Beyond Hans Island : the Canada–Denmark agreement's possible impact on mobility and continental shelves

The governments of Canada and Denmark signed a historic agreement on Hans Island on 14 June 2022. Although most of the agreement was devoted to the resolution of the Hans Island dispute, it also settled other issues. We argue that provisions on mobility and the continental shelf in the Labrador Sea...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis
Main Authors: Landriault, Mathieu, Pic, Pauline, Lasserre, Frédéric
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Canadian Institute of International Affairs 2023
Subjects:
Arctic
Denmark
Canada
Greenland
Inuit
Continental shelf
Mobility
Hans Island
Plateau continental > Aspect économique
Hans
Île (Nunavut et Groenland) > Aspect stratégique
Canada > Relations extérieures > Traités
Danemark > Relations extérieures > Traités
Inuit > Voyages
Arctic Ocean
Arctique*
Central Arctic
Groenland
inuit
Labrador Sea
Nunavut
Terre-Neuve
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/127403
https://doi.org/10.1177/00207020231175760
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Summary:The governments of Canada and Denmark signed a historic agreement on Hans Island on 14 June 2022. Although most of the agreement was devoted to the resolution of the Hans Island dispute, it also settled other issues. We argue that provisions on mobility and the continental shelf in the Labrador Sea give rise to interesting precedents that could have far-reaching effects for northerners. The agreement on enhanced mobility could represent a first step in a more ambitious process of facilitating Inuit mobility across Nunavut and Greenland, while the settlement on the continental shelf illustrates how states could collaborate on other continental shelf cases, including the continental shelf in the Central Arctic Ocean.

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