The Yearbook of Polar Law
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Gudmundur Alfredsson
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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 Yearbook of Polar Law is also available online.
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 Yearbook of Polar Law is also available online.
Editors-in-Chief:
Gudmundur Alfredsson (Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland)
Timo Koivurova (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland)
Akiho Shibata (Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University, Japan)
Editorial Board:
Kees Bastmeijer (Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Dorothee Cambou (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Malgosia Fitzmaurice (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom)
Indi Hodgson-Johnston (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia)
Kamrul Hossain (Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland)
Marie Jacobsson (University of Lund, Sweden)
Arngrimur Johannsson (Polar Law Institute, Iceland)
Rachael Lorna Johnstone (University of Akureyri, Iceland, and University of Greenland)
David Leary (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Jeffery McGee (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies/School of Law, University of Tasmania, Australia)
Antje Neumann (University of Akureyri, Iceland)
Embla Eir Oddsdóttir (Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network)
David VanderZwaag (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Laila Susanna Vars (Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
Lotta Viikari (Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Finland)
Book Review Editor
Federica Scarpa (University of Lapland, Finland)
Gudmundur Alfredsson (Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland)
Timo Koivurova (Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland)
Akiho Shibata (Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University, Japan)
Editorial Board:
Kees Bastmeijer (Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Dorothee Cambou (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Malgosia Fitzmaurice (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom)
Indi Hodgson-Johnston (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia)
Kamrul Hossain (Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland)
Marie Jacobsson (University of Lund, Sweden)
Arngrimur Johannsson (Polar Law Institute, Iceland)
Rachael Lorna Johnstone (University of Akureyri, Iceland, and University of Greenland)
David Leary (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
Jeffery McGee (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies/School of Law, University of Tasmania, Australia)
Antje Neumann (University of Akureyri, Iceland)
Embla Eir Oddsdóttir (Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network)
David VanderZwaag (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Laila Susanna Vars (Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
Lotta Viikari (Faculty of Law, University of Lapland, Finland)
Book Review Editor
Federica Scarpa (University of Lapland, Finland)