The Yearbook of Polar Law covers a wide variety of law and policy
topics relating to the Arctic and the Antarctic, and even the Third
Pole. Many of the articles draw on presentations made at the annual
Symposiums on Polar Law. The Editors-in-Chief are Gudmundur
Alfredsson of the Stefansson Arctic Institute in Akureyri and the
China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, Julia
Jabour of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania, Timo Koivurova of the Arctic Centre,
University of Lapland, and Akiho Shibata of the Polar Cooperation
Research Centre, Kobe University. Articles published in the
Yearbook are peer reviewed, unless otherwise noted. The Yearbook
will also carry book reviews and occasional news stories. The
topics covered in the Yearbook include: - human rights issues, such
as autonomy, self-government and self-determination, the rights of
indigenous peoples to land and natural resources, cultural rights
and cultural heritage, and indigenous traditional knowledge -
local, national and corporate governance issues - environmental
law, climate change, security and human rights implications of
climate change, protected areas and species, and biodiversity -
regulatory and management agreements and arrangements for marine
environments, marine mammals, fisheries conservation and other
biological/mineral/oil resources - jurisdictional and other issues
re the exploration, exploitation and shipping of oil, gas and
minerals - law of the sea, the retreating sea ice, and continental
shelf claims - trade law, potential shipping lines through the
northwest and northeast passages, maritime law and transportation
law - territorial claims and border disputes on both land and at
sea - peace and security, and dispute settlement - the roles and
actual involvement of international organizations in the polar
regions, such as the Arctic Council, the Nordic Council, the
International Whaling Commission, the European Union, the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United Nations, and - the
activities of NGOs, think tanks and academic institutions The
papers in this volume are principally based on presentations at the
Polar Law Symposium, held online with logistical support by the
Kobe University Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC), in
November 2020.
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