Mining the deep oceans for minerals may soon become a reality, but the risks involved are many. So who is able to regulate this emerging industry?
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Why are the UK’s left-over possessions in the Indian Ocean still the subject of furious legal dispute?
As the ice recedes and technology for recovering resources in extreme conditions improves, the Arctic could become the theatre for future global conflicts. Here’s the story so far.
Lawyers for 153 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on a boat intercepted by the Australian government applied for a full bench of the High Court to hear its case on August 5 at a directions hearing on Friday. Whereas…
The first ship to reach the area of Indian ocean being searched for the missing flight MH370 is the Norwegian commercial car carrier, the Höegh St Petersburg. At the request of the Australian Maritime…
The release on Wednesday of the review into the circumstances of how and why the Australian navy repeatedly entered Indonesian waters might have been expected finally to reveal information about Australia’s…
Prime minister Tony Abbott said on Monday he expects Jakarta to take responsibility for the asylum seekers that Australian authorities rescue in Indonesia’s search and rescue zone. He claims this is the…
Last week several Greenpeace activists bearing ropes and posters attempted to board Gazprom’s oil platform, the Prirazlomnaya, in the Russian exclusive economic zone. They did so in an inflatable craft…
The Coalition promises it will “turn back” asylum seeker boats in Australian waters where it is safe to do so if it wins the next election. With Australian border patrols said to be at “breaking point…
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Professor, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong
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Professor in Law, University of Canterbury
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Professor of the Public International Law of the Sea and former Director of the Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton
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Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Maritime Law and Academic Barrister, University of Wollongong