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		<title>Response to the Request for Provisional Measures in the M/V Louisa Case</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/12/23/response-to-the-request-for-provisional-measures-in-the-mv-louisa-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have previously reported on this blog (here) on the dispute between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the one hand and Spain on the other hand concerning the arrest and detention the M/V Louisa and its tender, the Gemini III.  The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea gave its order on provisional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=3748&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prompt release of research vessels: MV Louisa</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/12/01/prompt-release-of-research-vessels-mv-louisa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest case to come before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea raises some interesting questions about the availability of prompt release proceedings for vessels arrested for violating laws and regulations in the exclusive economic zone of a coastal state.  The case has been initiated by Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=3708&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for an International Piracy Court</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/04/30/the-case-for-an-international-piracy-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominik Zimmermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have at several occasions here on International Law Observer raised the question of whether or not an international (ad hoc) court (could/) should be established to try pirates (see for example here, here, here and here). On Tuesday (27. April) the UNSC unanimously adopted a resolution in which a next and important step in this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=3139&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Establishment of a Marine Protected Area in the British Indian Ocean Territory – environment v human rights</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/04/02/establishment-of-a-marine-protected-area-in-the-british-indian-ocean-territory-%e2%80%93-environment-v-human-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is composed of a group of low-lying islands situated in middle of the Indian Ocean. The largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, is only 30 km2 in area.  The islands are subject to British control, although sovereignty over the islands is also claimed by Mauritius.  The British Government entered [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=3071&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Canadian regulations on passage through arctic waters</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/03/05/proposed-canadian-regulations-on-passage-through-arctic-waters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada is planning to apply mandatory new rules to certain vessels passing through arctic waters to the north of the country.  According to the press release issued by the Canadian government: The proposed regulations would require vessels to report information such as identity and intended route before entering, while operating within and when leaving Canada’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=3003&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK-Argentine dispute over oil drilling off the Falkland/Malvinas Islands</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010/02/18/uk-argentine-dispute-over-oil-drilling-off-the-falklandmalvinas-islands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of news stories in recent days about a diplomatic row between the United Kingdom and Argentina concerning proposals to pursue exploration for oil and gas on the continental shelf off the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.  The Guardian reports that the Argentine government has issued a decree which will &#8220;in theory force all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=2991&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clip of the week on piracy and international law</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/11/23/clip-of-the-week-on-piracy-and-international-law/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/11/23/clip-of-the-week-on-piracy-and-international-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominik Zimmermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s video clip is an interesting summary of how international law applies to the fight against piracy. The clip shows Professor John Norton Moore, director at the Center for National Security Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, talking inter alia about the applicable norms and what could be done on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=2824&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hugo Grotius&#8217; &#8216;Mare Liberum&#8217; &#8211; 400th anniversary</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/10/03/hugo-grotius-mare-liberum-400th-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/10/03/hugo-grotius-mare-liberum-400th-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominik Zimmermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few individuals that have shaped international law as much as Hugo Grotius, the Dutch jurist, diplomat and philosopher, theologian and poet. His works include a comparison of constitutions (Parallelon rerumpublicarum), commentary on the law of prize and booty, a thesis on the free seas (Mare Liberum), a thesis on the law of war and peace (De [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=2649&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another voice supporting a &#8216;pirate court&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/06/17/another-voice-supporting-a-pirate-court/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/06/17/another-voice-supporting-a-pirate-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominik Zimmermann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just today stumbled across this month-old article reporting on the Dutch foreign minister&#8217;s demand for a UN backed tribunal for the trial of pirates in the East African countries. We have reported earlier on the apparent desire among certain (European) States to establish such an international court (inter alia to avoid any pirates being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=2257&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Major Deadline for Continental Shelf Submissions</title>
		<link>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/05/18/major-deadline-for-continental-shelf-submissions/</link>
		<comments>http://internationallawobserver.eu/2009/05/18/major-deadline-for-continental-shelf-submissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 15:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if it was not already busy enough, the workload of the Commission on the Limits of the Outer Continental Shelf just got much bigger. The deadline for those states who became a party to the Law of the Sea Convention prior to 13 May 1999 to make their submissions to the Commission was on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=internationallawobserver.eu&#038;blog=1127226&#038;post=2166&#038;subd=internationallawobserver&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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