Conference organised by the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) and the Utrecht University Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL)
The first edited volume of the Sustainable Ocean Project, entitled ‘Regime Interaction in Ocean Governance: Problems, Theories, Methods’ has been published.
Participants discussed, at Utrecht University, the issue of rights of coastal States and other States, preparing for the UN treaty on marine biodiversity.
Scientists of Utrecht University participated in a workshop on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. The UN is working on a treaty on this.