Full Description
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) remains the cornerstone of global ocean governance. However, it lacks effective provisions or mechanisms to ensure that all ocean space and related problems are dealt with holistically. With seemingly no opportunity for revision due to the Conventions burdensome amendment provisions, complementary mechanisms dealing with such aspects of global ocean governance including maritime transport, fisheries, and marine environmental sustainability, have been developed under the aegis of the United Nations and other relevant international organizations. This approach is inherently fragmented and unable to achieve sustainable global ocean governance. In light of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 14, the IMLI Treatise proposes a new paradigm on the basis of integrated and cross-sectoral approach in order to realise a more effective and sustainable governance regime for the oceans.
The volume examines how the IMO, with 171 Member States and 3 Associated Members, has and continues to promote the goals of safe, secure, sound, and efficient shipping on clean oceans. It studies the interface and interaction between UNCLOS and IMO instruments and how IMOs safety, security, and environmental protection conventions have contributed to global ocean governance, including the peaceful order of the polar regions.
Contents
Foreword, Harry N. Scheiber
1: Rosalie Balkin: IMO and Global Ocean Governance: Past, Present, and Future
2: Agustin Blanco-Bazan: IMO: Working within the UNCLOS Framework and Global Ocean Governance
3: Mans Jacobsson: IMO, Liability and Compensation, and Global Ocean Governance
4: Karen Purnell: Major Oil and HNS Spills: Measures Taken by IMO to Promote Global Ocean Governance
5: Chris Trelawny: IMO: Maritime Security - An Essential Feature for Sustainable Maritime Development and Global Ocean Governance
6: Hartmut Hesse: Counter-Piracy Measures Adopted by IMO to Promote Global Ocean Governance
7: Jan De Boer: IMO, Maritime Terrorism-Technical and Legal Measures and Global Ocean Governance
8: Aldo Chircop: IMO's work on Environmental Protection and Global Ocean Governance
9: Edmund Hughes: IMO, Ship-sourced Emissions, Climate Change, and Global Ocean Governance
10: Turid Stemre: Newly Accessible Maritime Environments - the IMO, the Polar Regions, and Global Ocean Governance
11: Lawrence Barchue: IMO, the Audit Scheme, and its Role in Global Ocean Governance
12: Ismael Cobos Delgado: IMO: The Role of Classification Societies in Promoting Global Ocean Governance
13: Pamela Tansey: IMO: Gender Equality, the Promotion of Women in the Maritime Sector, and Global Ocean Governance
14: Jonathan Pace: IMO, Technical Cooperation, and Global Ocean Governance
