Obligations of States in Undelimited Maritime Areas
Date: 22nd July 2016
Time: 11:00 - 15:30
Event Details
Time: 11.00-15.30
Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP
Consisting of two panels featuring experts in Law of the Sea and members of the BIICL research project on the obligations of States in undelimited maritime areas, this event will analyse and discuss the obligations of States in regard to undelimited areas pending agreement on maritime boundary delimitation. In particular, the event will focus on the obligations of States under Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS to refrain from activities that could jeopardise or hamper the reaching of a final agreement on maritime delimitation.
The panels will present the findings of the BIICL research team and the implications of the research in practice. This will include a discussion of the impact of the decision of the ITLOS Special Chamber on provisional measures in the Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean as well as relevant aspects of the Award on the Merits of the Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal in The Republic of Philippines v The People's Republic of China case (released 12 July 2016).
The event will be of interest to international law practitioners, government officials, offshore oil and gas industry specialists and academics. Copies of the BIICL publication "Report on the Obligations of States under Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS in respect of Undelimited Maritime Areas" will be distributed at the event. For further details of the research please visit: www.biicl.org/undelimited-maritime-area.
Speakers include:
- Judge David H. Anderson, Former Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- Dr Nuno Antunes, Partner, Miranda & Associados
- Professor Robin Churchill, Professor of Public International Law, University of Dundee
- Stephen Fietta, Founder and Principal of Fietta
- Dr Kentaro Nishimoto, Tohoku University, Japan
- Professor David Ong, Nottingham Trent University
- Dr Makoto Seta, Yokohama City University, Japan
- Jill Barrett, Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law, BIICL
- Dr Naomi Burke, Arthur Watts Research Fellow on the Law of the Sea, BIICL
Chair: Professor Sir Malcolm Evans KCMG, University of Bristol
This event is convened by Jill Barrett, Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law, and Dr Naomi Burke, Arthur Watts Research Fellow on the Law of the Sea.
A copy of the report is available here to facilitate discussion at the launch event.
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Event Programme:
10:15am: Registration/Coffee and pastries
11:00 -11:15am: Introduction
Jill Barrett and Professor Sir Malcom Evans KCMG
11:15-12:45pm: Panel 1: "Legal issues arising from Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS"
Judge David Anderson, Professor Robin Churchill, Professor David Ong and Professor Kentaro Nishimoto
This panel will discuss the legal issues raised by the obligations set out in Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS not to jeopardise or hamper the reaching of final maritime delimitation agreement, as addressed by the BIICL research team in their report. The panel will also highlight outstanding questions such as State's obligations in undelimited maritime areas involving sovereignty disputes
12:45-1:30pm: Lunch (to be provided at BIICL)
1:30-2:30pm: Panel 2 "Practical implications of Articles 74(3) and 83(3)"
Stephen Fietta, Nuno Antunes and Dr Naomi Burke
This panel will examine how issues involving Articles 74(3) and 83(3) arise for States and private entities in practice. The panel will also discuss relevant aspects of the merits award in the Philippines v China arbitration.
2:30-3:30pm: General Discussion/"Ask the Research Panel"
3:30pm - 4.30pm: Drinks reception
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New BIICL publication- special offer for attendees of this event
Law of the Sea: UNCLOS as a Living Treaty
Edited by Jill Barrett and Richard Barnes
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-905221-52-3 July 2016
Special price for BIICL Members: £20 (valid for purchases on 22 July 2016 only)
Special Price for non-members: £32 (valid for purchases on 22 July 2016 only)
For book information: www.biicl.org/law-of-the-sea---unclos-as-a-living-treaty.
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