Hugo Grotius Mare Liberum 1609-2009

Feenstra, R.

doi:10.1163/ej.9789004177017.i-178

Cited by 10 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…These concepts are not new; the freedom of seas and open access were raised by the famous Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in 1608, who first published his international legal and philosophical arguments in his famous book Mare Liberum (i.e. the free sea) and, in response (in 1635) by the English lawyer John Selden, who argued for a state's right to claim areas of the ocean as sovereign territory (Feenstra 2009). Since coming into force in 1994, UNCLOS has provided the overarching international governance framework for human use of the oceans.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sharing our Oceans Fairly: Improving International Relations around Ocean Issues

Smith¹,

Haward²,

McGee³

et al. 2020

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The main challenge to governing ocean resources fairly is understanding international relations around ocean issues, the incentives to cooperate, and approaches to improve cooperation and achieve consensus. We aim to discuss the current and future international relations around ocean issues and also to include the concept of fairness in how we are sharing the oceans' resources. This challenge uses marine protected areas (MPAs) as a case study to highlight key issues in moving from aBusiness-as-usual to More Sustainable future scenario by 2030. This paper will discuss/outline the strategies employed in governing the ocean resources and whether this is a fair system and explore the implementation or non-implementation of a global network of MPAs as a way to conserve and sustainably manage the future oceans' resources at state, regional and global levels. The pathway to achieving a More Sustainable future -builds on and extends theBusiness-as-usual practices. Current policy and regulatory settings provide the base for a More Sustainable future; for example, the new international legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) is likely to further support such obligations.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%