30 Years of Signature of the

Uni ted Nat ions Convent ion on

the Law of the Sea

T h e P r o t e c t i o n o f

E n v i r o n m e n t a n d t h e

F u t u r e o f t h e L a w o f t h e

S e a

Faculty of Law of the University of Porto

Contacts In ternat ional

Conference

9h30 - 11h40: SESSION IV: MODELS OF ‘GOVERNANCE’ Chair: José Manuel PUREZA [Professor - Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal] "UNCLOS and climate change": Alan BOYLE [Professor of Public International Law - University of Edin-burgh, UK; Barrister] “Can we protect high seas ecosystems under current international law? Lessons from the Sargasso Sea Project”: David FREESTONE [Professor at the George Washington University Law School, USA; Executive Director of the Sargasso Sea Alliance; Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law] “Regional co-operation in enclosed and semi-enclosed seas for protec-tion of the marine environment: an assessment”: Nilufer ORAL [Istanbul Bilgi University - Faculty of Law, Turkey; Deputy Director of Istanbul Bilgi University Center for Marine Law and Policy Research] “Enhancing integrated governance beyond national jurisdiction”: Kristina GJERDE [Senior High Seas Advisor - Global Marine and Polar Programme - IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature]

DEBATE: 40’

11h40 - 12h00: Coffee break 12h00 - 12h45: CLOSING SESSION Conclusions: Wladimir BRITO [Professor - Escola de Direito da Universi-dade do Minho, Portugal] Dean of the Faculty of Law of University of Porto, Professor Cândido da Agra Rector of University of Porto, Professor José Marques dos Santos Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning of Portugal, Professor Assunção Cristas Complementary information:

Working group for the Conclusions: Wladimir Brito, Maria Ana Martins, Francisco Noronha, Vasco Becker-Weinberg and Marta Chantal Ribeiro

SATURDAY (17/11/2012)

C o–F i n a n c i n g

Rua dos Bragas, 223

4050-123 Porto, Portugal

Phone: (+351) 222 041 673/4

www.direito.up.pt/LawoftheSeaConference

S u p p o r t

Photo: Filomena Sá Pinto

15th - 17th November 2012

14h30 - 15h00: OPENING SESSION

Vice-Rector of University of Porto, Professor Jorge Gonçalves Dean of the Faculty of Law of University of Porto, Professor Cândido da Agra President of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Professor João Coimbra Acting Head of the Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf, Eng.º Miguel Sequeira The Mayor of the City of Porto (or representative) 15h00 - 18h30: SESSION I - CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROTEC-TION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT: marine environment versus fisheries, navigation and exploitation of mineral resources Chair: Giuseppe CATALDI [Professor of International Law and Pro- Rettore Vicario dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Italy); Presi-dent of the International Association for the Law of the Sea (AIDM)] Fisheries (International Law and European Union Law):

“Fisheries and their Impact on the Marine Environment: UNCLOS and Beyond”: Robin CHURCHILL [Professor of International Law - University of Dundee, UK]

“Fisheries and their Impact on the Marine Environment: EU law”: Daniel OWEN [Barrister - Fenners Chambers, UK; expert in Law of the Sea]

Navigation: "Commercial navigation and the protection of the marine envi-ronment: From conflict of interests to reconciliation through UNCLOS and IMO instruments": Agustín BLANCO-BAZÁN [International lawyer; Ex Senior Deputy Director of Legal Affairs - International Maritime Organizati-on] “Freedom of navigation and responsibility for damage to the marine environment”: José JUSTE RUIZ [Professor of International Law - Universidad de Valencia, Spain]

16h30 - 16h50: Coffee break

Exploitation of mineral resources:

“The exploration of mineral resources in the Area”: Pedro MADUREIRA [Member of the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed Authority]

“Setting the field for future ‘mineral rushes’: some reflections on the international regime for the exploration and exploitation of marine minerals”: Fernando Loureiro BASTOS [Professor of the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; PhD - Law of the Sea; Fellow, Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, Universidade of Pretoria] Global perspective and settlement of disputes:

“The settlement of disputes concerning the protection of the marine environment and the exploitation of marine resources": Tullio TREVES [Professor of International Law - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1996-2011)] DEBATE: 40’

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N o m e d a e m p r e s a

THURSDAY (15/11/2012) FRIDAY (16/11/2012) FRIDAY (16/11/2012)

9h00 - 10h30: SPECIAL SESSION: NATIONAL DAY OF THE SEA Vice-Rector of University of Porto, Professor Jorge Gonçalves Representative of the Porto City Council, Professor Joaquim Poças Martins Secretary General of Entrepreneurs Forum on Sea Economics, Eng. Fernando Ribeiro e Castro President of the Sea Knowledge and Economy Cluster: Oceano XXI - Association for the Knowledge and Economy of the Sea, Eng. José Agostinho Ribau Esteves (to be confirmed) Vice-President of the CCDR-N (North Regional Coordination and Development Commission), Eng. Carlos Neves Foundation AEP (Portuguese Entrepreneurial Association), Professor Luís Valente de Oliveira, Administrator Portuguese Secretary of State for the Sea, Professor Manuel Pinto de Abreu 10h30 - 10h50: Coffee break 10h50 - 13h00: SESSION II - PROSPECTS OF EVOLUTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA: MPAs, genetic resources, continental shelf (outer CS and Arctic) Chair: Manuel de Almeida RIBEIRO [Professor - Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal; Presi-dent of the Portuguese Society of International Law] Gaps in UNCLOS: Myron NORDQUIST [Professor - Virginia University Law School, USA; Associ-ate Director of the Center for Oceans Law & Policy] MPAs (AUNJ and ABNJ): "Marine Protected Areas: the case of the extended continental shelf": Marta Chantal RIBEIRO [Professor - Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; PhD - Law of the Sea] "Marine Protected Areas in Waters beyond National Jurisdiction": Tullio SCOVAZZI [Professor of International Law - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy] Genetic resources: “Marine biotechnology perspectives: scientific and legal challenges”: Laura GIULIANO [Science and Policy Advisor at the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)] “Evolving Perspectives: Marine Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction”: Lyle GLOWKA [Senior Legal Advisor, Convention on Biological Diversity Secre-tariat] DEBATE: 30’

14h30 - 16h10: PROSPECTS OF EVOLUTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA (continuation) ‘Extension’ of the continental shelf: Paulo Neves COELHO [former Legal Coordinator of the Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Portugal] Arctic: “The Area in the Arctic: To Be or Not to Be?”: Erik FRANCKX [Professor - Faculty of Law and Criminology - Vrije Univer-siteit Brussel, Belgium; President of the Department of International and European Law; Director of the Centre for International Law; Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration] Global perspective and settlement of disputes: Rüdiger WOLFRUM [former President and current member of the Interna-tional Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany]

DEBATE: 30’ 16h10 - 16h30: Coffee break 16h30 - 19h00: SESSION III - CHALLENGES OF MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Chair: Phil WEAVER [National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK]

"The impact of technological developments on the international legal regime of marine scientific research": Alfred SOONS [Professor of International Law - Universidade de Utrecht, Netherlands; Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS)] “Through seas where sail was never spread before: risk management and scientific research on marine environment”: Carla Amado GOMES [Professor of the Faculdade de Direito da Universi-dade de Lisboa, Portugal; Invited Professor at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Nova de Lisboa; PhD - Environmental Law] “Conservation and sustainable use of coastal ecosystems and their services”: Isabel Sousa PINTO [Professor at the Department of Biology of the Facul-dade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Head of the Laboratory of Coastal Biodiversity and Member of the Board of Directors of the Interdiscipli-nary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR)]

“Deep sea research and conservation biology”: Ricardo Serrão SANTOS [Provost for the Integration of Sea Affairs -

Universidade dos Açores (University of Azores, Portugal)] “National Ocean Strategy”: João Fonseca RIBEIRO [Commandant; Director of the Directorate-General for the Sea Policy, Portugal] DEBATE: 40’