The international law of the sea is a vital and vibrant area of international law,
encompassing not only the 'constitution for the oceans', 1 the 1982 United Nations …

Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea examines the rights and duties of states across a
broad spectrum of maritime security threats. It provides comprehensive coverage of the …

Overfishing has historically caused widespread stock collapses in the Southern Ocean. Until
recently, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing threatened to result in the …

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is prevalent globally and has detrimental
effects on commercial fish stocks and nontarget species. Effective monitoring and …

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, or IUU fishing, is considered one of the most
significant threats to the sustainability of fisheries resources. Since the adoption of the …

The existence of “tipping points” in human–environmental systems at multiple scales—such
as abrupt negative changes in coral reef ecosystems,“runaway” climate change, and …

The definition of islands represents a longstanding source of uncertainty under the
international law of the sea, resulting in numerous disputes among coastal States. This is …

Antarctica, one of the world's last great wildernesses, presents special challenges for
international law. Fears that Antarctica would become a front in the Cold War catalysed …

When crime reaches across borders to threaten human security or undermine democracy,
states often respond by adopting multilateral treaties that obligate each of them to suppress …

Australia used to be an active law enforcer in the Southern Ocean in the 2000s and
manifested its fulfillment of multiple roles and duties in exercising jurisdictions effectively to …