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PROGRAMA INTEGRAL DA CONFERÊNCIA INTERNACIONAL ‘30 ANOS DA ASSINATURA

DA CONVENÇÃO DAS NAÇÕES UNIDAS SOBRE O DIREITO DO MAR: PROTECÇÃO DO AMBIENTE

E O FUTURO DO DIREITO DO MAR’

Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, 15-17 de Novembro de 2012Página web: http://www.direito.up.pt/LawoftheSeaConference/index.html

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SESSÃO DE ABERTURA

Vice-Reitor da Universidade do Porto, Professor Doutor Jorge Gonçalves

Vice-Director da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, Professor Doutor Luís Miguel Pestana de Vasconcelos

Presidente do Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Professor Doutor João Coimbra

Responsável pela Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental, Eng. Miguel Sequeira

Representante da Câmara Municipal do Porto, Professor Doutor Joaquim Poças Martins

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SESSÃO I: RETRATO ACTUAL DA PROTECÇÃO DO AMBIENTE MARINHO: ambiente versus pesca, navegação, exploração e aprovei-tamento de recursos minerais

Moderador: Giuseppe CATALDIProfessor de Direito Internacional (Facoltà di Scienze Politiche) e Pro-Rettore

Vicario dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Itália; Presidente da Asso-ciation International du Droit de la Mer

Pesca (direito internacional e direito da UE):

Fisheries and their impact on the marine environment: UNCLOS and beyond

Robin CHURCHILLProfessor de Direito Internacional — University of Dundee, Reino Unido

Fisheries and their impact on the marine environment: EU lawDaniel OWENAdvogado — Fenners Chambers, Reino Unido; especialista em Direito do Mar

Navegação:

Commercial navigation and the protection of the marine environment: From conflict of interests to reconciliation through UNCLOS and IMO instruments

Agustín BLANCO-BAZÁNAdvogado internacional; Ex Senior Deputy Director of Legal Affairs — Organi-

zação Marítima Internacional

Freedom of navigation and responsibility for damage to the marine environment

José JUSTE-RUIZProfessor de Direito Internacional — Universidad de Valencia, Espanha

Exploração e aproveitamento de recursos minerais:

The exploration of mineral resources in the Area

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Pedro MADUREIRAMembro da Comissão Jurídica e Técnica da Autoridade Internacional dos Fundos

Marinhos

A preparar o terreno para a partilha do ‘Eldorado’: algumas reflexões sobre o regime jurídico-internacional da exploração de recursos minerais marinhos

Fernando Loureiro BASTOSProfessor da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Doutorado

na área de Direito do Mar; Fellow, Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria

Perspectiva geral e resolução de diferendos:The settlement of disputes concerning the protection of the marine

environment and the exploitation of marine resourcesTullio TREVESProfessor de Direito Internacional — Università degli Studi di Milano, Itália; juiz

do Tribunal Internacional do Direito do Mar (1996-2011)

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SESSÃO COMEMORATIVA DO DIA NACIONAL DO MAR

Vice-Reitor da Universidade do Porto, Professor Doutor Jorge Gonçalves

Representante da Câmara Municipal do Porto, Professor Doutor Joaquim Poças Martins

Secretário Geral do Fórum Empresarial para a Economia do Mar, Eng. Fernando Ribeiro e Castro

Director Executivo do Cluster do Conhecimento e da Economia do Mar: Oceano XXI — Associação para o Conhecimento e Economia do Mar, Dr. Rui Azevedo

Vice-Presidente da CCDR-N (Comissão de Coordenação e Desen-volvimento Regional do Norte), Eng. Carlos Neves

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Fundação AEP (Associação Empresarial de Portugal), Professor Doutor Luís Valente de Oliveira

Secretário de Estado do Mar, Professor Doutor Manuel Pinto de Abreu

SESSÃO II: NOVOS RUMOS DO DIREITO DO MAR: áreas marinhas protegidas, recursos genéticos, plataforma continental (‘estendida’ e Ártico)

Moderador: Manuel de Almeida RIBEIROProfessor do Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade

Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal; Presidente da Sociedade Portuguesa de Direito Internacional

Gaps in UNCLOS:Myron NORDQUISTProfessor da Virginia University Law School, Estados Unidos da América; Direc-

tor Associado do Center for Oceans Law & Policy

AMPs (ASJN e AAJN):

Marine protected areas: the case of the extended continental shelfMarta Chantal RIBEIROProfessora da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Doutorada

na área do Direito do Mar; Coordenadora do Marine Environmental Law Research Group (CIIMAR)

Marine protected areas in waters beyond national jurisdictionTullio SCOVAZZIProfessor de Direito Internacional — Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca,

Itália

Recursos genéticos:

Marine biotechnology perspectives: scientific and legal challengesLaura GIULIANOScience and Policy Advisor at the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)

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Evolving perspectives: marine genetic resources in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction

Lyle GLOWKALegal Advisor, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat

Extensão da plataforma continental:Desafios e incertezas dos projectos de extensão da plataforma continen-

tal: o caso portuguêsPaulo Neves COELHOAnterior Coordenador Jurídico da Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plata-

forma Continental (EMEPC), Portugal

Ártico:The Area in the Arctic: To be or not to be?Erik FRANCKXProfessor da Faculty of Law and Criminology — Vrije Universiteit Brussel,

Bélgica; Presidente do Department of International and European Law; Director do Centre for International Law; Membro do Permanent Court of Arbitration

Perspectiva geral e resolução de diferendos:Rüdiger WOLFRUMAntigo Presidente e membro actual do Tribunal Internacional do Direito do Mar;

Director do Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Alemanha

SESSÃO III: DESAFIOS DA INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA MARINHA

Moderador: Phil WEAVERNational Oceanography Centre, Southampton, Reino Unido

The impact of technological developments on the international legal regime of marine scientific research

Alfred SOONSProfessor de Direito Internacional — Universidade de Utrecht, Holanda; Direc-

tor do Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS)

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Por mares nunca de antes navegados: gestão do risco e investigação científica no meio marinho

Carla Amado GOMESProfessora da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; Douto-

rada na área de Direito do Ambiente

Conservation and sustainable use of coastal ecosystems and their servicesIsabel Sousa PINTOProfessora do Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade

do Porto, Portugal; Directora do Laboratório de Biodiversidade Costeira e Membro da Direcção do Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)

Deep sea research and conservation biologyRicardo Serrão SANTOSPró-Reitor para a Integração dos Assuntos do Mar — Universidade dos Açores,

Portugal

A Estratégia Nacional para o MarJoão Fonseca RIBEIROComandante; Director da Direcção-Geral de Política do Mar, Portugal

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SESSÃO IV: MODELOS DE ‘GOVERNAÇÃO’

Moderador: José Manuel PUREZAProfessor da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

UNCLOS and climate changeAlan BOYLEProfessor de Direito Internacional — University of Edinburgh, Reino Unido;

Barrister

Can we protect high seas ecosystems under current international law? Lessons from the Sargasso Sea Project

David FREESTONEProfessor da George Washington University Law School, Estados Unidos da

América; Director Executivo da Sargasso Sea Alliance; Editor do The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

Programa integral da conferência internacional ‘30 anos da assinatura… 561

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Regional co-operation in enclosed and semi-enclosed seas for protection of the marine environment: an assessment

Nilufer ORALIstanbul Bilgi University — Faculty of Law, Turquia; Deputy Director of Istanbul

Bilgi University Center for Marine Law and Policy Research

Enhancing integrated governance beyond national jurisdictionKristina GJERDESenior High Seas Advisor — Global Marine and Polar Programme — IUCN:

International Union for Conservation of Nature

SESSÃO DE ENCERRAMENTO

Conclusões: Wladimir Brito, Professor da Escola de Direito da Uni-versidade do Minho, Portugal

Director da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, Profes-sor Doutor Cândido da Agra

Reitor da Universidade do Porto, Professor Doutor José Marques dos Santos

Ministra da Agricultura, Mar, Ambiente e Ordenamento do Ter-ritório, Professora Doutora Assunção Cristas

Informação complementar:Grupo de trabalho das Conclusões: Wladimir Brito eMaria Ana Martins, Francisco Noronha e Vasco Becker-Weinberg

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FULL PROGRAMME OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ’30 YEARS AFTER THE SIGNATURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE

SEA: THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE FUTURE OF THE LAW OF THE SEA’

Faculty of Law, University of Porto, 15-17 November 2012Website: http://www.direito.up.pt/LawoftheSeaConference/index_en.html

Day 15/11/2012

OPENING SESSION

Vice-Rector of the University of Porto, Professor Jorge Gonçalves

Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, Profes-sor Luís Miguel Pestana de Vasconcelos

President of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environ-mental Research, Professor João Coimbra

Acting Head of the Task Group for the Extension of the Continen-tal Shelf, Eng. Miguel Sequeira

Representative of the Porto City Council, Professor Joaquim Poças Martins

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SESSION I: CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: marine environment v. fisheries, navigation, exploration and exploitation of mineral resources

Chair: Giuseppe CATALDIProfessor of International Law and Pro-Rettore Vicario dell’Università degli Studi

di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Italy; President of the Association International du Droit de la Mer (AIDM) — International Association for the Law of the Sea

Fisheries (international law and EU law):

Fisheries and their impact on the marine environment: UNCLOS and beyond

Robin CHURCHILLProfessor of International Law — University of Dundee, United Kingdom

Fisheries and their impact on the marine environment: EU lawDaniel OWENBarrister — Fenners Chambers, United Kingdom; expert in Law of the Sea

Navigation:

Commercial navigation and the protection of the marine environment: From conflict of interests to reconciliation through UNCLOS and IMO instruments

Agustín BLANCO-BAZÁNInternational lawyer; Ex Senior Deputy Director of Legal Affairs — International

Maritime Organization

Freedom of navigation and responsibility for damage to the marine environment

José JUSTE-RUIZProfessor of International Law — Universidad de Valencia, Spain

Exploration and exploitation of mineral resources:

The exploration of mineral resources in the AreaPedro MADUREIRAMember of the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed

Authority

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Setting the field for future ‘mineral rushes’: some reflections on the international regime for the exploration and exploitation of marine miner-als

Fernando Loureiro BASTOSProfessor of the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; PhD

on Law of the Sea; Fellow, Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, University of Pretoria

Global perspective and settlement of disputes:The settlement of disputes concerning the protection of the marine

environment and the exploitation of marine resourcesTullio TREVESProfessor of International Law — Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy; judge

of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1996-2011)

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SPECIAL SESSION: NATIONAL DAY OF THE SEA

Vice-Rector of the University of Porto, Professor Jorge Gonçalves

Representative of the Porto City Council, Professor Joaquim Poças Martins

Secretary General of the Fórum Empresarial para a Economia do Mar (FEEM: Entrepreneurs Forum on Sea Economics), Eng. Fernando Ribeiro e Castro

Executive Director of the Cluster do Conhecimento e da Economia do Mar: Oceano XXI — Associação para o Conhecimento e Economia do Mar (Sea Knowledge and Economy Cluster: Oceano XXI — Association for the Knowledge and Economy of the Sea), Dr. Rui Azevedo

Vice-President of the CCDR-N (Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte — North Regional Coordination and Development Commission), Eng. Carlos Neves

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Foundation AEP (Associação Empresarial de Portugal — Portuguese Entrepreneurial Association), Professor Luís Valente de Oliveira

Portuguese Secretary of State for the Sea, Professor Manuel Pinto de Abreu

SESSION II: PROSPECTS OF EVOLUTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA: MPAs, genetic resources, continental shelf (outer CS and Arctic)

Chair: Manuel de Almeida RIBEIROProfessor of the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade

Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal; President of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Direito Interna-cional — Portuguese Society of International Law

Gaps in UNCLOS:Myron NORDQUISTProfessor of the Virginia University Law School, United States of America; Asso-

ciate Director of the Center for Oceans Law & Policy

MPAs (AUNJ and ABNJ):

Marine protected areas: the case of the extended continental shelfMarta Chantal RIBEIROProfessor of the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, Portugal; PhD

on Law of the Sea; Coordinator of the Marine Environmental Law Research Group (CIIMAR)

Marine protected areas in waters beyond national jurisdictionTullio SCOVAZZIProfessor of International Law — Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca,

Italy

Genetic resources:

Marine biotechnology perspectives: scientific and legal challengesLaura GIULIANOScience and Policy Advisor at the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)

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Evolving perspectives: marine genetic resources in areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction

Lyle GLOWKALegal Advisor, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat

‘Extension’ of the continental shelf:Challenges and uncertainties of the continental shelf extension projects:

the Portuguese casePaulo Neves COELHOFormer Legal Coordinator of the Task Group for the Extension of the Continental

Shelf (EMEPC), Portugal

Arctic:The Area in the Arctic: To be or not to be?Erik FRANCKXProfessor of the Faculty of Law and Criminology — Vrije Universiteit Brussel,

Belgium; President of the Department of International and European Law; Director of the Centre for International Law; Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Global perspective and settlement of disputes:Rüdiger WOLFRUMFormer President and current member of the International Tribunal for the Law

of the Sea; Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and Inter-national Law, Germany

SESSION III: CHALLENGES OF MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Chair: Phil WEAVERNational Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom

The impact of technological developments on the international legal regime of marine scientific research

Alfred SOONSProfessor of International Law — University of Utrecht, Netherlands; Director

of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS)

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Through seas where sail was never spread before: risk management and scientific research on marine environment

Carla Amado GOMES

Professor of the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; PhD on Environmental Law

Conservation and sustainable use of coastal ecosystems and their servicesIsabel Sousa PINTO

Professor at the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences of the Univer-sity of Porto, Portugal; Head of the Laboratory of Coastal Biodiversity and Member of the Board of Directors of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR)

Deep sea research and conservation biologyRicardo Serrão SANTOS

Provost for the Integration of Sea Affairs — Universidade dos Açores, Portugal

National Ocean StrategyJoão Fonseca RIBEIRO

Commandant; Director of the Directorate-General for the Sea Policy, Portugal

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SESSION IV: MODELS OF ‘GOVERNANCE’

Chair: José Manuel PUREZA

Professor of the Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

UNCLOS and climate changeAlan BOYLE

Professor of Public International Law — University of Edinburgh, United King-dom; Barrister

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Can we protect high seas ecosystems under current international law? Lessons from the Sargasso Sea Project

David FREESTONEProfessor of the George Washington University Law School, United States of

America; Executive Director of the Sargasso Sea Alliance; Editor-in-Chief of The Inter-national Journal of Marine and Coastal Law

Regional co-operation in enclosed and semi-enclosed seas for protection of the marine environment: an assessment

Nilufer ORALIstanbul Bilgi University — Faculty of Law, Turkey; Deputy Director of Istanbul

Bilgi University Center for Marine Law and Policy Research

Enhancing integrated governance beyond national jurisdictionKristina GJERDESenior High Seas Advisor — Global Marine and Polar Programme — IUCN:

International Union for Conservation of Nature

CLOSING SESSION

Conclusions: Wladimir Brito, Professor of the Law School of Uni-versity of Minho, Portugal

Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, Professor Cândido da Agra

Rector of the University of Porto, Professor José Marques dos Santos

Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning of Portugal, Professor Assunção Cristas

Complementary information:Working group for the Conclusions: Wladimir Brito andMaria Ana Martins, Francisco Noronha and Vasco Becker-Weinberg