Alex Oude Elferink: "Russian-Dutch settlement on Arctic Sunrise is a recognition of international law"

Alex Oude Elferink has published a post on the Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the Netherlands on scientific cooperation in the Russian Arctic and the settlement of a dispute. This dispute concerns the arrest of the vessel Arctic Sunrise while it was engaged in protest actions against oil production in the Arctic in the Russian Federation’s exclusive economic zone in September of 2013.

The post Russian-Dutch settlement on Arctic Sunrise is a recognition of international law is included on the website Raam op Rusland (Window on Russia). The post discusses the legal issues included in the Joint Statement in the context of the provisions of the United Convention on the Law of the Sea and also briefly considers its implications for the bilateral relations of both states.