Monday, June 30, 2025

New Volume: Ocean Yearbook

The latest volume of the Ocean Yearbook (Vol. 39) is out. Contents include:
  • Part 1: ITLOS Advisory Opinion Commentaries
    • Kristin Bartenstein, The “Integrative Approach” in the ITLOS Climate Change Advisory Opinion: An Essay in Honor of Aldo Chircop
    • Lisa Benjamin & Cymie Payne, The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law: A Solid Legal Foundation for State Obligations on Climate Change
    • Cecilia Engler, Strengthening the Legal Framework for the Ocean-Climate Nexus? A Commentary on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law
    • David Freestone, Payam Akhavan, & Catherine Amirfar, The 2024 ITLOS COSIS Advisory Opinion: Delivering Climate Justice for Small Island States
  • Part 2: The Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance
    • Michelle Bender, Lydia Slobodian, Kristina M. Gjerde, Philippe Cullet, Pradeep Singh, & Chloe Olsen, The Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood in an Ocean Context
    • Henning Dobson Fugleberg Knudsen, Michelle Campbell, & Kenneth Høegh, The 2022 Canada-Denmark/Greenland Maritime Boundary Agreement: A Model for Rules-Based International Order and a Stepping Stone to Greater Cooperation
    • Michel Morin, Is the Common Heritage of Mankind Concept Obsolete or Still Relevant?
    • Asia Murphy, To Freeze or Not to Freeze: An Analysis of the Approaches to Maritime Boundaries amidst Global Sea Level Rise
    • Jeremy Raguain, Angelique Pouponneau, Tamara Thomas, & Sara Tjossem, Big Ocean States Leading the Way: Transitioning from Exemplars to Leaders in Ocean Governance
  • Part 3: Marine Resource Management and Conservation
    • Lucas Barsi, Mare Liberum to Mare Curare: The IMO’s Prospective Role in Implementing Area-Based Management Tools for the BBNJ Agreement
    • Abdul Hafez Mahamah, West Africa’s Rising Tide: Shaping the Future of Marine Geoengineering Governance
    • Aleke Stöfen-O’Brien & Lena Ebbinghoff, Navigating the Seas of Contamination: Regulating Forever Chemicals in the Ocean  
  • Part 4: Shipping
    • Youna Lyons & Sian Prior, Shipping Emissions Scrubbers and Sea Ice-Breaking in the Arctic: Reflections at the Interface of Shipping Regulations and the Law of the Sea Regime
    • Sabrina Hasan, Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships: Recent Developments and Challenges
    • Lamin Jawara & Tafsir Matin Johansson, Policy Response to COVID-19 in Global Shipping: Systematic Review and Analogical Application
    • Desai Shan, Cory Ochs, & Evan G. MacKenzie, New Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Linkages to Pandemic Lessons
    • Yannick Suazo, Should Canada Allow Autonomous Ships in Its Coastal Waters?—International Context and Legal Implications
  • Part 5: Maritime Crime and Security
    • Kamal-Deen Ali & Emmanuel Kwabena Koomson, Gulf of Guinea Piracy: Analysis of Threats, Dynamics and Responses
    • Michael Tsimplis, The Revamped EU Environmental Crime Directive and the Maritime Sector: Real Teeth or Window Dressing?
    • Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga & Lowell Bautista, Humanitarian Missions at Sea: Lessons from the Deployment of Indonesia’s Military Hospital Ship for Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Conflict