Alan E. Boyle (1953-2023): In Memoriam James Harrison The International Ocean Institute Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law Co-editors'' Note of Appreciation and Welcome Scott Coffen-Smout, Moira L. McConnell and Sara L. Seck Aldo Chircop: a Personal Tribute to Excellence Proshanto K. Mukherjee Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Contributors Part 1: ITLOS Advisory Opinion Commentaries The "Integrative Approach" in the ITLOS Climate Change Advisory Opinion: an Essay in Honor of Aldo Chircop Kristin Bartenstein The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law: a Solid Legal Foundation for State Obligations on Climate Change Lisa Benjamin and Cymie Payne Strengthening the Legal Framework for the Ocean-Climate Nexus? A Commentary on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change and International Law Cecilia Engler The 2024 ITLOS COSIS Advisory Opinion: Delivering Climate Justice for Small Island States David Freestone, Payam Akhavan and Catherine Amirfar Part 2: The Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance The Rights of Nature and Legal Personhood in an Ocean Context Michelle Bender, Lydia Slobodian, Kristina M. Gjerde, Philippe Cullet, Pradeep Singh and Chloe Olsen The 2022 Canada-Denmark/Greenland Maritime Boundary Agreement: a Model for Rules-Based International Order and a Stepping Stone to Greater Cooperation Henning Dobson Fugleberg Knudsen, Michelle Campbell and Kenneth Høegh Is the Common Heritage of Mankind Concept Obsolete or Still Relevant? Michel Morin To Freeze or Not to Freeze: an Analysis of the Approaches to Maritime Boundaries amidst Global Sea Level Rise Asia Murphy Big Ocean States Leading the Way: Transitioning from Exemplars to Leaders in Ocean Governance Jeremy Raguain, Angelique Pouponneau, Tamara Thomas and Sara Tjossem Part 3: Marine Resource Management and Conservation Mare Liberum to Mare Curare: the IMO''s Prospective Role in Implementing Area-Based Management Tools for the BBNJ Agreement Lucas Barsi West Africa''s Rising Tide: Shaping the Future of Marine Geoengineering Governance Abdul Hafez Mahamah Navigating the Seas of Contamination: Regulating Forever Chemicals in the Ocean Aleke Stöfen-O''Brien and Lena Ebbinghoff Part 4: Shipping Shipping Emissions Scrubbers and Sea Ice-Breaking in the Arctic: Reflections at the Interface of Shipping Regulations and the Law of the Sea Regime Youna Lyons and Sian Prior Regulating Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships: Recent Developments and Challenges Sabrina Hasan Policy Response to COVID-19 in Global Shipping: Systematic Review and Analogical Application Lamin Jawara and Tafsir Matin Johansson New Amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006: Linkages to Pandemic Lessons Desai Shan, Cory Ochs and Evan G. MacKenzie Should Canada Allow Autonomous Ships in its Coastal Waters?--International Context and Legal Implications Yannick Suazo Part 5: Maritime Crime and Security Gulf of Guinea Piracy: Analysis of Threats, Dynamics and Responses Kamal-Deen Ali and Emmanuel Kwabena Koomson The Revamped EU Environmental Crime Directive and the Maritime Sector: Real Teeth or Window Dressing? Michael Tsimplis Humanitarian Missions at Sea: Lessons from the Deployment of Indonesia''s Military Hospital Ship for Humanitarian Aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Conflict Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga and Lowell Bautista Part 6: Book Reviews Louise K. Comfort and Harkunti P.
Rahayu, eds., Hazardous Seas: A Sociotechnical Framework for Early Tsunami Detection and Warning Cherdsak Virapat, Ph.D. Neil Craik, Tara Davenport and Ruth Mackenzie, Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons Elizabeth M. De Santo Vito De Lucia, Alex Oude Elferink and Lan Ngoc Nguyen, eds., International Law and Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Reflections on Justice, Space, Knowledge and Power Olga Koubrak, Ph.D. Endalew Lijalem Enyew, Indigenous Peoples, Marine Space and Resources, and International Law: The Interaction between International Human Rights Law and the Law of the Sea Sara L.
Seck Malcolm D. Evans and Reece Lewis, Islands, Law and Context: The Treatment of Islands in International Law Jay L. Batongbacal, J.S.D. Nicola Ferri, Conflicts over the Conservation of Marine Living Resources: Third States, Governance, Fragmentation and other recurring issues in International Law Fred Kingston Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, Sea Level: A History Charles T. O''Reilly Dawoon Jung, The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention and the Regulation of Offshore Renewable Energy Activities within National Jurisdiction Alexander Severance Natalie Klein and Kate Parlett, Judging the Law of the Sea Arron N. Honniball, Ph.
D. James Kraska, Ronán Long and Myron H. Nordquist, eds., Peaceful Maritime Engagement in East Asia and the Pacific Region Ying Tan Lan Ngoc Nguyen, The Development of the Law of the Sea by UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Bodies Nong Hong Kristoffer Svendsen, Liability and Compensation for Offshore Oil Pollution Damage in the Arctic. Comparing Norwegian and Russian Law Lars Rosenberg Overby Yoshifumi Tanaka, Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation Clive Schofield Anna von Rebay, The Designation of Marine Protected Areas: A Legal Obligation Vu Hai Dang, JSD AppendicesAnnual Report of the International Ocean Institute Report of the International Ocean Institute, 2023 Mahindokht Faghfouri Selected Documents and Proceedings Oceans and the Law of the Sea Report of the Secretary-General, 19 March 2024 Oceans and the Law of the Sea Report of the Secretary-General, 6 September 2024 United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea Report of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of States Parties, 10-14 June 2024 Report on the Work of the United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea at Its Twenty-Fourth Meeting, 18-21 June 2024 (Signed) Elina Kalkku Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships Index.