The geographical characteristics of the Arctic Ocean and Jurisdiction through the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS)

AbstractThe legal and technical issues relating to the outer continental shelf entitlements in the Central Arctic Ocean present several challenges, most of which are to be resolved in accordance with Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Recently, two coastal States in the Central Arctic Ocean have made fully fledged submissions relating to the Arctic to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. Russia has made a revised submission that is currently being considered by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. The submission of Denmark/Greenland will most likely only be considered in 10 or 15 years time.

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Interpretation and Application of Article 234 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 in Light of the Shrinking Ice Cover in the Arctic

Journal of Russian Law ◽

10.12737/article_5a20050801d1a2.96251387 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (12) ◽

pp. 151-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Вячеслав Гаврилов ◽

Vyacheslav Gavrilov ◽

Роман Дремлюга ◽

Roman Dremlyuga ◽

Александра Крипакова ◽

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Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

Ice Cover ◽

The Arctic ◽

Law Of The Sea ◽

United Nations Convention ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Law

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Arctic Networks and Legal Interpretations of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

Leiden Journal of International Law ◽

10.1017/s0922156515000424 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 771-797

Author(s):

SARI GRABEN ◽

PETER HARRISON

Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

Continental Shelf ◽

Essential Role ◽

The Arctic ◽

Law Of The Sea ◽

Discursive Practices ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

The Arctic Ocean ◽

United Nations Convention ◽

The United Nations

AbstractThe United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf is expected to play an essential role in delineating the rights of the Arctic states to seabed resources in the Arctic Ocean. In this article, the authors look to the effect of scientific discourse on Commission authority. The authors argue that in addition to the conferral of its authority by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Commission draws its authority in the Arctic from the way its regulatory frameworks, aimed at containing or closing off disputes about jurisdiction and sovereign rights, correlate with discursive practices used by transnational networks to reach scientific agreement.

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China and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Operational Challenges

10.21236/ada463699 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Steven D. Vincent

Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

Law Of The Sea ◽

United Nations Convention ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Law

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The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and its Disturbing Propensity to Legislate

The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law ◽

10.1163/157180811x582175 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 355-383 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Andrew Serdy

Keyword(s):

United Nations ◽

Continental Shelf ◽

Law Of The Sea ◽

Continental Shelves ◽

United Nations Convention ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Law

AbstractCreated by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to apply the rules in Article 76 on the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from States’ territorial sea baselines, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has on several occasions introduced new requirements for States not supported by Article 76, or impermissibly qualifying the rights Article 76 accords them. This article focuses on several such instances, one to the coastal State’s advantage (though temporally rather than spatially), another neutral (though requiring unnecessary work of States), but the remainder all tending to reduce the area of continental shelves. The net effect has been to deprive States of areas of legal continental shelf to which a reasonable interpretation of Article 76 entitles them, and in one case even of their right to have their submissions examined on their merits, even though, paradoxically, the well-meaning intention behind at least some of the Commission’s pronouncements was to avoid other controversies.

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