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The Fukushima Conundrum: Ocean Disposal of Nuclear Waste Saurabh Thakur

THE FUKUSHIMA CONUNDRUM: OCEAN DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE

The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Yoshihide Suga, recently made public a plan to discharge 1.25 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, describing it as his country’s “most realistic…
NAVIES AND THE ‘USE OF FORCE’ ANALYSING AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE US NAVY AND SEAGOING FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS PART 2: ADDRESSING THE LEGAL ISSUESCredits- www.jooinn.com

NAVIES AND THE ‘USE OF FORCE’- ANALYSING AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE US NAVY AND SEAGOING FORCES OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS PART 2: ADDRESSING THE LEGAL ISSUES

The preceding segment of this two-part article had set the context within which three important legal questions needed to be explored: (1) Do IRGCN gunboats classify as warships?  (2) Do their harassment-actions constitute a level of ‘use…

EMPLOYMENT OF UNMANNED MARITIME SYSTEMS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND THE WAY AHEAD

On December 16 2016, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) seized an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) in the EEZ of the Philippines, approximately 50 nautical miles North-West of the Subic Bay. The UUV belonged to the United States (US)…

INDIA AND INDONESIA- STRENGTHENING MARITIME RELATIONS

India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours with a symbiotic relationship which can be utilised towards developing maritime cooperation in the region. The distance between India's Andaman Islands and Indonesia's Aceh is not more than 80 nautical…
no sail zones

CHINA'S APPROACH TO FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION: NO SAIL ZONES

Introduction Torturous negotiations, involving much bargaining and several compromises, characterised the multiple sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.  Although the Conference eventually succeeded in formulating…
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ADJUDICATION AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONImage Credits: Permanent Court of Arbitration

IMPLEMENTING SDG 14: TAKEAWAYS FROM THE OCEAN CONFERENCE

  The high-level United Nations (UN) conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) was held at UN Headquarters, New York from 5 to 9 June 2017. The event was specially convened to build international…
VIETNAM’S DILEMMA IN CONTEXT OF SOUTH CHINA SEA: UNITED STATES VERSUS CHINAImage Credits: Council on Foreign Relations

PROPOSED CHINESE LAW ON MARITIME TRAFFIC SAFETY: INTERPRETATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS

  On February 14, 2017, the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of China sought public comments on a new draft legislation, proposed to replace the existing Maritime Safety Law of 1983. Coming in the backdrop of the rather…
SOUTH CHINA SEA: FROM TURBIDITY, TO SEMBLANCE OF TRANQUILITYImage Credits: Forbes

SOUTH CHINA SEA: FROM TURBIDITY, TO SEMBLANCE OF TRANQUILITY

The unfolding events in the South China Sea (SCS) in the last one decade plus has been tumultuous to say the least. The year Code of Conduct (CoC) 1was signed in Cambodia (2002) can be taken as the bench mark year when the members of the ASEAN…
NAVIES AND MARITIME MILITIA: AN UNEQUAL CONTESTImage Credits: Stars and Stripes

NAVIES AND MARITIME MILITIA: AN UNEQUAL CONTEST

On 4th September, the USS Firebolt, a coastal patrol boat, operating in the Persian Gulf was the subject of ‘harassment’ by seven Iranian boats operated by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN). This was preceded by a series…
CHINA AND FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL’S VERDICTImage Credits: Permanent Court of Arbitration

CHINA AND FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN SOUTH CHINA SEA: THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL’S VERDICT 

On 12 July 2016, the Tribunal constituted at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, 1982 (UNCLOS) issued its decision in the arbitration instituted by the Philippines…
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ADJUDICATION AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONImage Credits: Permanent Court of Arbitration

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ADJUDICATION AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

The India International Centre at Delhi – considered the hub of cultural and intellectual activity in the capital city, was witness to a unique event on the afternoon of 17 May 16. Organised by the Chinese Embassy in Delhi, the ‘public lecture’…

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