Effectiveness of International Instruments of Liability and Compensation for Vessel-Sourced Pollution: Case Study of the Southern Ocean

• Main Author: Zovko, Ivana
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Law of University of Zagreb 2006
• Subjects: international law of marine pollution; vessel-sourced pollution; liability and compensation for pure environmental damage; effectiveness of international instruments; Southern Ocean; međunarodno pravo zaštite i očuvanja pomorskog okoliša; zagađivanje pomorskog okoliša od strane brodova; učinkovitost međunarodnopravnih instrumenata za odgovornost i naknadu čiste ekološke štete; Južni ocean; Völkerrecht im Bereich Schutz und Erhaltung der maritimen Umwelt; Verschmutzung der maritimen Umwelt durch Schiffe; Effizienz völkerrechtlicher Instrumente für die Haftung und den Schadensersatz bei reinen Umweltschäden; Südlicher Ozean; Oceana; Antarktis*
• Online Access: http://hrcak.srce.hr/5109; http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/8213

Good international environmental governance in marine pollution matters largely rests with effective instruments of liability and compensation for transboundary environmental damage. This paper examines concepts and legal instruments in global and regional international law for providing prompt, ade...