Monday 1 August 2016 at the CB Newling Campus of the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. More information on the panelists and the presentations can be found here.

MPA Action Agenda, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org), will host a webinar entitled, Protecting the high seas through a new marine biodiversity treaty under UNCLOS, on 26 July 2016, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM CEST.

For more information see here, and registration here.

The City University of London will host a book discussion, entitled, Humanity at Sea: Maritime Migration and the Foundations of International Law, on the 27 July 2016, in room AG21, City University London – College Building (London, UK). The event is free, but registration is required.

Form more information see here. Information on the book to be discussed can be found here.