Iran’s decision to levy tolls on ships passing through the crucial choke hold has an unlikely connection to the site of Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet.’
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The International Court has set out clear rules for addressing climate change – and the rights of states to take legal action against others for breaching them.
Two legal experts explore the arrest and potential extradition of Sea Shepherd Founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on a Japanese warrant from 2010.
Small island developing states are seeking a legal ‘advisory opinion’ from an international tribunal on whether climate change falls under the international law of the sea.
International law states that states have to operate ‘due regard’ for the right of nations to fly drones above international waters. Washington claims Russia violated this standard in incident.
Carbon dioxide can be classed as pollution under the UN law of the sea and countries have an obligation to prevent it from entering the ocean.
The latest border protection move from the UK government could breach international law.
Nothing suggests that HMS Defender’s passage was anything but continuous and expeditious. But the UK should avoid relying on Ukrainian “permission” as a justification.
Beijing’s view of the rule of law is very different to what most of the rest of the world understands.
An international maritime lawyer explains whether Iran broke the law of the sea by detaining the Stena Impero.
China claims ownership of almost all of the South China Sea and refuses to abide by a recent ruling calling that hogwash. Why does China want to control the sea so badly?
A UN committee has agreed with the science underpinning Falklands boundary claims, but without solving the sovereignty issue the dispute is no closer to a solution.
The next cancer breakthrough could be found in international waters – but who’s in charge of the high seas?
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Professor of the Public International Law of the Sea and former Director of the Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton
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Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
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Coordinateur du programme « Océans et zones côtières », Iddri
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Lecturer in International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Public International Law, Bangor University
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Lecturer and Research Fellow in Ocean Governance, University of Melbourne and Postdoctoral Researcher, UEF Law School, University of Eastern Finland, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Scholarly Research in Law, University of Virginia
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University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Law, National Security College, Australian National University
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Professor of Political Geography; Director, IBRU: Durham University's Centre for Borders Research, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder
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Research Fellow, Iddri