Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise

This project supports coordination of the Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise of the International Law Association (ILA). This Committee is one of the 20 active international committees of the ILA, but the only one focused on the implications of climate change, such as sea-level rise, for the development of international law. The Committee has a membership of 40 international law experts from regional and national ILA branches world-wide, and is chaired by Research Professor Davor Vidas of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, member of the Norwegian ILA Branch. The Committee addresses international law questions regarding the implications of substantial territorial loss from sea-level rise, which extend beyond baselines and the law of the sea and encompass fundamental considerations at the junction of several parts of international law - including concerns of statehood, national identity, human rights, access to resources, and international peace and security. The mandate of the Committee is to study the possible impacts of sea-level rise on international law, and to develop proposals for the development of international law in relation to the challenges posed by sea-level rise. The Committee will deliver its final report in 2022.

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The Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise of the International Law Association (ILA) is one of the 20 active international committees of the ILA, but the only one focused on the implications of climate change, such as sea-level rise, for the development of international law. The establishment of this Committee by the ILA was prompted by the recognition that the implications of substantial territorial loss resulting from sea-level rise extend beyond baselines and the law of the sea, and encompass fundamental considerations at the junction of several parts of international law - including concerns of statehood, national identity, human rights, state responsibility, access to resources, and international peace and security. The mandate of the Committee is set to 'study the possible impacts of sea-level rise and the implications under international law of the partial and complete inundation of state territory, or depopulation thereof, in particular of small island and low-lying states'; and to 'develop proposals for the progressive development of international law in relation to the possible loss of all or of parts of state territory and maritime zones due to sea-level rise, including the impacts on statehood, nationality, and human rights'. The Committee has a membership of 40, with prominent international law experts from 21 regional and national ILA branches, and is chaired by Professor Davor Vidas of the Norwegian ILA Branch. The primary objective of this project is to facilitate the coordination tasks involved in chairmanship of the Committee, which will run through November 2022.

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Sea Level Rise and the Law of the Sea: Between the Holocene and the Anthropocene

Law of the Sea and Sea Level Rise

Conclusions and Committee Work Plan 2022-2024

Law of the Sea: a syllabus and Committee work plan

Two Interpretations

Levels of Responses to Sea Level Rise: An Introduction

Preparing for Sea Level Rise: An Introduction

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