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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW
Volume 36, Issue 4, Pages 685-695Publisher
MARTINUS NIJHOFF PUBL
DOI: 10.1163/15718085-BJA10071
Keywords
sea level rise; maritime boundaries; coastal baselines; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( LoSC); Pacific Islands; International Law Association (ILA); International Law Commission (ILC)
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The Pacific Island countries are actively seeking ways to protect their maritime rights, and the issue of sea level rise affecting the islands has attracted international attention. The declaration by the members of the South Pacific Forum aiming to permanently establish maritime entitlements represents a significant development in State practice for the region.
The Pacific Island countries are in the front line of adverse impacts from sea level rise. For the last decade the South Pacific Forum Members have been seeking ways to preserve their entitlements to their maritime zones and resources in the event of inundation of coasts and coastal features as a result of sea level rise. The issue was explored by the International Law Association in its 2018 Report and is being considered by a Study Group of the International Law Commission. This 2021 Declaration by the 18 Members of the South Pacific Forum purporting to fix permanently their maritime entitlements represents a major development in State practice for the region.
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