International Law and Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction

The legal regime of marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) has received much attention in the last decades. The ongoing process in regards of an agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in ABNJ, initiated in the early 2000s (BBNJ process) is crucial evidence of this. However, this process reflects entrenched interests and political and legal structures, muting other voices and alternative approaches. International Law and Marine Areas beyond National Jurisdiction investigates competing constructions of ABNJ and their role in the creation and articulations of legal principles, which provides a broader perspective on the BBNJ process.

Vito De Lucia, PhD (2016), UiT the Arctic University of Norway, is Professor of Law at that University. He is an award-winning scholar, and has published monographs, edited volumes and many papers in high impact journals on international environmental law, law of the sea and critical legal theory.

Alex Oude Elferink is the Director of the Netherlands Institute for the law of the sea (NILOS) and an associate of the Utrecht Centre for Oceans, Water and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL), School of Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands He is the author of The Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands; Arguing Law, Practicing Politics? (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and the co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of the Law of the Sea (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Lan Ngoc Nguyen is an Assistant Professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University School of Law, Department International and European Law and a Senior Research Associate of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law. Lan holds a B.A in International Relations (summa cum laude) from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, an LL.M in International Law (First Class Honours) and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.