Book launch at the Peace Palace

The new book "Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Case Law. Is It Consistent and Predictable?" edited by Alex Oude Elferink, Signe Busch and Tore Henriksen of the K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea was launched at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

The Peace Palace in The Hague. Foto: Colourbox


The book “Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Case Law. Is It Consistent and Predictable?” edited by Alex Oude Elferink, Signe Busch and Tore Henriksen of the K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea was launched on Thursday 17 May. 

The launch took place at the Peace Palace in The Hague in Netherlands and was hosted by the Peace Palace Library. This building is also the home of the International Court of Justice – one of the United Nations’ principal organs – and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Most of the disputes concerning maritime boundary delimitation submitted to compulsory settlement have been settled with the involvement of these two bodies.

Book on maritime boundaries

In the book, the international case law on maritime boundary delimitation is analyzed.
The main research question is whether the development in the field is moving towards
a more uniform and predictable practice or if it relies more on the judges’ discretion.

The cover of the book on maritime boundary delimitation.


– The Peace Palace was the perfect place to launch the book, since this is where the International Court of Justice is located. The oral proceedings of the arbitral tribunals are also held here. Most of the maritime boundary delimitation cases have also been dealt with here, says Professor and leader of the JCLOS, Tore Henriksen.

Judges and diplomats

The leader of the K.G. Jebsen Centre for the law of the Sea was happy with the amount of participants, where approximately 25 persons from both the Court, the Peace Palace Library and Embassies made it to the book launch.

The subject is very topical and it therefore attracted a lot of people, says Henriksen.

Tore Henriksen, leader of the K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea.


A first copy of the book was presented to Judge Peter Tomka of the ICJ by Alex Oude Elferink.

During the book launch, Professor Alex Oude Elferink and Professor Yoshifumi Tanaka from the University of Copenhagen participated in a panel discussion on the main theme of the book. Their presentations were followed by a questions and answer session involving the audience.

A first copy of the book was presented to Judge Peter Tomka of the ICJ by Alex Oude Elferink.



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