The NILOS Documentary Yearbook offers assistance in facilitating access by the community of scholars and practitioners in ocean affairs and the law of the sea to essential documentation. The entry of the 1992 UN Law of the Sea Convention into force on 16th November 1994 and progress in the implementation of Chapter 17 of Agenda 21, make continuation of this assistance of particular significance in the years to come. ...

Solutions for problems arising in more recent group refugee situations, notably those resulting from violence, internal conflict or the widespread disregard of human rights, despite their magnitude and complexity, should be sought within the general context of the 1950/51 definitions. The emergence of new situations should not lead to a redefinition of the refugee concept itself, in the light of the particular problem being addressed. This is of ...

The papers in this work cover a range of issues related to the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention. They reflect the author's long experience on ocean matters and are written from a Korean perspective. The main essay "The Legal Status of Dok Island in International Law" is an advocacy piece. It explains the historical basis for the dispute over this island, and carefully presents the perspective of the Korean government on this issue. The publication ...

In the model adopted, three generations of reparative schemes are identified, based on civil liability or administrative liability, or self-taken measures from the area of insurance. The analysis applied is based on factors of standard and designation of liability, as well as the definition and assessment of environmental damage. Issues such as environmental lender liability and damage to public natural resources are highlighted. The results of ...

This is a comprehensive study that traces the evolution of Vietnamese policy and participation in law of the sea development from the 1958 First UN Conference on the Law of the Sea to the present. The book provides the background understanding of Vietnam's current maritime relations and of the challenge to incorporate Vietnam into a stable regional order. The book should be of particular value to law of the sea specialists, Southeast Asia area ...

It was prepared by the Registry of the Tribunal. The Tribunal has also published a volume of Basic Texts which contains documents that are fundamental to the mandate and operation of the Tribunal and which provides the essential documentation relating to the law and procedure applicable to the Tribunal. ...

The members of the Yearbook's Advisory Board are: Judges Abdul Koroma and Shigeru Oda of the ICJ, Judges Thomas Mensah, Dolliver Nelson, and Tullio Treves of the ITLOS, as well as Rosalie Balkin, Edward Brown, Lee Kimball, Bernard Oxman and Shabtai Rosenne. ...

The Committee makes a general evaluation of the report and of the dialogue with the delegation, and it makes note of positive developments that may have occurred during the period under review, of factors and difficulties impeding the implementation of the Convention, and of principal subjects of concern. It also makes suggestions and recommendations to the State party concerned. ...

The Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations forms part of the Hague Academy of International Law, and operates under the authority of its managing board and within the framework of its teaching. The Centre was established for further in-depth research in the area of international law. The topic for 1999 was Les droit internationales des transports maritimes/The International Law of Maritime Transport. ...

Dans le cadre du systeme global de reglement des differends etabli par la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer, le Tribunal est l'instance centrale pour le reglement des differends relatifs a l'interpretation et a l'application de la Convention. Le Tribunal a une competence exclusive et obligatoire dans certains cas. La Chambre pour le reglement des differends relatifs aux fonds marins du Tribunal a une competence obligatoire en ...