This May the Island and Oceans imaginaries workshop took place at Utrecht University. Researchers and others interested in the Caribbean came together to learn more about islands, islanders, their relationship to the ocean, and the unique challenges they face in the wake of a changing climate.
Nikolaos Giannopoulos successfully defended his dissertation on international law and environmental protection at Utrecht University on 2 November 2020.
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.
This was the first moot court simulating proceedings under Part XV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It was held at Utrecht University.
Solène Guggisberg attended the second substantive session of negotiations on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction in New York and presented her research .
She addressed questions being dealt with on Sustainable Ocean project, including: what is ocean governance? Which different actors and instruments are involved?
Nereus Senior Research fellow Solène Guggisberg presented a paper ‘The role of non-governmental actors in fisheries governance – Improving compliance’.
Challenges like climate change can, according to Trevisanut, only be tackled efficiently through international cooperation with the help of international law.
Prof Liesbeth Lijnzaad, Steering Committee Member of SUSTAINABLEOCEAN, has been elected as a judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS).
2 PhD researchers will be appointed within the ERC Starting Grant project ‘Accommodating New Interests at Sea: Legal Tools for Sustainable Ocean Governance’.
