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A. Law of the Sea

introduction

a) documents

• UN treaty collection
  
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
  (via UN gopher)
• Agreement concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the International Seabed Authority
  (United Nations General Assembly, 26 November 1997; via UN)
• UNCLOS-Commentary
  (Law of the Sea and Ocean Affairs)
• Marine and Coastal Treaties
  (via Fletcher)
• IMO conventions
  (enter through 'legal')

b) international organizations

• UN-home
  

UN sub-entities linked to the oceans; or see others

• DOALOS
  UN Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea
• Internationaler Seegerichtshof / International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  (homepage)
• International Seabed Authority
  (homepage)
• International Labour Organisation
  
• International Maritime Organization
  (homepage)
• UNESCO
  
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
  (homepage)
• International Year of the Ocean
  (via IOC)
• United Nations Environment Programme
  
• United Nations Development Programme
  
UNDP Global Environment Facility (GEF)
International Waters

• United Nations Industrial Development Organization
  
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
  

c) regional organizations and programs

• Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans (Can)
• Helsinki Commision (HELCOM)
  (homepage)
• Ballerina (Baltic Sea Region On-Line Environmental Information Resources for Internet Access)
  (homepage)

d) non-governmental organizations

• see also: Institute, Vereine / Insitutes, Societies
• Council on Ocean Law
  (homepage)
• Issues and Incidents
  (Council on Ocean Law)
• U.S. National Activities
  (Council on Ocean Law)
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
• Law of the Sea
  
• SeaWeb
  (Pew Charitable Trusts)
• Summit of the Sea
  (Canada)
• Neptunus Law Review
  (Univ. Nantes)

Internal Waters, Coastal Waters, Contiguous Zone

• Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
  (Geneva, 29 April 1958; entry into force 10 September 1964)
• Viña del Mar
  
• Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  
• Exxon Valdez
  

Straits

Archipelagoes

Exclusive Economic Zone

• EU Commission, DG Fisheries
  (DG XIV homepage)
• International Boundaries Research Unit
  (Univ. Durham)
• Internet Guide to International Fisheries Law
  collection of links and information by Chris Hedley
• Summary of National Maritime Claims 1996
  (Univ. Durham)

Continental Shelf

• Convention on the Contintental Shelf
  (Geneva, 29 April 1958; entry into force 10 June 1964)
• Gulf Area Borders Multilateral Treaties
  (Fletcher)

High Seas

• Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific
  Preparatory Conference
• Convention on the High Seas, Geneva, 29 April 1958
  
• Whaling
  (Tirpitz)
• Brent Spar Monitor
  (Greenpeace)
• Brent Spar
  (Shell)
• Protected Marine Species
  (Elsberry)
• Hydrographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean
  

Islands, Rocks

• The South China Sea Informal Working Group
  (Univ. British Columbia)
• Small Islands Information Network
  
• Fishery conflict around the Falklands
  (Bethlehem)

Land-Locked States

The Area

• International Seabed Authority
  (homepage)

Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment

• London Convention
  
• Umweltschutz / Environmental Protection
  related links

Marine Scientific Research

Development and Transfer of Marine Technology

Settlement of Disputes

• International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  ITLOS
• ITLOS
  on this site
• International Court of Justice
  (homepage) e-mail notification service
• ICJ
  (via UN)
• Project on International Courts and Tribunals
  Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development, London, Center on International Cooperation, New York University; contains news concerning all existing international courts and tribunals (i.e. judgments, appointment of judges, etc)

B. Resources and Research

• general law resources
  on this site
• American Society for International Law
  
• Legal Material by Subject
  (Univ. Cornell)
• LoS-research
  
• CataLaw: Metaindex of Law and Government
  
• Welcome to legal.online
  
• RAVE Homepage
  
• International Law Center
  
• Spezial Mosaic Home Page
  (Univ. Bayreuth)
• FindLaw: Internet Legal Resources
  
• Selected Government and Social Science Internet Resources
  (UC Berkeley)
• UC Berkeley and other U.S. Resources on International Affairs
  
• Legal Scholarship Network
  (articles)

C. Institutes, Associations

• institutes and universities
  on this site
• Dalhousie, Halifax
  Marine and Environmental Law Programme (ll.m.)
• Hague Academy of International Law
  
• International Law Association
• Law of the Sea Institute
  (Honolulu - Miami)
• International Ocean Institute
  
• Marine Law Institute
  (Univ. Maine)
• Seerechtsinstitut Hamburg
  
• Deutscher Verein für Internationales Seerecht
• University of Washington Law School with law and marine affairs ll.m program; and School of Marine Affairs
  

D. Publications

• general law resources and journals
  on this site
• American University Journal of International Law and Policy
  
• Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
  
• Stanford Journal of International Law
  
• Law Journal Extra
  
• Information Market Europe
  
• Emory International Law Review
  
• European Journal of International Law
  
• European Law Journal
  
• Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
  
• Refugee Survey Quarterly
  
• Stanford Journal of International Law
  
• Oceana Publications, Inc.
  
• Ocean and Coastal Law Journal
  
• Ocean Development & International Law
  
• Ocean Yearbook
  
• Other Law Journals and Reviews von Hieros Gamos
  
• UN Law Reports
  

E. Science

international organizations


• ENRICH home
• ICES
• WCRP
• WOCE
• Global Observation Information Network
  electronic networks to exchange Earth observation data (Japan/US) to solve critical science and technology problems, improve weather forecasting, monitor climate change


national organizations


• Alfred-Wegener-Insitut
• OCEANIC links
• RSMAS, oceanographic disciplines
• Uni-Bremen
  Meerestechnik/Umweltforschung
• Universtiy Marine Biological Station - Millport (Scotland)
• University National Oceanographic Laboratory System
• WHOI
  Woods Hole Oceanocgraphic Institution press releases


US government


• NOAA and NOAA Corps + Ocean page, links

misc


• on submersibles
• College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
• Virtual library, earth sciences
• Oceanography on the Net
• Scientific American
• on sonar imagery
• British Oceanographic Data Centre
• Uni-Bremen links(?)
• earth sciences links I
• dto II
• dto III

F. Miscellaneous, Link pages

• Law of the Sea
  links relating to the law of the sea.