The Role of the Arctic Council from an International Law Perspective: Past, Present and Future
Established in 1996, the Arctic Council has played an essential role in promoting pan- Arctic cooperation on various issues concerning the Arctic. Increasingly, its activities have contributed to the development of international law relating to the Arctic in terms of law-making and implementation. R...
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crbrillap:10.1163/1876-8814_013 2023-05-15T14:30:36+02:00 The Role of the Arctic Council from an International Law Perspective: Past, Present and Future Takei, Yoshinobu 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1876-8814_013 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/6/1/article-p349_13.xml https://data.brill.com/files/journals/22116427_006_01_s013_text.pdf unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 6, issue 1, page 349-374 ISSN 1876-8814 2211-6427 journal-article 2014 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/1876-8814_013 2022-12-11T12:47:52Z Established in 1996, the Arctic Council has played an essential role in promoting pan- Arctic cooperation on various issues concerning the Arctic. Increasingly, its activities have contributed to the development of international law relating to the Arctic in terms of law-making and implementation. Recent developments make it pertinent to investigate the possibilities and challenges faced by the Arctic Council in developing legally binding instruments and otherwise contributing to the development of international law relating to the Arctic. How has the Council been engaged in activities that contribute to the development of international law? What factors have affected these activities? This article describes the structure of the Arctic Council and its status under international law; analyzes important developments relating to this issue in the period before the 2009 Ministerial Meeting held in Tromsø, Norway; examines the processes in which two legally binding instruments were negotiated and eventually adopted as well as elements common to these agreements; and discusses Arctic Council processes relevant to the development of international law other than treaty negotiations under its auspices. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Tromsø Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) Arctic Norway Tromsø The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 6 1 349 374 |
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Established in 1996, the Arctic Council has played an essential role in promoting pan- Arctic cooperation on various issues concerning the Arctic. Increasingly, its activities have contributed to the development of international law relating to the Arctic in terms of law-making and implementation. Recent developments make it pertinent to investigate the possibilities and challenges faced by the Arctic Council in developing legally binding instruments and otherwise contributing to the development of international law relating to the Arctic. How has the Council been engaged in activities that contribute to the development of international law? What factors have affected these activities? This article describes the structure of the Arctic Council and its status under international law; analyzes important developments relating to this issue in the period before the 2009 Ministerial Meeting held in Tromsø, Norway; examines the processes in which two legally binding instruments were negotiated and eventually adopted as well as elements common to these agreements; and discusses Arctic Council processes relevant to the development of international law other than treaty negotiations under its auspices. |
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The Role of the Arctic Council from an International Law Perspective: Past, Present and Future |
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