WCEL delivered 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's oral statements during ITLOS hearing on case No. 31
The oral statements were delivered by 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 WCEL Chair, Dr Christina Voigt; 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播 WCEL Ocean Law SG Chair, Dr Cymie Payne; and Dr Tara Davenport.听
Photo: ITLOS photo
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On Thursday 21st September, WCEL delivered 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's oral statements on 听before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg.
Previously, on June 14th, WCEL's Ocean Law Specialist Group led by Cymie Payne had submitted 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's written statements. Besides Dr Voigt, among Dr Payne's team for this submission were Dr Tara Davenport, Baastian Klerk, Lisa Benjamin, Robin Churchill and A.H.A. Soons - and other scientific reviewers.
During the oral statements Dr Payne provided examples of听'obligations of conduct' and 'obligations of result', raised the need for the precautionary approach and cited examples from customary international law and international jurisprudence.
Dr Davenport听laid out the necessity to consider external international agreements in the context of interpreting UNCLOS Part XII obligations in particular the UNFCCC听and the Paris Agreement.听
Dr Voigt took the floor last to explain how the climate change regime can inform but does not limit state obligations relevant to UNCLOS. Additionally, she reminded that the Paris Agreement (with its high numbers of parties) constitutes the most recent international scientific, political and legal consensus on climate change action.
You can watch 香港六合彩开奖结果现场直播's (and other) oral statements to ITLOS on case No 31 here: