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2025 Online Course:
Preparatory Materials - Module 1

Each lecture requires participants to undertake advance preparation in terms of reading one or two recommended papers or articles, watching a video and/or reflecting on questions. See below and click on the relevant lecture links for Module 1 (Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance). Equivalent details will be unrolled as the course progresses for Module 2, Module 3 and Module 4.


MODULE 1: LAW OF THE SEA AND OCEAN GOVERNANCE

  • Session 1: Monday 14th April
  • Session 2: Thursday 17th April
  • Session 3: Tuesday 22nd April
  • Session 4: Thursday 24th April

  • OPTIONAL EXTRAS

    1. International Institute for Sustainable Development, The Rising Pressures on Ocean Governance, (IISD Policy Brief, 2021) – with some introductory videos on, inter alia, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to dip into if you have time. (See also their Earth Negotiations Bulletin for useful updates you can sign up for, as well as their SDG Knowledge Hub.)

    2. 2024 Report of the Secretary-General on Oceans and the Law of the Sea plus previous copies of this annual report, available in six languages on the DOALOS website.

    3. Daniela Diz, Carolina Hazin, Ben Boteler, Carole Durussel, Glossary of Ocean Governance Terms, STRONG High Seas Project, 2022. (Useful reference during the course; in English, French, Spanish.)

    4. Text of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, available in six languages on the DOALOS website -- for reference, not reading all 202 pages!

    5. Several chapters relating to ocean governance, law of the sea, high seas etc. can be found in The Future of Ocean Governance and Capacity Development - Essays in Honour of Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1918-2002). Commemorating the 100th anniversary of EMB's birth, this volume edited by IOI-Canada features contributions from over 80 specialists and practitioners in the field of ocean governance and is based on themes and issues covered in our annual training programme. To download essays for free via open access, go to Brill web page for the book and scroll down to explore the 10 different sections.

    6. Stefan Partelow, Maria Hadjimichael and Anna-Katharina Hornidge (eds,) Ocean Governance: Knowledge Systems, Policy Foundations and Thematic Analyses, MARE Publication Series (MARE, Volume 25), Springer, 2023.

    7. High Seas Alliance: Progress Map showing which countries have signed/ratified the High Seas Treaty. (Map is based on data taken from the UN Treaty Collection site.)

    8. United Nations: UN Systems Chart, July 2023 (downloadable as pdf in all six official UN languages)

    9. Articles on the map projection of a single world ocean: The Spilhaus Projection: “The seven seas” become one ocean, and The Spilhaus World Ocean Map in a Square

       


    Last updated: 14th April 2025