Prof. Kamrul Hossain1 1Northern Institute For Environmental and Minority Law / Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi, Finland Cyber security’s connection to human security is not self-evident given that often security in cyber space is measured through national security interests. However, humans are...

Prof. Grant Christensen1 1University of North Dakota School of Law, Grand Forks, United States Alaska Native Corporations are their own unique entity. Freed from many American constraints, including even strict compliance with the U.S. Constitution, Alaska Native Corporations have developed...

Mr Jason Thompson1 1Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia In 1939, King Haakon VII proclaimed that the coast and sea between the British and Australian Antarctic claims will be brought under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway. This new...

Dr Liu He1 1Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China In the era of President Xi Jinping, China is emerging from a “Polar Power” to “Polar Great Power”, it clearly defines the polar regions as “Strategic New Frontier”....

Mr Jiangtian Xu1 1University Of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom The ultimate ambition of the project is to explore whether EU can be the new international regime maker by initiating the liberalism through its effort to negotiate, contract as well...

Dr John Abrahamson1 1Sheltons-SITTI, Sydney, Australia Polar environments are at ever increasing risk of potential environmental emergencies, including oil and chemical spill risks from developing oil and gas activities in the Arctic Ocean region, and research and tourist vessel access...

Mr Sen Wang, Ms Jiayi Wang 1Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China   The ongoing negotiation of the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (‘BBNJ’) is the most significant international law-making process with the purpose...

Ms Alexandra Carleton1 1NA, Sydney, Australia This presentation addresses the development of maritime emerging pathogeneses in the Arctic, particularly in relation to fish and fisheries and possibly the use of the SPS protocol in formulating further Arctic law. Research shows...

Prof. Leilei Zou1 Mr Yu Long2  1Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Hucheng Huan Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China,  2Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China Although international institutions contribute to the conservation and management of marine living resource through collective decision-making, less...

A/Prof. Kentaro Nishimoto1 1Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Paralleling the development of a distinctive legal and governance regime for the Arctic, the importance of Arctic law and research has steadily gained recognition within Japan’s overall research efforts in the Arctic. Building...