The Yearbook of Polar Law Volume 15, 2023
The Yearbook of Polar Law Volume 15, 2023
The Yearbook of Polar Law covers a wide variety of law and policy topics relating to the Arctic and the Antarctic, and even the Third Pole. Many of the articles draw on presentations made at the annual Symposiums on Polar Law. The Editors-in-Chief are Gudmundur Alfredsson of the Stefansson Arctic Institute in Akureyri and the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, Julia Jabour of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Timo Koivurova of the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, and Akiho Shibata of the Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University.
Articles published in the Yearbook are peer reviewed, unless otherwise noted. The Yearbook will also carry book reviews and occasional news stories.
The topics covered in the Yearbook include:
human rights issues, such as autonomy, self-government and self-determination, the rights of indigenous peoples to land and natural resources, cultural rights and cultural heritage, and indigenous traditional knowledge
local, national and corporate governance issues
environmental law, climate change, security and human rights implications of climate change, protected areas and species, and biodiversity
regulatory and management agreements and arrangements for marine environments, marine mammals, fisheries conservation and other biological/mineral/oil resources
jurisdictional and other issues re the exploration, exploitation and shipping of oil, gas and minerals
law of the sea, the retreating sea ice, and continental shelf claims
trade law, potential shipping lines through the northwest and northeast passages, maritime law and transportation law
territorial claims and border disputes on both land and at sea
peace and security, and dispute settlement
the roles and actual involvement of international organizations in the polar regions, such as the Arctic Council, the Nordic Council, the International Whaling Commission, the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United Nations, and
the activities of NGOs, think tanks and academic institutions
This Yearbook contains a selection of papers presented at the 15th Polar Law Symposium and other papers submitted, with an additional political commentary and book reviews.
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