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Yearbook of International Environmental Law
Number of Followers: 13

Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
ISSN (Print) 0965-1721 - ISSN (Online) 2045-0052
Published by Oxford University Press

[409 journals]

From the Editors-in-Chief
- Authors: Desai B; Gavouneli M, Koivurova T.
  Abstract: We have long acknowledged that regulations pertaining to the marine environment constituted the backbone of international environmental law when they made their first appearance on the international legal scene. The marine area has long been the playground where state interests and common global concerns are engaged in a tug-of-war, which more often than not results in a workable and even innovative compromise. The economic parameters of the marine area, best exemplified in the current emphasis on the ‘Blue Economy,’ highlight the need to absorb the sustainable uses of the seas in such a way as to maintain a delicate balance between economic activities and the environment. The question, therefore, ineluctably arises whether our current rules of international law suffice to address this challenge.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy095
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
Submission of Articles
- Abstract: The Editors-in-Chief welcome the submission of articles to the Yearbook of International Environmental Law. Manuscripts should be sent to any of the following addresses:
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy093
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
List of Contributors
- Abstract: Ines Agosto
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy092
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
Does International Environmental Law Matter in Sustainable
Development'
- Authors: Doussis E.
  Pages: 3 - 14
  PubDate: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy086
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
The 2010 Declaration of a Marine Protected Area around the Chagos
Archipelago: Some Legal Reflections
- Authors: Meetarbhan M.
  Pages: 15 - 37
  Abstract: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was adopted in Montego Bay, Jamaica, in 1982 following negotiations that took place at the third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea since 1973.11 UNCLOS, which is often described as the Constitution of the Oceans, provides an internationally agreed framework for navigation, the exploitation of resources, and the conservation of the oceans.22 Part VII, section 2 of the convention provides for the conservation and management of the living resources of the high seas,33 and Part XII sets out the obligations of states with regard to the protection and preservation of the environment.44 Various other international conventions and declarations also stress the need to protect and preserve the oceans.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy091
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
Food Security through Improved Enforcement Action against Illegal,
Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in the Western Pacific
- Authors: Monacelli N.
  Pages: 38 - 62
  PubDate: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy083
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
A Deep Dive into the High Seas: Harmonizing Regional Frameworks for Marine
Protected Areas with the UNCLOS Convention on the Conservation and
Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity in Areas beyond National
Jurisdiction
- Authors: Vithanage A.
  Pages: 63 - 84
  PubDate: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy085
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. Human Rights and the Environment
- Authors: Heinämäki L.
  Pages: 97 - 103
  Abstract: This year’s report focuses mainly on the studies conducted by the UN Human Rights Council and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) due to limited space. The report, thus, is by no means an exhaustive list of all the plentiful significant happenings related to human rights and the environment during the past year. The nature of the report is not an analytical study but merely a descriptive overview of the main new international establishments in the UN during 2017.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy006
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
3. Transboundary Environmental Co-operationA. Prior Information /
Consultation / Environmental Impact Assessment
- Authors: Koyano M.
  Pages: 103 - 110
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy007
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
C. Non-Compliance Procedures
- Authors: Marsden S.
  Pages: 111 - 115
  Abstract: This is the second annual report on non-compliance procedures (NCPs) in the recent history of this yearbook. Due to the large number of these procedures in existence and space limitations, this report will focus upon the Implementation Committee (IC) and Compliance Committee (CC) of, respectively, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), and the related Protocol on Water and Health.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy025
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
5. Armed Conflict and the Environment
- Authors: Upadhyay S.
  Pages: 115 - 119
  Abstract: The following are the important developments from 2017.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy035
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
6. Indigenous Peoples
- Authors: Errico S.
  Pages: 119 - 125
  Abstract: This report analyses developments under international law processes concerning indigenous peoples and the environment that occurred in 2017. It will address the following themes: indigenous peoples and climate change; states’ obligations in the context of business activities; extractive industries in Africa; and indigenous peoples’ rights and the protection of the environment.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy036
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
3. Global Climate
- Authors: Obergassel W; Arens C, Hermwille L, et al.
  Pages: 127 - 133
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy077
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. International Rivers and Lakes/Groundwater
- Authors: Burchi S.
  Pages: 135 - 137
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy064
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. Regional Seas
- Authors: Corcione E.
  Pages: 139 - 143
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy037
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Marine PollutionB. Vessel Source Pollution
- Authors: Kirchner S.
  Pages: 143 - 146
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy008
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
C. Ocean Dumping
- Authors: Harrison J.
  Pages: 146 - 150
  Abstract: The annual meetings of the two major global treaties concerned with ocean dumping took place on 9–13 October at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) headquarters in London. In line with past practice, the meetings of parties to both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and its 1996 Protocol took place simultaneously, and many of the discussions and decisions pertained to both instruments. The meetings addressed a number of overarching strategic issues facing the global dumping regime, as well as specific questions relating to carbon sequestration, ocean geo-engineering, seabed mining, and marine plastics.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy009
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. Nuclear EnergyA. Nuclear Safety
- Authors: Mohan M.
  Pages: 151 - 154
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy038
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. International Transfer of Restricted or Prohibited Substances
- Authors: Suzuki Y.
  Pages: 155 - 160
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy010
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Regulation of Chemicals
- Authors: Hofmann E.
  Pages: 160 - 163
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy039
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. Deep Seabed and Ocean Floor
- Authors: Warnock C.
  Pages: 165 - 174
  Abstract: The first part of this report summarizes the activities of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) over the period July 2016 to December 2017 and sets out the details of contracts for exploration of mineral resources in the deep seabed applied for, assessed, or concluded in 2017. The second part notes the activities during 2017, if any, of other international bodies with a legal remit concerning the deep seabed and ocean floor and other relevant legal developments.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy040
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Outer Space
- Authors: Williams M.
  Pages: 175 - 181
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy041
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
4. Arctic
- Authors: VanderZwaag D.
  Pages: 182 - 189
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy050
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. Nature Conservation: Natural Lands and Biological DiversityB.
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
- Authors: Manchikanti P.
  Pages: 191 - 196
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy051
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
C. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
(CMS)
- Authors: Caddell R.
  Pages: 196 - 202
  Abstract: The year 2017 was highly significant for the CMS, as another triennium of activity culminated in the twelfth Conference of the Parties (COP-12) convened in Manila, Philippines, in October. Following the COP, the CMS welcomed two new parties—the Dominican Republic (1 November) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 December), both of which are significant range states for a series of migratory species—thus increasing the membership of the CMS to a total of 126 parties.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy011
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Coastal Zone Management
- Authors: Suman D; Shivlani M.
  Pages: 202 - 211
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy012
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
3. Trade in Endangered Species
- Authors: Ahmad M.
  Pages: 211 - 216
  Abstract: This report covers the important developments related to trade in endangered species, focusing on developments concerning the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and other related important events/developments in the year 2017.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy042
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
5. Forests
- Authors: Sidhu B; George D.
  Pages: 216 - 222
  Abstract: The past year witnessed major developments in connection with forestry issues that comprised the work of various intergovernmental forums and treaty bodies.
  PubDate: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy013
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
7. Biotechnology
- Authors: Hardman Reis T.
  Pages: 223 - 226
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy052
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. International Investment Developments
- Authors: Keene A.
  Pages: 227 - 235
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy014
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Sustainable Development
- Authors: Lee J.
  Pages: 236 - 241
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy043
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. United States
- Authors: Percival R.
  Pages: 243 - 253
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy044
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Canada
- Authors: Smith A; Hopkins S.
  Pages: 253 - 256
  Abstract: In Canada’s federal system, most environmental legislation is enacted by the provinces, but 2017 was a year in which many of the most significant developments in environmental legislation were at the federal level. The government of Canada is in the process of making three significant legislative changes to the current environmental law: proposed amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (SC 1999, c. 33) and the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, and the repeal and replacement of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (SC 1999, c. 33). These changes will result in environmental law that more explicitly integrates international norms, environmental rights, sustainable development, and meaningful public participation and consultation with Indigenous peoples.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy053
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
4. Mexico
- Authors: Solano P; Flores D.
  Pages: 257 - 263
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy054
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
5. South AmericaA. Colombia
- Authors: Zapata Lugo J.
  Pages: 263 - 264
  Abstract: This document references key aspects of selected regulation issued in Colombia during 2017 regarding protection of the environment. Therefore, the following document presents laws, decrees, and resolutions issued by the Colombian Congress and Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, from the approval of international treaties (the Paris Agreement) to the delimitation of new areas of páramos or wetlands of international importance.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy055
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
D. Brazil
- Authors: de Andrade P; de Oliveira C.
  Pages: 265 - 271
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy015
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
E. Chile
- Authors: Tomaselli A.
  Pages: 271 - 279
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy056
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
F. Caribbean
- Authors: Shivlani M; Agosto I, Chu S, et al.
  Pages: 279 - 291
  Abstract: Editorial note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable to include the 2016 report in last year’s volume, and, for that reason, it is included here.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy026
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
6. Nordic CountriesA. Denmark
- Authors: Assenbjerg L; Amalie Harbo N.
  Pages: 291 - 297
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy016
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
C. Norway
- Authors: Madalena das Neves M.
  Pages: 297 - 305
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy017
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
D. Sweden
- Authors: Josefsson H.
  Pages: 305 - 308
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy057
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
E. Iceland
- Authors: Sveinbjörnsson D.
  Pages: 308 - 311
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy045
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
7. Baltic States
- Authors: Kirchner S.
  Pages: 311 - 314
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy018
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
8. Western EuropeA. Austria
- Authors: Septimus (Bratrschovsky K.
  Pages: 315 - 319
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy058
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
C. Portugal
- Authors: de Brito Fernandes M.
  Pages: 320 - 323
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy046
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
E. Switzerland
- Authors: Reich J.
  Pages: 323 - 327
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy019
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
G. The Netherlands
- Authors: Squintani L.
  Pages: 327 - 332
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy059
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
H. Italy
- Authors: Pozzo B.
  Pages: 333 - 339
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy020
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
9. East, Central, and Southern EuropeB. Poland
- Authors: Słok-Wódkowska M.
  Pages: 339 - 341
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy021
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
D. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Authors: Tabučić A.
  Pages: 342 - 346
  Abstract: Bosnia and Herzegovina is still coping with challenges on the road to European integration. As the Stabilization and Association Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Union (EU) entered into force, the Bosnia and Herzegovina presidency chairman, in February 2016, in Brussels, submitted a request for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s membership in the EU to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Bert Koender, a representative of the country that headed the Union in that time. The next step in this process is that the European Commission delivers a questionnaire after a country that wants to join the EU applies for EU membership to the Council of the EU; then the EU Council invites the European Commission to prepare an opinion on the membership application.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy047
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
E. Greece
- Authors: Tsioumani E.
  Pages: 347 - 349
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy022
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
H. Montenegro
- Authors: Kostić-Mandić M.
  Pages: 350 - 353
  Abstract: The year was rich in new developments, especially in two areas: climate change and horizontal legislation. Some of the highlights include ratification of international agreements, and in the field of European integration process, preparatory work in order to meet the requirements of the opening benchmark for the European Commission acquis Chapter 27: Environment. However, this goal proved to be difficult to reach given that previous reforms have been related mainly to legislation and the costs for a more substantial approach to the reforms. Pursuant to the National Strategy for the transposition, implementation and enforcement of the European Union (EU) acquis on Environment and Climate Change with the action plan for the period 2016–20, the total cost of harmonization with the EU standards by 2035 for the sector of environment and climate change will amount to €1.42 billion (Report of the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism on the Implementation of the National Strategy with Action Plan 2016–20, Podgorica, December 2017).
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy060
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
10. Russian Federation
- Authors: Krasnova I.
  Pages: 353 - 357
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy048
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
11. Israel
- Authors: Laster R; Livney D, Septimus (Bratrschovsky K, et al.
  Pages: 358 - 361
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy023
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
12. South AsiaB. Bangladesh
- Authors: Karim M; Azim F.
  Pages: 362 - 368
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy024
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
13. Southeast AsiaB. Indonesia
- Authors: Salahuddin M.
  Pages: 368 - 375
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy061
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
14. Northeast AsiaA. Japan
- Authors: Watanabe R.
  Pages: 375 - 380
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy062
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
B. China
- Authors: Xi W; Tang T.
  Pages: 380 - 388
  Abstract: A new chapter of Chinese ecological civilization was started in 2017 by the nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on 18 October. President Xi Jinping delivered a report to the Congress. President Xi stated that:
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy063
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
C. Korea
- Authors: Lee J.
  Pages: 388 - 396
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy078
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
15. AfricaA. General Report
- Authors: Karpe P.
  Pages: 397 - 403
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy027
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
18. Australia
- Authors: Jukić E; Young M.
  Pages: 404 - 413
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy065
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
1. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
- Authors: Sidhu B.
  Pages: 415 - 421
  Abstract: In 2017, the ICJ delivered judgment in only one case. The judgment was on the issue of the court’s jurisdiction over and admissibility of the case. At the end of the year, the proceedings were pending before the court, at different phases, in fourteen contentious cases and one request for advisory opinion. However, only three of the fourteen cases involved issues pertaining to environment and international environmental law.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy028
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
- Authors: Nikolakaki G.
  Pages: 421 - 428
  Abstract: This annual report gives an overview of the most important environmental jurisprudence of the CJEU within the year 2017 based on official data available at the CJEU website. More specifically, it contains summaries of selected judgments classified into more detailed subject matters. Due to the large volume of the relevant jurisprudence, priority is given to judgments of the CJEU as opposed to those of the General Court.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy049
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
3. International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
- Authors: García-Revillo M.
  Pages: 428 - 431
  Abstract: ITLOS is an autonomous, specialized, international judicial organ established pursuant the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). It is composed of twenty-one independent judges elected by the Meeting of States Parties to the convention, among specialists in the law of the sea, according to a method that intends to assure an equitable geographical representation. The composition of ITLOS is renewed by thirds every three years, and elections were held in 2017 for designating seven judges (Bouguetaia and Jesus, re-elected, and Cabello, Chadha, Kittichaisaree, Kolodkin, and Lijnzaad, elected for the first time). In addition, ITLOS elected its new president (Paik) and vice-president (Attard) and reconstituted its Chambers in the same year. On the other hand, a former judge, Vicente Marotta-Rangel, who had been part of the original composition of ITLOS in 1996 and served in this Tribunal until 2015, passed away on 17 July 2017.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy066
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
4. World Trade Organization (WTO) Disputes
- Authors: Raju K.
  Pages: 431 - 436
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy029
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
5. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Authors: Rajesh Babu R; Kaintura P.
  Pages: 437 - 443
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy030
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
2. Organization of American States (OAS)
- Authors: de Windt C.
  Pages: 445 - 457
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy031
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
3. European Union (EU)
- Authors: Septimus (Bratrschovsky K.
  Pages: 457 - 471
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy067
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
4. Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- Authors: Kumar A.
  Pages: 471 - 477
  Abstract: The GEF held two meetings with its Council Members in 2017 to allocate and approve the funds for the new projects from the GEF Trust Fund, to follow up the existing projects in different focal areas, and to consider the annual reports in this regard. Both the GEF Council Meetings held under the background of GEF seventh replenishment (GEF-7) meetings convened in 2017 for the approval of the finance and funding for different single focal area projects and multi-focal area projects. In these GEF Council Meetings, the following were considered: the Annual Portfolio Monitoring Report, the Independent Evolution Report, and the Integrated Approach Pilots Project Report. In these meetings, GEF council members approved funding for GEF projects amounting US $4 million.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy032
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
7. International Law Commission (ILC)
- Authors: Meetarbhan M.
  Pages: 477 - 479
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy033
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
8. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- Authors: Leary D.
  Pages: 480 - 482
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy069
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
9. Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)
- Authors: Moyer R; Solano P, Vulpescu M.
  Pages: 482 - 491
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy070
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
12. Regional Development BanksA. Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Authors: Ahsan I; Sicangco M.
  Pages: 491 - 498
  Abstract: The ADB is a multilateral financial institution established in 1966 to promote economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific. The ADB has sixty-seven member countries, forty-seven of which are classified as ‘developing member countries’ (DMCs). These DMCs benefit from ADB initiatives intended to achieve the three inter-dependent objectives of environmentally sustainable growth, inclusive economic development, and regional integration. The Office of the General Counsel’s Law and Policy Reform (LPR) Programme promotes these objectives by supporting the role of legal systems in the region’s economic development. The central premise of the LPR Programme is that of the rule of law—that is, a properly functioning legal system is essential to inclusive and sustainable development. It broadly covers five different pillars: (i) environmental law and sustainable development; (ii) infrastructure law and regulation; (iii) financial law and regulation; (iv) private sector development; and (v) inclusive growth and access to justice.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy071
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
14. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
- Authors: Desai B.
  Pages: 498 - 505
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy072
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
15. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- Authors: Ali Mekouar M.
  Pages: 506 - 520
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy073
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
16. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
- Authors: Jha A.
  Pages: 520 - 527
  Abstract: The opening of the seventy-second session of the UNGA took place on 12 September 2017, and the annual general debate was scheduled for the next week. The theme of the general debate and of the seventy-second session was Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet. One of the important resolutions passed during the subsequent sessions was related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (Doc. A/RES/72/249). A conference in September 2018 was proposed to start negotiations on an international, legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This resolution was adopted without a vote.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy074
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
19. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- Authors: Laur A; Li N, Pacheco-Fabig M.
  Pages: 527 - 539
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy075
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
21. World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Authors: Oh S.
  Pages: 539 - 541
  Abstract: In the past year, there were intensive meetings and negotiations for drafting a possible agreement among the WTO members to deal with fisheries subsidies that delivers on United Nations (UN) 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.6. These negotiations on fisheries subsidies were initiated in 2001 at the Doha Ministerial Conference, and the negotiations resumed in more detail in 2005 at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference. In 2017, at the Buenos Aires Ministerial Conference, members reached an agreement on fishing subsidies to conclude the negotiations by aiming to adopt it at the next conference in 2019.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy076
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
24. Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage (World Heritage Convention)
- Authors: Marsden S.
  Pages: 542 - 546
  Abstract: The forty-first session of the World Heritage Committee met in Krakow, Poland, on 2–12 July. Of the decisions made, Decision 41 COM 5A noted with appreciation the work of the World Heritage Centre (WH Centre) to ensure the identification, protection, monitoring, and sustainable management of tangible heritage; the results of the expert meetings in relation to criterion (vi) of the convention and on memory sites and their identification; and the work of the WH Centre to enhance synergies among the culture and biodiversity-related conventions and programs, particularly in relation to periodic reporting. Decision 41 COM 5B, furthermore, noted the work of the advisory bodies (the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)), particularly in relation to ensuring sustained funding of evaluation and monitoring. Decision 41 COM 6 commended progress with the World Heritage Capacity Building Strategy and related Programme, calling on states parties and organizations to provide support for this.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy034
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, and Lavanya Rajamani, International
Climate Change Law
- Authors: Gavouneli M.
  Pages: 549 - 551
  Abstract: Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, and Lavanya Rajamani, International Climate Change Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), xxxix + 379 pages
  PubDate: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy088
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
Bharat H. Desai, International Environmental Governance: Towards UNEPO
- Authors: Ahmed Sajal I.
  Pages: 551 - 554
  Abstract: DesaiBharat H., International Environmental Governance: Towards UNEPO (Leiden: Brill/Nijhoff, 2014), xv + 407 pages.
  PubDate: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy089
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)
Nengye Liu, Elizabeth A. Kirk, and Tore Henriksen (eds.), The European
Union and the Arctic
- Authors: Vanstappen N.
  Pages: 554 - 556
  Abstract: LiuNengye, KirkElizabeth A., and HenriksenTore (eds.), The European Union and the Arctic (Leiden: Brill, 2017), xiii + 376 pages.
  PubDate: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT
  DOI: 10.1093/yiel/yvy087
  Issue No: Vol. 28 (2019)