Fish stock depletion in the world's oceans and seas is one of the world's most serious environmental problems. In the Greek seas, the problem of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing has devastating effects on island and coastal artisanal fishing villages, members of which have been...

Fish stock depletion in the world's oceans and seas is one of the world's most serious environmental problems. In light of Greece's less than compliant State practice toward fishery management and conservation, this paper explores whether co-managed Fishery Protected Areas (FPAs) are an...

This paper asks how countries can implement their commitments to limit the increase in the global average temperature under the recent Paris Agreement on Climate Change for agriculture. An initial examination of the relevant trade rules and case law indicates that they appear unable to legally...

In 2011 in Durban, South Africa, Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to establish a process - the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action - to negotiate and agree by 2015 a global outcome with legal force that is to become operative...

Spanish Abstract: China se unió a la comunidad internacional de Naciones Unidas (ONU) poco después del establecimiento de la organización en 1945. Aunque China era tratada hasta cierto punto como un paria internacional durante los tiempos turbulentos que siguieron a la guerra civil ganada por...

Has the well-known fragmentation between Human Rights and Water and Investment Law been exacerbated by the protection offered to foreign investors under Peru's recently signed Regional Trade Agreements and under WTO rules, both enforceable under their specific dispute settlement procedures? This...

The terms governing land investments can shape whether host countries and local communities benefit from investment projects. Yet host governments in low- and middle-income countries often lack sufficient legal and technical capacity to prepare for, negotiate, implement, and monitor investments,...

Sea spaces have been vital for humankind. Thanks to technological development and ingenuity, we harvest, use, consume and exhaust resources located in the sea or the seabed. To do so, we make use of different man-made structures. These range from fish farms and simple buoys, to complex and large...

Considering the fact that its existence is abundant while maintaining the ability to generate freshwater while burning, methane hydrates have been classified as sources of sustainable energy. China currently maintains an international role in developing technology meant to explore offshore...

Globalization is a phenomenon of inherent complexity. As such, it is defined by a number of positive, as well as negative, traits. The seemingly inextricable links between countries - created by international trade and membership in a variety of international organizations - are seen as a...