Category Archives: Journals

As the most recent developments in the law of the sea show, more than forty years after the conclusion of UNCLOS, the nexus between law, science and technology still lies at the heart of its implementation, evolution and progressive development. Particularly, rapid scientific advancements in our understanding of the seas and ocean require continuous rethinking of the interpretation and application of long established and new legal paradigms and policy approaches. In this context, the Maritime Safety and Security Law Journal (MarSafeLaw Journal) is pleased to contribute to such academic debate by welcoming submissions under the topic “Law and Science in Ocean and Maritime Affairs”. Deadline for submission of abstracts is 18 February 2024; submission of full papers is expected by 14 April 2024. Further information may be found here.

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.

The  Institute of International Legal Studies at the University of the Philippines (UP-IILS) accepts submissions of papers for the Asia-Pacific Journal of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Research on Naval Warfare or on IHL and Law of the Sea is explicitly accepted. In order to qualify for submission, an article must either be authored by someone from, or based in, the Asia-Pacific region or, alternatively, be about the Asia-Pacific region. The deadline is 10 January 2021. More information is available here.