Donat Pharand: The Arctic Scholar

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 3-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Lalonde ◽  
Ronald St. J. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
Key Events

SummaryThe Arctic, long neglected, has been thrust into the limelight as climate change dramatically transforms its landscape. The ice, which for centuries has acted as a powerful barrier keeping the world at bay, is melting at an alarming rate. The promise of greater accessibility to the region inevitably raises a host of important issues. Donat Pharand, an internationally renowned scholar, has dedicated his long and illustrious career to researching and understanding the legal issues pertaining to Canada's claim over the waters of the Arctic archipelago. This article chronicles the key events in his life and examines Pharand's profound contribution to the law of the sea of the Arctic.

scholarly journals Emerging Issues on Arctic Environmental and Climate Change Governance: Introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-438
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi Tanaka ◽  
Beatriz Martinez Romera
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Research Network ◽  
Arctic Climate ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
The Law ◽  
Climate Change Governance

Abstract This Special Issue, based on the Third International Conference of the Transatlantic Maritime Emissions Research Network (TRAMEREN), Copenhagen, June 2019, examines emerging issues in Arctic environmental and climate change governance. The law of the sea performs a paramount role in stabilising a legal order in the ocean, including the marine Arctic. However, physical and ecological conditions surrounding the ocean may change over time, particularly in the era of climate change. Thus the antithesis between change and stability in the law of the sea is key when considering effects of climate change on the law of the sea. The six articles in this Special Issue provide insights into the development of the legal framework for governing the marine Arctic addressing, respectively, changing paradigms in the law of the sea, retreating coasts in the Arctic, environmental assessment, the Polar Code, fuel use regulation of Arctic shipping, and Arctic climate interventions.

The Law of the Sea as Part of the Climate-Change Regime Complex

2020 ◽  
pp. 374-385
Author(s):  
Ingvild Ulrikke Jakobsen ◽  
Elise Johansen ◽  
Philipp Peter Nickels
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Regime Complex ◽  
The Law

Global Warming

Antarctica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Day
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Polar Bears ◽  
The World

How vulnerable to climate change are Antarctica’s fauna? Antarctica’s fauna are very vulnerable to climate change. All we have to do is look at the penguins. With the recent dramatic loss of ice in the Arctic, the world has focused on whether polar bears are...

18. The law of the sea

2019 ◽  
pp. 468-493
Author(s):  
Gleider Hernández
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Basic Concept ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Economic Resource ◽  
Public International Law ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
Bodies Of Water ◽  
High Seas

This chapter explores the law of the sea. The ‘law of the sea’ is a blanket term, describing the law relating to all bodies of water, irrespective of whether they are subject to the jurisdiction of a State. Naturally, the seas are tremendously important globally; the seas are a crucial means of communication and trade, allowing for the transport of persons and goods around the world. The seas and their subsoil are also a valuable economic resource. However, the law of the sea is not also important for its significant contributions to public international law. The law of the sea governs a series of overlapping sovereign interests and projections of jurisdiction. The basic concept is that the sea is divided into two broad categories: territorial sea and high seas. The exact line between these two has been at the heart of more than four centuries of legal developments and disputes.

scholarly journals The Arctic Sunrise Incident: A Multi-faceted Law of the Sea Case with a Human Rights Dimension

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex G. Oude Elferink
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Exclusive Economic Zone ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Economic Zone ◽  
The Law ◽  
Oil Rig

On 18 September 2013, the crew of the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise tried to access the Prirazlomnaya oil rig, which was operating within the Russian Federation’s exclusive economic zone in the Arctic. The following day the Russian authorities boarded and arrested the Arctic Sunrise and detained its crew and charged them with various offenses. The flag state of the vessel, the Netherlands, started an arbitral procedure against the Russian Federation. The present article looks at the issues of international law raised by the arrest of the Arctic Sunrise—which both concern the law of the sea and human rights law—and the arbitration initiated by the Netherlands. Human rights law is essential for assessing the kind of measures a coastal state may take in enforcing its legislation based on the law of the sea in its exclusive economic zone. Providing sufficient room for the freedom of expression may limit the scope of action that might otherwise exist.

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