The Law of the Sea Conference: Caracas and Geneva – Recent Developments, Present Status and Future Implications

2003 ◽  
pp. 461-487
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Law

scholarly journals Selected Recent Institutional and Rule-Making Developments in the Law of the Sea (2015-2016)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-203
Author(s):  
Humphrey S Sipalla
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
Rule Making

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC or the Convention) is quite simply, the greatest treaty-making achievement of the United Nations (UN) era. This appraisal of the recent developments of 2015-16 in this legal regime that governs the oceans – waters, floor and subsoil thereof – which cover ‘over 70 percent of the surface of our planet’, focuses on its oft-ignored spect, that is, its institutional framework.

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