Unresolved Issues And New Challenges to the Law of the Sea: Time Before And Time After (Publications on Ocean Development) (Publications on Ocean Development)

371 Pages·2006·1.19 MB·English

by  Anastasia Strati

UNRESOLVED ISSUES AND NEW CHALLENGES TO
THE LAW OF THE SEA
Publications on Ocean Development
Volume 54
A Series of Studies on
the International, Legal, Institutional and Policy Aspects
of Ocean Development
General Editor: Vaughan Lowe
Chichele Professor of Public International Law and Fellow of AllSouls College,
Oxford University
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Unresolved Issues and
New Challenges to
the Law of the Sea
Time Before and Time After
edited by
ANASTASIA STRATI
MARIA GAVOUNELI
and
NIKOLAOS SKOURTOS
MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBLISHERS
LEIDEN / BOSTON
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents …………………………………………………... v
Abbreviations ……………………………………………................. ix
Introduction ………………………………………………………… xi

Part I
Unresolved Issues under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea 1

Chapter 1

Robin R. Churchill

The management of shared fish stocks: The neglected “other” para-
graph of article 63 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea ……... 3

Chapter 2

Anastasia Strati

Protection of the underwater cultural heritage: From the shortcomings
of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to the compromises of the
UNESCO Convention …………………………………………………. 21

Comment:

Petros Sioussiouras

The contiguous zone as a mechanism for protecting the underwater
cultural heritage ………………………………………………………... 63

Part II: New Challenges to the Law of the Sea
A. Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment 71

Chapter 3

Grigoris Tsaltas

Towards a world protection framework of the marine environment

through the promotion of international and regional cooperation under
the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea ……………………………. 73

Chapter 4

Nilufer Oral

Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in areas beyond national
jurisdiction: Can international law meet the challenge? ………………. 85
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Chapter 5
Tullio Scovazzi
New international instruments for marine protected areas in the Medi-
terranean Sea …………………………………………………............... 109

Part II: New Challenges to the Law of the Sea
B. The Principle of the Freedom of the High Seas in the Post 9/11 World 121

Chapter 6

Petros Liacouras
Intelligence gathering on the high seas ……………………………....... 123

Chapter 7

Angelos Syrigos
149
Developments on interdiction of vessels on the high seas ……………..

Part III
The Future of the Law of the Sea: Uniformity or Fragmentation? 203

Chapter 8
Maria Gavouneli
From uniformity to fragmentation: The ability of the UN Convention
on the Law of the Sea to accommodate new uses and challenges …...... 205

Chapter 9

Haritini Dipla
The role of the International Court of Justice and the International
Tribunal on the Law of the Sea in the progressive development of
the law of the sea ……………………………………………………… 235

Chapter 10
Budislav Vukas
State practice in the aftermath of the UN Convention on the Law of the
Sea: The exclusive economic zone and the Mediterranean Sea ……….. 251

Comment
Aristotelis Alexopoulos
Some thoughts on the concept of the contiguous zone and its potential
application to the Greek seas …………………………………………... 259

A.A. Fatouros
Concluding remarks …………………………………………………… 271
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
Annexes …………………………………………………………….. 275
Annex I
UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural
Heritage (2001) ………………………………………………………… 277

Annex II(a)
Proliferation Security Initiative Interdiction Principles (2003) ………... 299

Annex II(b)
Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America

and the Government of the Republic of Liberia concerning Coopera-

tion to Suppress the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction,
their Delivery Systems, and Related Materials By Sea (2004) …..……. 303

Annex II(c)
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America
and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands concern-
ing Cooperation to Suppress the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass De-
struction, their Delivery Systems and Related Materials by Sea (2004) … 315

Annex II(d)
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America
and the Government of the Republic of Croatia concerning Cooperation
to Suppress the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, their De-
livery Systems and Related Materials by Sea (2005) ................................. 327

Index ………………………………………………………………….... 339

ABBREVIATIONS

ADI Annuaire de droit de la mer
AFDI Annuaire français de droit international
AJIL American Journal of International Law
BYBIL British Yearbook of International Law
CAHAQ Ad Hoc Committee of Experts on the Underwater
Cultural Heritage
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CMI Comité maritime international
CSC Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf
EEnvLR European Environmental Law Review
EEZ Exclusive economic zone
ETS European Treaty Series
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation
Georgetown IELR Georgetown International Environmental Law Review
ICJ International Court of Justice
ICLQ International and Comparative Law Quarterly
ICP United Nations Informal Consultative Process on
Oceans and the Law of the Sea
ILA International Law Association
ILM International Legal Materials
IMO International Maritime Organisation
ISA International Seabed Authority
Italian YBIL Italian Yearbook of International Law
ITLOS International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea
IUU fishing Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
LOS Convention United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
MAP Mediterranean Action Plan
MPAs Marine Protected Areas
Netherlands YBIL Netherlands Yearbook of International Law
NILR Netherlands International Law Review
ODIL Ocean Development and International Law