Salim Momtaz
Erin Roberts, Saleemul Huq
This paper chronicles the history of the rise of loss and damage in negotiations under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change and the role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in bringing about this paradigm shift. Over the past two decades, the global climate change regime has s...
Ruth MacKenzie, Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, Antonio G. M. La Viña, Jacob Werksman et al.
This guide has been prepared by the IUCN Environmental Law Programme and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), in cooperation with the World Resources Institute (WRI). The main goal of the guide is to facilitate the understanding of the obligations of Parties to...
Robin Churchill
Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of
Rafique Ahammed, Nick Harvey
Bangladesh is a major developing country that is particularly vulnerable to environmental change. Since independence in 1971, Bangladesh has implemented a number of environmental initiatives, and is prominent in the global push for sustainable development. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has a...
Introduction * Part 1:Compliance Theory - Compliance Theory: an Overview * Compliance, Citizens and NGOs * Appendix 1: Case Studies * Compliance with International Environmental Obligations: Existing International Legal Arrangements * Part 2: Global Compliance Systems - Designing a Compliance System...
Ridoan Karim, Mohammad Ershadul Karim, Firdaus Muhammad‐Sukki, Siti Hawa Abu-Bakar et al.
It is a challenging task for Bangladesh to meet its increasing demand of energy while its economy is rapidly growing. Though prices of oil, coal, and fossil fuels around the world have been volatile, the price trend in Bangladesh demonstrates a persistent rise in the immediate past. This is further ...
Bettina Meier-Wehren
In this article, the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) is evaluated. The article starts with an overview of the developments in international environmental law which led to the inception of the GPA. It points out the challenges p...
Shawkat Alam, Abdullah Al Faruque
Yao Huang, Xuexia Liao
This paper is a response to the latest Bangladesh/Myanmar case decided by the ITLOS on 14 March 2012, which is the first case concerning delimitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nm. The paper aims to discuss the status and role of natural prolongation in delimiting this area. Natural prolong...
Robin Churchill
Abstract This is the sixth of a series of annual surveys reviewing dispute settlement in the law of the sea both under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and outside the framework of the Convention. The main developments during 2009 were the judgment of the International Court of Justice in the...
Kristina M. Gjerde
Abstract In the past thirty years since the signing of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), the ocean has changed more than in all of human history before. It is now facing a multitude of interconnected threats that require comprehensive, precautionary and integrated management. This revi...
Jona Razzaque
The rationale of undertaking this research is to examine the growth and expansion of public interest environmental litigation (PIEL) in India and to analyse the changes that are influencing the development of PIEL in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The necessity of this research lies in the rapid degradati...
Clive Schofield, Anastasia Telesetsky, Seok‐Woo Lee
The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea's March 2012 Judgment in the Bay of Bengal Case is a landmark decision in multiple ways. It represents the first maritime boundary to be delimitated by the Tribunal. It is the first adjudication of a maritime boundary in Asia, and it is also the first...
Nicola Piper
To date, among the forty-one States Parties that have ratified the ICRMW, three are situated in those parts of the Asian region under discussion here (South, South-East and East Asia): East Timor (in 2004), the Philippines (in 1995) and Sri Lanka (in 1996); with Bangladesh (in 1998), Cambodia and In...