Asia and UNCLOS 30 Years’ Implementation An Assessment

This book provides critical legal analyses of latest developments in ocean law and policy by leading Asian legal scholars in the 5 years leading up to the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entering into force on 16 November 1994. The Asia’s maritime domain, including both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, is currently facing a plethora of serious challenges, ranging from maritime and territorial disputes (especially in the South China Sea and East China Sea), competition between superpowers, piracy and armed robbery at sea, the degradation of marine environment, IUU fishing, to sea-level rising. This book allows readers to explore and understand how the scholars in the region examine, conceive, understand, and suggest solutions to these challenges.
 

Settlement of Disputes: Bay of Bengal.- Territorial and Maritime Disputes: South China Sea.- Settlement of Disputes: Maritime Delimitation.- The Practical Implications of Unresolved Maritime Boundaries: Special Reference to the Malaysian Position.- Moving from MPAs to Area-based Management Measures in the South China Sea.- The Necessity of Indonesia's Measures to Sink Vessels for IUU Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone.- Expanding the Environmental Regulatory Scope of UNCLOS Through the Rule of Reference: Potentials and Limits.- Improving the Freedom of Repairing Telecommunication Submarine Cables in Southeast Asia.- Problems and Processes of Restricting Navigation in Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas.- Regulating Exceptions for Research and Exploratory Fishing in Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas.- Doctrines of Self-Defence on the High Seas under Law of the Sea.- International Arbitration of Maritime Delimitation.- China’s Participation in the Global Ocean Governance Reform.