Annual NCLOS Conference 2023: "Ocean Commons"

1 - 3 November 2023, Tromsø

Teorifagbygget, hus 6, Auditorium 3

Program

(Program udpated as of 24 October 2023. Some changes may be introduced.)

1 November

18:00 -> Dinner for speakers

2 November: Governing Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

08:15 -> Registration and coffee

08:45 -> Welcome, Tore Henriksen, Dean UiT Faculty of Law

08:50 -> Introduction, Vito De Lucia, Director, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

09:00 -> Keynote: Ronan Long, World Maritime University, “Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Reframing Pardo's Vision for the Ocean”

09:50 -> Coffee Break

10:00 -> Panel 1: Governance of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

Moderator: Jan Solski, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

Kristine GU, “Strategic Environmental Assessment for Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Article 39 of the BBNJ Agreement”
Nengye Liu, Singapore Management University, "Establishing Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean, Lessons for the BBNJ Agreement"
Ethan Beringen, Macquarie University, “High Seas Fisheries and the BBNJ Instrument: Examining the unrealised regime interaction potential between international fisheries law and international biodiversity law”
Hilde Woker, Leiden University, “The Concept of Best Available Science in the Governance of Ocean Commons

Rapporteur: Nikolaos Gkikas, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

11.30 -> coffee break

11:45 -> Panel 2: Deep seabed Mining and the Common Heritage of Mankind

Moderator: Maria das Neves, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

Endalew Lijalem, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, “Debates over Seabed Mining: A Third World Perspective”
Klaas Willaert, Ghent University, “The interests of developing states within the context of deep sea mining in the Area: the forgotten aspect of the common heritage of mankind?”
Gustavo Leite Neves da Luz, University of Hamburg, “Environmental Liabilities of the Private Contractors: a Pathway to a Sponsorship of Convenience System in Deep Seabed Mining Regime?”
Mazyar Ahmad, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, "The Epistemic Trappings of the UNCLOS seabed regime”

Rapporteur: Konstantinos Deligiannis Vivros, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

13:15 -> Lunch

14:15 -> Panel 3: Global and Regional Institutions

Moderator: Ethan Beringen, Macquarie University

Rozemarijn J. Roland Holst, Durham University, “The (un)making of ocean commons by international organisations”
Fiammetta Borgia, University of Rome Tor Vergata, “Regional Governance of Ocean Commons: Comparing Regimes”
Anita Rayegani, University of Hamburg, “Politico-legal Reflections on Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Inuit Nunangat"

Rapporteur: Mazyar Ahmad, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

15:45 -> Coffee Break

16:00 -> High-Level Panel: BBNJ

Moderator: Eva van der Marel, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

Ronan Long, World Maritime University, Karen Scott, University of Canterbury, Vito De Lucia, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, Nengye Liu, Singapore Management University

Rapporteur: Mana Tugend, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

17:15 -> End of the day

19:30: Conference Dinner

3 November: Commons, Justice and New Imaginaries

09:00 -> Keynote: Richard Barnes, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea/University of Lincoln & Joanna Mossop, Victoria University of Wellington, “Reframing UNCLOS from a Global Commons Perspective”

09:50 -> Coffee break

10:00 -> Panel 1 Utilization and Exploitation of the Ocean Commons

Moderator: Youri van Logchem, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

Gabriela Argüello, University of Gothenburg, “Navigating Climate Policy Dilemmas in Offshore Wind Power and Sub-Seabed Carbon Storage Governance”
Zhen Sun, World Maritime University, “Protecting Critical Global Infrastructures at Sea – Legal Framework for the Safety and Security of Submarine Cables and Pipelines”
Luciana Coelho, World Maritime University, “What Governance for Marine Scientific Research? Integrating law, science and policy through a TWAIL perspective to promote ocean sustainability for all humankind”
Jan Solski and Konstantinos Deligiannis Vivros, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, “Regulating Black Carbon Emissions in(to) the Arctic: What Opportunity Lies amid the Crisis of Arctic Ocean Governance?

Rapporteur: Hassan Mhando, UN Nippon Foundation Fellowship

11:30 -> Coffee break

11:45-> Panel 2 Stewardship and Justice

Moderator: Irene Dahl, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

Alla Pozdnakova, University of Oslo“Transformation of the Law of the Sea into an equitable legal order: International Solidarity for ocean commons”
Christopher Rossi, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, "The Arctic council versus Arctic Großraum"
Vonintsoa RAFALY, University of Copenhagen, “Ocean commons, solidarity and justice: unravelling fair burden-sharing in ocean governance”
Petra Gümplová, Friedrich Schiller University Jena Germany, “Sovereign Rights to Natural Resources in the Ocean Global Commons – a Critical Appraisal

Rapporteur: Channraksmeychhoukroth Dany, UN Nippon Foundation Fellowship

13:15-> Lunch

14:15 -> Panel 3: Critiques and New Imaginaries

Moderator: Endalew Enyew, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

Mana Tugend, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, “Reimagining Ocean Stewardship: Integrating the Ethics of Care in the Rights of Nature Paradigm”
Vincent Seffinga, European University Institute, “Silencing Alternatives: Extraction under the Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement”
Apostolos Tsiouvalas, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea, “Mare Libertinum”

Rapporteur: Mathilde Morel, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

15:30 -> Coffee break

15:45 -> High-level Panel: Re-thinking Ocean Commons?

Moderator: Vito De Lucia, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

Ellen Hey, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea/Erasmus University, Margherita Pieraccini, University of Bristol, Richard Barnes, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea/University of Lincoln, Joanna Mossop, Victoria University of Wellington

Rapporteur: Nikolaos Gkikas, UiT Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea

17:00 -> End of conference