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Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise: Is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea up to the Task?
International Community Law Review Pub Date : 2021-06-29 , DOI: 10.1163/18719732-12341466
Vladyslav Lanovoy 1 , Sally O’Donnell 2
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This article examines the challenges that climate change and sea-level rise pose to certain key aspects of the law of the sea. Sea-level rise is likely to impact maritime baselines, the qualification of maritime features and the entitlements they generate, and ultimately the stability of maritime boundaries, which are critical for the peaceful co-existence of sovereign States. This article examines whether some of the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea can accommodate a liberal interpretation so as to provide some, even if incomplete, answers to the challenges posed by sea-level rise to the law of the sea regime. It is argued that the legal fiction of permanency that underpins key elements of this legal regime, and thus ignores future physical changes to coastlines, is the most appropriate temporary solution, unless and until new rules are agreed by States to deal comprehensively with sea-level rise.



中文翻译:

气候变化与海平面上升:《联合国海洋法公约》能否胜任这项任务?

本文探讨了气候变化和海平面上升对海洋法的某些关键方面构成的挑战。海平面上升可能会影响海洋基线、海洋特征的资格及其产生的权利,并最终影响海洋边界的稳定,这对主权国家的和平共处至关重要。本文考察了《联合国海洋法公约》的某些相关条款是否可以容纳自由主义的解释,以便为海平面上升对海洋法带来的挑战提供一些即使不完整的答案。海制度。有人认为,支撑该法律制度关键要素的永久性法律虚构,因此忽略了海岸线未来的物理变化,是最合适的临时解决方案,

更新日期:2021-07-12
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