Mr Godfred Sowah Khartey1 1South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China The concepts of the precautionary and scientific approaches have always been viewed antithetical and been treated as rivals in the problem-solving process.This paper looks at these ABMTs and...

Prof. Leilei Zou1 1Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Hucheng Huan Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China CCAMLR (Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources) is the important component in ATS (Antarctic Treaty System), guiding and monitoring the marine living...

Mr Andrew Simon-Butler1 1Melbourne Social Equity Institute, The University Of Melbourne, Australia Alongside the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty, we sit on the eve of another polar law milestone with almost 100 years since the signing of the Svalbard...

Mr Maruf Maruf1 1South China Sea Institute, Xiamen, China The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that the Arctic ice will disappear by 2025 because of global warming, which carries many significant implications for world trade, energy, security, as well...

Prof. Gabriel De Paula1, Prof. Francisco Tuñez1 1Del Salvador University, Buenos Aires, Argentina The purpose is to analyze how domestic and international decision-making articulate, both politically and legally, within the framework of the ATS.   This analysis is pivotal to...

Miss Corinna Casi1 1University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland In time of ecological crises, what do indigenous people, coming from different parts of the world, have in common? Can we identify strategies to face indigenous common struggles?   In order to...

Ms Danielle Smith1 1Faculty of Law, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, , The system of governance in place for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is unique. Several claimant States have made territorial claims however; other...

Mr Gustavo Ramírez Buchheister1 1University Of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile, 2Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany In 2014, France issued the first judicial decision condemning actions that caused environmental damage in the area of the Antarctic Treaty. Part of the Court’s argument...

Prof. Luis Valentin Ferrada1 1Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Derecho (Law Faculty), Providencia, Santiago, Chile Antarctic governance has an important development in International Law. The ATCM adopts annually legally binding and non-binding international regulations. The meetings of the CCAMLR do...

Mr Nicolas Kempf1 1Université De Montréal, Montréal, Canada The potential duality of legal regimes applicable to the seabed within the ATS’ scope has been underlined since CRAMRA’s negotiations, and again while the Environmental Protocol and the Agreement relating to the...