Dr. Catherine Blanchard

Dr. Catherine Blanchard

Assistant Professor
International and European Law
c.blanchard@uu.nl

Work in progress

  • Solene Guggisberg & Catherine Blanchard (eds), Non-use measures for global goods and commons in international law (forthcoming 2025).
  • Catherine Blanchard & Malou Estier, “Implementing international law for the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean” in B. Neumann & D. Diz & B. Boteler (eds), The Elgar Companion on Ocean Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals (Chelthenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming 2025).

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Pickens, C., Lily, H., Harrould-Kolieb, E., Blanchard, C., & Chakraborty, A. (2024). From what-if to what-now: Status of the deep-sea mining regulations and underlying drivers for outstanding issues. Marine Policy, Article 105967. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X23005006

2023

Scholarly publications

Blanchard, C., Harrould-Kolieb, E., Jones, E., & Taylor, M. L. (2023). The current status of deep-sea mining governance at the International Seabed Authority. Marine Policy, 147, 1-9. Article 105396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105396

Professional publications

Robb, S. (Author), Jaeckel, A. (Author), & Blanchard, C. (Author). (2023). How could the BBNJ Agreement affect the International Seabed Authority’s Mining Code?. Web publication/site https://www.ejiltalk.org/how-could-the-bbnj-agreement-affect-the-international-seabed-authoritys-mining-code/

2022

Scholarly publications

Blanchard, C., & Gollner, S. (2022). Area-based management tools to protect unique hydrothermal vents from harmful effects from deep-sea mining: A review of ongoing developments. Frontiers in Political Science, 4, Article 1033251. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.1033251
Blanchard, C. (2022). Cooperation and Coordination in Ocean Governance: An Overview of the BBNJ Process and the Involvement of The Netherlands. In Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 51, pp. 381-407) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-527-0_14
Blanchard, C., & Klunder, L. (2022). Protecting deep-sea hydrothermal vent biodiversity through ABMTs. Poster session presented at International Ocean Data Conference 2022, Sopot, Poland.
Kim, R. E., Blanchard, C., & Kotzé, L. (2022). Law, systems, and Planet Earth: Editorial. Earth System Governance, 11, 1-4. Article 100127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100127
Kotzé, L. J., Kim, R. E., Blanchard, C., Gellers, J. C., Holley, C., Petersmann, M., Asselt, H. V., Biermann, F., & Hurlbert, M. (2022). Earth system law: Exploring new frontiers in legal science. Earth System Governance, 11, 1-10. Article 100126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100126

Popularising publications

Harrould-Kolieb, E. (Author), & Blanchard, C. (Author). (2022). The Fraught Governance of Deep-Sea Mining. Web publication/site https://sites.uef.fi/cceel/the-fraught-governance-of-deep-sea-mining/

2021

Scholarly publications

Kotzé, L., Kim, R. E., & Blanchard, C. (Eds.) (2021). Earth System Law: Towards a New Legal Paradigm for the Anthropocene. Earth System Governance, 7.
Blanchard, C. (Author). (2021). Nauru and Deep-Sea Minerals Exploitation: A Legal Exploration of the 2-Year Rule. Web publication/site, The NCLOS Blog. https://site.uit.no/nclos/2021/09/17/nauru-and-deep-sea-minerals-exploitation-a-legal-exploration-of-the-2-year-rule/
Blanchard, C. (2021). Governing Oceans in a Time of Change: Fishing for the Future?, written by Marcus Haward. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 36(3), 530-536. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-BJA10060

2020

Scholarly publications

Blanchard, C. (2020). The elusive search for sustainable high seas fisheries: What role for an oceans governance approach? [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/389
Blanchard, C., Spijkers, O., & Duan, W. (2020). Three Structural Pillars of the Future International Legally Binding Instrument on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction. In M. C. Ribeiro, F. Loureiro Bastos, & T. Henriksen (Eds.), Global Challenges and the Law of the Sea (pp. 351-378). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42671-2_19

2019

Scholarly publications

Blanchard, C., Spijkers, O., & Duan, W. (2019). Designating Marine Protected Areas as an Institutional Mechanism for the Protection of Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. In G. Xue, & Y. Li (Eds.), International Protection of Marine Biodiversity: Recent Development and Prospective Progress (pp. 99-145). Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Blanchard, C., Durussel, C., & Boteler, B. (2019). Socio-ecological resilience and the law: Exploring the adaptive capacity of the BBNJ agreement. Marine Policy, 108, Article 103612. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.103612

2017

Scholarly publications

Blanchard, C. (2017). Fragmentation in High Seas Fisheries: Preliminary Reflections on a Global Oceans Governance Approach. Marine Policy, 84, 327-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.06.017

2016

Scholarly publications

Blanchard, C. (2016). Evolution or Revolution? Evaluating the Territorial State-Based Regime of International Law in the Context of physical disappearance of territory due to climate change and sea-level rise. Canadian Yearbook of International Law, 53, 66-118. https://doi.org/10.1017/cyl.2016.4

2014

Scholarly publications

Blanchard, C., & Nakache, D. (2014). Remedies for Non-Citizens under Provincial Nominee Programs: Judicial Review and Fiduciary Relationships. Dalhousie Law Journal, 37(2), 527-558.