The IMLI Treatise On Global Ocean Governance: Volume I: UN and Global Ocean Governance

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. This volume focuses on the role of UN as the central intergovernmental organization responsible for global ocean governance. It examines the ocean governance challenges and how the present legal, policy, and institutional frameworks of the UN have addressed these challenges. It identifies the strengths and weaknesses of UN legal structures and offers tangible proposals to realize the ambition of a global ocean governance system.

IntroductionDavid M Ong: I. Assessing the UN Institutional Structure for Global Ocean Governance: The UN Role in Global Ocean Governance 1: Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli: The Role of the United Nations, including its Secretariat in Global Ocean Governance 2: Yongsheng Cai: The Role of the International Seabed Authority in Global Ocean Governance 3: Henning Jessen: Advancing the Deep Seabed "Mining Code": Key Environmental Elements of the Regulatory Framework for the Commercial Exploitation of Mineral Resources 4: Surya P. Subedi: The Role of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in the Governance of the Seas and Oceans 5: Vladimir Golitsyn: The Role of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Global Ocean Governance 6: David M. Ong: The Role of Maritime Boundary Delimitation and Related Co-operative Resource Regimes Within Global Ocean Governance II. Individual Issues and Cross-cutting Themes: Climate Change and Global Ocean Governance 7: David Freestone: The Role of the International Climate Change Regime in Global Ocean Governance III.Marine Biodiversity Conservation and Global Ocean Governance 8: Fernanda Millicay: Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Securing a Sound Law of the Sea Instrument IV. Maritime Security and Global Ocean Governance 10: Karmenu Vella: International Ocean Governance: An EU Agenda for the Future of our Oceans V. Regional Perspectives on Global Ocean Governance 11: Patrick Vrancken: The African Perspective on Global Ocean Governance 12: Yoshifumi Tanaka: The Asian Perspective on Global Ocean Governance 13: Ximena Hinrichs Oyarce: The Latin American Perspective on Global Ocean Governance 14: Anastasia Telesetsky: The North American and Arctic Perspective(s) on Global Ocean Governance 15: Robin Warner: The Australian and Antarctic Perspective on Global Ocean Governance 16: Paul Holthus: The Role of the World Ocean Council and the Ocean Business Community in Global Ocean Governance