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The present essay addresses certain challenges facing international judicial institutions as well as emerging issues in international adjudication under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“the Convention”).
Former President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
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The Statute of the Tribunal, Article 24, paragraph 1.
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Ibid., Article 2, paragraph 2.
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Under Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Convention the “Area” is defined as “the seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction”.
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The Statute of the Tribunal, Article 15, paragraph 2.
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Ibid., Article 15, paragraph 3.
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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Case No. 7 Conservation and Sustainable Exploitation of Swordfish Stocks (Chile/European Union), Order, 16 December 2009, ITLOS Reports 2008–2010, p. 13; www.itlos.org.
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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Case No. 23 Delimitation of the maritime boundary in the Atlantic Ocean (Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire), Provisional Measures, Order, 25 April 2015, ITLOS Reports 2015, p. 146; www.itlos.org.
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The Statute of the Tribunal, Article 15, paragraph 2.
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The Rules of the Tribunal, Article 48. Proposals may concern any provisions included in Part III of the Rules of the Tribunal.
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The Statute of the Tribunal, Article 15, paragraph 5.
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The Rules of the Tribunal, Article 60, paragraph 2, and Article 61, paragraph 3.
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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Case No. 19 M/V Virginia G (Panama/Guinea-Bissau), Order of 2 November 2012, ITLOS Reports 2012, p. 309, at p. 316, paragraph 42 (C); www.itlos.org.
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Ibid., at p. 315, para. 41.
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Rules of the Tribunal, Article 97.
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Rules of the Court, Article 97, paragraph 5.
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Ibid., paragraph 1.
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Ibid., paragraph 1.
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Rules of the Tribunal, Article 97, paragraph 1.
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Judgment of the Tribunal, 4 November 2016, the M/V “Norstar” case (Panama v. Italy), Preliminary Objections, paragraph 50.
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Ibid., paragraph 52.
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Ibid., paragraph 53.
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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Preamble, paragraph 4.
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Ibid., Preamble, paragraph 4.
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International Court of Justice, Judgment of 2 February 2017, Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) Preliminary Objections, paragraph 31.
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Ibid., paragraph 33.
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Ibid., paragraph 130.
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Ibid., paragraphs 132 and 133.
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General Assembly resolution 72/249, A/RES/249, International legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, paragraph 1.
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United Nations A/AC.287/2017/PC.4/2, Report of the Preparatory Committee established by General Assembly resolution 69/292: Development of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, Section A, Part VIII.
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Golitsyn, V. (2019). Adjudication in Maritime Disputes. In: Selvik, G., Clifton, MJ., Haas, T., Lourenço, L., Schwiesow, K. (eds) The Art of Judicial Reasoning. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02553-3_14
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