Selected Recent Institutional and Rule-Making Developments in the Law of the Sea (2015-2016)

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  • Humphrey S Sipalla Strathmore University (Nairobi, Kenya)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52907/slj.v2i1.22

Keywords:

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, The International Seabed Authority, Law of the Sea, UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Water and Law

Abstract

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC or the Convention) is quite simply, the greatest treaty-making achievement of the United Nations (UN) era. This appraisal of the recent developments of 2015-16 in this legal regime that governs the oceans – waters, floor and subsoil thereof – which cover ‘over 70 percent of the surface of our planet’, focuses on its oft-ignored spect, that is, its institutional framework.

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Author Biography

Humphrey S Sipalla, Strathmore University (Nairobi, Kenya)

Bachelor of Education (Kenyatta University), Masters (University of Peace).

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Published

2021-05-01 — Updated on 2016-08-01

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How to Cite

Sipalla, H. S. (2016). Selected Recent Institutional and Rule-Making Developments in the Law of the Sea (2015-2016). Strathmore Law Journal, 2(1), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.52907/slj.v2i1.22 (Original work published May 1, 2021)

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016): Strathmore Law Journal

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Copyright (c) 2016 Humphrey S Sipalla

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