JD Supra

International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea Issues Landmark Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

The Tribunal confirmed that States party to UNCLOS must take measures to prevent marine pollution caused by climate change, on top of their obligations under the Paris Agreement. On 9 April 2024, the ...
Forbes

International Court Says Countries Must Reduce Greenhouse Gas To Protect Marine Environment

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. ITLOS was created in 1982 through UNCLOS, an international ...
webtv.un.org

Celebrating the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

It has been 25 years since the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea was inaugurated in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, in October 1996. The establishment of the Tribunal as ...
Courthouse News Service

International sea tribunal finds member countries must cut emissions to fight climate change

Judge Albert Hoffmann from South Africa, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), opens a session of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, issues a legal ...
Jurist

Small island nations to testify before international tribunal seeking advice on obligations to reduce marine pollution

The the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea’s public hearings concerning international obligations to mitigate marine pollution started Monday in Hamburg, Germany following a request from ...