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