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Summary of the Discussions at the Symposium

Summary of the Discussions at the Symposium Governance Principles for Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) The discussions first of all centered on the type of instrument to deal with governance principles for ABNJ. One participant agreed with Richard Barnes’s commentary that this all came down to effectiveness. If we want to ensure the successful implementation of governance principles, there is a need to set, at a very early stage of the process, some sort of standard against which to assess what we think effectiveness would consist of. This should later enable establishing whether “we have gotten there”. That is, have we achieved what we set out to do when we adopted specific governance principles? Another participant agreed with the Report’s observations on the choice of a specific form of instrument. It certainly would be worthwhile, considering that these governance principles are already largely incorporated in international law. For this participant, the issue was to go for an instrument that would actually have an institutional infrastructure that will effectively ensure monitoring, control, surveillance, compliance and implementation. It was further observed that the Report pointed out that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) might be the body that could exercise this monitoring and oversight function. An instrument http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

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Brill
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-3522
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1571-8085
DOI
10.1163/157180812X631089
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Abstract

Governance Principles for Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) The discussions first of all centered on the type of instrument to deal with governance principles for ABNJ. One participant agreed with Richard Barnes’s commentary that this all came down to effectiveness. If we want to ensure the successful implementation of governance principles, there is a need to set, at a very early stage of the process, some sort of standard against which to assess what we think effectiveness would consist of. This should later enable establishing whether “we have gotten there”. That is, have we achieved what we set out to do when we adopted specific governance principles? Another participant agreed with the Report’s observations on the choice of a specific form of instrument. It certainly would be worthwhile, considering that these governance principles are already largely incorporated in international law. For this participant, the issue was to go for an instrument that would actually have an institutional infrastructure that will effectively ensure monitoring, control, surveillance, compliance and implementation. It was further observed that the Report pointed out that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) might be the body that could exercise this monitoring and oversight function. An instrument

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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal LawBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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