Working Paper No. 75 / 2023
Working Paper No. 75 / 2023
This Working Paper analyses the March 3 and June 8, 2022, Joint Statements made by the seven Western Arctic Council member states in the current political and legal context of environmental and economic management in the northern polar region. Taking existing academic publications on the status of the Arctic Council, the authors examine various options ...
... Minority Law at the University of Lapland
As part of the series of interviews “International Law in Action,” a second interview took place with
Kamrul Hossai
n... ... Minority Law at the University of Lapland. Prof. Hossain spoke on topical problems of the Arctic not only within the legal domain but also in the environmental and militarization... ... regional and global interests; and as a region of greater strategic importance for Russia resulting in increased militarization on its part, which causes tensions in terms...
... Security in the Arctic: A View from Russia and Britain” as part of a joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the
Royal United Services Institute, RUSI
“Russian-British Security Dialogue”.
The seminar was attended by leading Russian and British experts on maritime security, international law, the Arctic, transport and logistics. The participants discussed the existing and potential security challenges and threats in the Arctic, the issues of interaction between the two countries in ensuring freedom of navigation and the legal status of the region,...
... cannot be extended to warships within the EEZ, which is openly stated in the preamble to the draft. Thus, we can conclude that Russia does not intend to introduce a notification-based or authorization-based procedure for warships beyond the territorial sea in the NSR water area.
What can be contested?
Andrey Zagorsky, Andrey Zagorsky:
Integrated Marine Management in the Arctic
Nonetheless, introducing a notification-based procedure of navigation for warships within the territorial sea appears dubious from the standpoint of international law. At the very least, there are fewer arguments in support of this move than for introducing an authorization-based ...
On October 11, 2018, RIAC held a discussion focusing on integrated management of marine spaces in the Arctic Ocean beyond national jurisdictions. The meeting started with the presentation of a draft report on this issue moderated ... ... the discussion noted the importance of the topic stated for discussion, underscoring the need to develop approaches to protect Russia’s interests in the Arctic at all levels of regional interaction. Systematic and continuous work should be performed to ...