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* This program is the final version as of 30 November 2020 with the presentations actually made during the Symposium.
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International Rule of Law in Polar Regions

Emerging Legal, Policy and Scientific Issues in the Antarctic

Convenors:
Zia Madani, Mami Furuhata, Akiho Shibata

Objective:
This panel will tackle the emerging issues within the arena of the Antarctic from tridimensional perspectives of law, policy and science. These would range from law of the sea, international environmental law and Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) related issues and developments to the standing and significance of science within the Antarctic governance. In doing so, both regional as well as international legal and policy regimes would be taken into consideration and also examination of both historical and prospective (namely ones related to 2048) developments is necessary. Most of the online, interactive oral presentations and discussions under this Panel will be held during the Special Online Session of the 13th Polar Law Symposium, and registered participants to the Symposium may participate by invitation (limited to maximum 25 persons in total).

Open Lecture

(TBC)

Interactive Seminars

  • November 17, 10:30 JST: Polar Regions, International Law and Areas beyond National Jurisdiction 0
    Claire Christian & Nicole Bransome:
    An Antarctic perspective on the BBNJ and IPCC processes
    Nicolas Kempf:
    Post-2048 ATS: Some inspiring International Seabed Authority tools On-demand video viewing was also available (20 November).
  • November 19, 15:00 JST: Antarctic Governance: Interfaces between Law and Science? 0
    Yelena Yermakova:
    The Rule of Law and the Science Pillar in the Antarctic Governance
    Valeria Eboli:
    Bioprospecting: different legal regimes for Arctic and Antarctic or a single legal regime?
    Gustavo Ramirez Buchheisteri:
    The Antarctic Extended Continental Shelf: Lessons from the Arctic On-demand video viewing was also available (24 November).
  • November 24, 08:00 JST: Recent Developments of International Environmental Law in the Polar Regions 0
    Carolina Flores Barros:
    Responsibility to protect the environment and polar regions: current trends
    Xueping Li:
    Are the Matching Rules for Conserving the Outstanding Aesthetic Values in Antarctica Gradually Disappearing with Climate Change?
    On-demand video viewing was also available (25 November).

On-Demand Video Viewing

(TBC)

Individual Presentations

  • Are Argentinian and Australian Territorial Claims to Antarctic Territory Legally Commensurable or in Conflict? 10
    Bruno Arpi
  • Extraterritoriality and the Rule of Law 2
    Trevor Daya-Winterbottom
  • Responsibility to protect the environment and polar regions: current trends 2
    Carolina Flores
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Colonisation and Decolonisation at the Poles 8
    Rachael LornaJohnstone
  • Role of International Trade and Investment Rules to Promote Operation of Unmanned Surface Vessels in the Arctic Ocean 0
    Tomohiko Kobayashi
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Visions of Independence and Sovereignty in the Arctic 0
    Bent Ole Gram Mortensen
  • Prosecuting Transnational Crime in the Polar Regions - Exercising Jurisdiction in Areas of Limited Statehood 4
    Raphael Oidtmann
  • The Arctic Council ? From Rovaniemi into the Future 0
    Malgorzata Smieszek
    Transferred to live presentation
  • The Rule of Law and the Science Pillar in the Antarctic Governance 3
    Yelena Yermakova
    Transferred to live presentation
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Policy-Law-Science Nexus in Polar Regions

Policy-Law-Science Nexus in Polar Regions

Convenors:
Akiho Shibata, Hiroyuki Enomoto

Objective:
This panel will share the experiences from international forums and mechanisms that try to connect legal and policy needs with polar sciences or vice versa. Through such experience sharing, this panel examines the constitutive elements of institutional designs that would promote and strengthen policy-law-science nexus to achieve an effective decision-making at international/global level. Some focused discussions are expected on (1) the Arctic Council, (2) Arctic Science Cooperation Agreement, and (3) polar marine scientific research. This panel is generously supported by ArCS II and KAKENHI.

Open Lecture

(TBC)

Interactive Seminars

  • November 11, 17:00 JST: Antarctic policy-science interface: A way forward 1
    Evan McIvor:
    The important role of science in international efforts to protect the Antarctic environment
    Kevin Hughes:
    Enhancing science-policy communication to deliver the Committee for Environmental Protection’s Climate Change Response Work Programme
    Neil Gilbert:
    Assessing the policy impact of the Antarctic Environments Portal
    This seminar is co-organised by SCAR SCHASS Action Group on PoLSciNex and generously supported by Kobe University Center for Social Systems Innovation. On-demand video viewing was also available (12 November).
  • November 12, 16:00 JST: Arctic Science Cooperation Agreement: Implications for Asian countries and their scientists 0
    Han Liu; Akiho Shibata; KyongSa Ri On-demand video viewing was also available (15 November).
  • November 13, 19:00 JST: Arctic Sciences and International Law 0
    Tomohiko Kobayashi:
    Role of International Trade and Investment Rules to Promote Operation of Unmanned Surface Vessels in the Arctic Ocean
    Hilde Woker:
    The Law-Science Interface within the Law of the Sea
    Emily Tsui:
    The Legal Regime Governing the Discovery, Protection and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Arctic Region
    On-demand video viewing was also available (16 November).

On-Demand Video Viewing

  • IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: Policy and legal implications for polar regions 0
    Hiroyuki Enomoto:
    IPCC Special Report on Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate: Policy and legal implications for polar regions-an approach from natural science-
    Sandra Cassotta :
    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Ocean & Cryosphere, Report
  • The Future of the Arctic Council 2
    Gosia Smieszek:
    Science-policy interface in the Arctic Council
    Alexander Sergunin:
    The Future of the Arctic Council: the Russian perspective

Individual Presentations

  • Sharing Arctic Science: Applying the Common Heritage and Common Concern of Humankind in the Arctic 9
    Medy Dervovic
  • Implementation of IMO Polar Code: A Critical View Through a Multidisciplinary Approach 4
    Nasih Sarp Erguven, Burcu Ozsoy, Ozgun Oktar, Sinan Yirmibesoglu
  • Are management decisions in the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) based on 'best available science'? 0
    Lyn Goldsworthy
  • China's rights in the Arctic under international law and occasions for the rulemaking 4
    Mariia Kobzeva, Andrey Todorov
  • Experience in investigating quantitative characteristics of the State Target Scientific-Technical Program (STSTP) execution efficiency for Ukraine's Antarctic Research for 2011-2020 1
    Oleksandr V. Kuzko, Mikola A. Leonov
  • The Antarctic Extended Continental Shelf: Lessons from the Arctic 0
    Gustavo A. Ramirez Buchheister
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Ushuaia´s role in the Argentine Antarctic policy and the influence of capitalism in the city through Antarctic tourism in the 20th century 0
    Valeria Analia Trezza
  • The Legal Regime Governing the Discovery, Protection, and Management of Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Arctic Region 1
    Emily C.Tsui
    Transferred to live presentation
  • The Law-Science Interface within the Law of the Sea 0
    Hilde Juliette Woker
    Transferred to live presentation
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Protecting Marine, Terrestrial Polar Environments

Emerging Legal Issues in Protecting the Arctic Environment

Convenors:
Akiho Shibata, Kentaro Nishimoto, Yuko Osakada

Objective:
This panel examines emerging legal issues confronting the Arctic environmental protection, including plastic pollution and continental shelf oil production in the Arctic and aims to provide accurate and easy-to-understand information on those issues to the Arctic academic community as well as to the general public.This panel is proudly co-organised by ArCS II Research Program on Designing Resilient International Legal Regimes for a Sustainable Arctic and the Contribution of Japan.

Open Lecture

  • November 26, 18:00 JST: ‘Plastic Arctic’- How does law deal with the emerging threat of Arctic plastic pollution? 2
    Speaker: Seita Romppanen
    Commentator: Junko Toyoshima
    This lecture is co-sponsored by ArCS II Research Programs on Designing Resilient International Legal Regimes for a Sustainable Arctic and the Contribution of Japan, and Research and Public Dataset Production on the Arctic Marine Environment. On-demand video viewing was also available (26 November).

Interactive Seminars

  • November 10, 16:00 JST: The Polluter-pays Principle in a Transboundary Context – the Case of Arctic Ocean Continental Shelf Oil Production 0
    Ognyan Savov:
    The Polluter-pays Principle in a Transboundary Context – the Case of Arctic Ocean Continental Shelf Oil Production
    Yurika Ishii: Chair
    This seminar is co-sponsored by ArCS II Research Programs on Designing Resilient International Legal Regimes for a Sustainable Arctic and the Contribution of Japan. On-demand video viewing was also available (12 November).

On-Demand Video Viewing

(TBC)

Individual Presentations

  • Regulation of Bottom Trawling Beyond 200 Nautical Miles Based on Extended Shelves’ Rights 2
    Ekaterina Antsygina
  • Re-imagining the Law of the Sea: Opportunities for the protection of biological diversity in the Arctic ocean 2
    Gabriela Argüello
  • Strategic Approaches to Antarctic Protection 7
    Kees Bastmeijer
  • The role of Port Cities as logistical hubs: How do we monitor the fulfilment of polar protocols? 0
    Alexandra Carleton
  • Legal and geopolitical considerations in the proposal of the Weddell Sea as a Marine Protected Area; consequences of applying the rule of consensus in environmental matters 2
    Giovannina Sutherland Condorelli
  • Conserving the Outstanding Aesthetic Value in Antarctica: The Matching Rules and Environmental Regulation 0
    Xueping Li
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Endangering Endangered Species Protection in the American Arctic 2
    Sarah Mackie
  • Regulating Anthropogenic Underwater Noise from Shipping in the Arctic Region: Challenges and Opportunities 0
    Maruf
    Transferred to live presentation
  • ‘Plastic Arctic’ ? How Does Law Deal with the Emerging Threat of Arctic Plastic Pollution? 0
    Seita Romppane
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Mapping conservation and rational use of the Southern Ocean: Is CCAMLR effectively achieving its objectives? 0
    Ricardo M. Roura, Claire Christian, Frits Steenhuisen
  • Legal Interaction between Basel Convention and Emerging Hazardous Wastes Issues in the Arctic 2
    Fajar AjieSetiawan
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Humans and Human Security in Polar Regions

Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic

Convenors:
Yuko Osakada

Objective:
This panel examines the possibilities and limitations of the rights of indigenous peoples in the Arctic region. This study includes, for example, an examination on how the rights of indigenous peoples have been implemented in Arctic states, and how the rights of indigenous peoples have influenced on the other filed of international law, including international environmental law.

Open Lecture

(TBC)

Interactive Seminars

(TBC)

On-Demand Video Viewing

  • Environment and Society in Polar Regions 0
    Malaïka Bacon-Dussault:
    The Regulation of International Trade in Polar Bears: The Voice of Aboriginal People in Canada
    Sarah Mackie & Rachel Westrate:
    The Role of Governance in Promoting the Resilience of Arctic Communities
  • Ainu and the Arctic 0
    Kanako Uzawa:
    People of the North: Ainu in Japan and Sami in Norway

Individual Presentations

  • The relationship between the concepts of gender based adaptation and socio-economic resilience under the transnational climate regime. 0
    Raihanatul Jannat
  • Human Rights Approach, Based on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to Arctic Climate Change: From Victims to Contributors 0
    Yuko Osakada
  • The Role of Governance in Promoting the Resilience of Arctic Communities 0
    Rachel Westrate, Sarah E. Mackie
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Co-management as the Foundation for Arctic Security: Building a Bridge between the Transnational & Westphalian Worlds 0
    Barry Scott Zellen
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Resources and Industries in Polar Regions

Resource Development and Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic

Convenors:
Osamu Inagaki, Mami Furuhata; Nikolas Sellheim

Objective:
The objective of this panel is to discuss the issue of resources development in the Arctic from the indigenous law perspective by holding several online meetings. This panel is generously supported by Mitsui & Co, Environment Fund and is closely coordinated with the panel on the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic.

Open Lecture

(TBC)

Interactive Seminars

  • November 25, 16:00 JST: Polar Inter-legality: Arctic Indigenous Communities and Antarctic Icebergs as Subjects of Negative and Positive Inter-legality 0
    Imad Antoine Ibrahim:
    Polar Inter-legality: Arctic Indigenous Communities and Antarctic Icebergs as Subjects of Negative and Positive Inter-legality
    Fumiya Nagai : Commentator

On-Demand Video Viewing

  • Russia’s Energy Ambitions in the Arctic: Cooperation with Asia 0
    Maria Shagina: Russia’s Energy Ambitions in the Arctic: Cooperation with Asia

Individual Presentations

  • The Regulation of International Trade in Polar Bears: the Voice of Aboriginal People in Canada 0
    Malaika Bacon-Dussault
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Towards an evidence-based framework for managing tourism in the Antarctic 0
    Claire Christian, Ricardo Roura
  • A new ILBI for the governance of arctic marine resources under the BBNJ umbrella: Appraising the modus of conservation and sustainable development 0
    Sabrina Hasan
  • Polar Inter-legality: Arctic Indigenous Communities and Antarctic Icebergs as Subjects of Negative and Positive Inter-legality 0
    Imad Antoine Ibrahim
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Legal Monitoring of the Investment Projects in the Indigenous Lands 1
    Nikita Kaplin
  • The Polluter-pays Principle in a Transboundary Context – the Case of Arctic Ocean Continental Shelf Oil Production 0
    Ognyan Rumenov Savov
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Russia's Energy Ambitions in the Arctic: Cooperation with Asia 0
    Maria Shagina
    Transferred to live presentation
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The Law of the Sea and Polar Regions

The Future of Arctic Ocean Governance

Convenors:
Kentaro Nishimoto

Objective:
This panel will examine the challenges concerning the sustainable use of the Arctic Ocean, focusing on the regulation of shipping, the development of seabed resources, and the utilization of living resources in the Arctic.

Open Lecture

(TBC)

Interactive Seminars

  • November 16, 17:00 JST: The Regulation of the Northern Sea Route 0
    Alexander Sergunin:
    The Politics of Russian Arctic Shipping: The interplay of security/geopolitical and legal factors
    Jan Jakub Solski:
    The Northern Sea Route in the 2010s: Trends in development and implementation of Russian law
    Yurika Ishii: Discussant On-demand video viewing was also available (17 November).
  • November 18, 15:00 JST: Tackling Sustainable Development Challenges in Arctic Shipping 0
    Jeehye Kim:
    Developing Shipping Regulation in the Arctic and its Implications for User-States
    Maruf:
    Regulating Anthropogenic Underwater Noise from Shipping in the Arctic Region: Challenges and Opportunities
    Arron N. Honniball:
    Polar Shipping Challenges Requiring a Global Response – What Role for Unilateralism

    On-demand video viewing was also available (19 November).
  • November 23, 17:00 JST: The Legal Framework for Arctic Ocean Governance 0
    Vonintsoa Rafaly:
    The Law of the Sea in the Age of Building an Appropriate Governance of Polar Regions
    Viatcheslav Gavrilov:
    Determination of Extended Continental Shelf Boundaries in the Arctic Ocean
    Makoto Seta:
    Harmonization or Collision: The Relationship between Science and Experience in the Arctic Ocean On-demand video viewing was also available (25 November).

On-Demand Video Viewing

(TBC)

Individual Presentations

  • Shortcomings of the Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement in the Antarctic: Can CCAMLR remedy the shortfall of UNCLOS? 1
    Alexandra Carleton, Zia Madani
  • An Antarctic perspective on the BBNJ and IPCC processes 0
    Claire Christian, Nicole Bransome
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Bioprospecting: different legal regimes for Arctic and Antarctic or a single legal regime?　 0
    Valeria Eboli
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Determination of extended continental shelf boundaries in the Arctic Ocean 2
    Viatcheslav Gavrilov
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Polar Shipping Challenges Requiring a Global Response ? What Role for Unilateralism? 0
    Arron N. Honniball
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Post-2048 ATS: Some inspiring International Seabed Authority tools 0
    Nicolas Kempf
    Transferred to live presentation
  • The BBNJ Agreement and the Governance of the Arctic Ocean 0
    Kentaro Nishimoto
  • The Law of the Sea in the Age of Building an Appropriate Governance of Polar Regions 4
    Vonintsoa Rafaly
    Transferred to live presentation
  • The Politics of Russian Arctic shipping: the interplay of security/geopolitical and legal factors 0
    Alexander Sergunin
    Transferred to live presentation
  • Harmonization or Collision: The Relationship between Science and Experience in the Arctic Ocean 0
    Makoto Seta
    Transferred to live presentation
  • The Northern Sea Route in the 2010s: trends in development and implementation of Russian law 0
    Jan Jakub Solski
    Transferred to live presentation
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