A legal regime for the Arctic?: Interplay with the Law of the Sea Convention

Olav Schram Stokke

Marine Policy, 2007, vol. 31, issue 4, 402-408

Abstract: The Law of the Sea Convention constrains regional environmental regimes, especially with respect to navigation beyond the territorial sea. Existing soft-law institutions, notably the Arctic Council, have already strengthened environmental governance in the region by (1) improving the knowledge base; (2) preparing practical guidance on risk reduction; (3) highlighting in broader regulatory fora the Arctic dimension of problems like long-range transported hazardous compounds; and (4) supporting the capacity of Arctic states to implement existing commitments. None of those functions would be much enhanced by a legally binding Arctic environmental regime. The political impediments to reaching circumpolar agreement on a single comprehensive legal regime would suggest a flexible approach to norm building that seeks productive interplay with existing institutions.

Keywords: Arctic; Law; of; the; Sea; Convention; Environment; Arctic; Council; Resource; management; Navigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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