TY - JOUR
AU - Plakokefalos, Ilias
AB - GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS 215 (1) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (A) Seabed Dispute Settlement Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) On 1 February 2011, the Seabed Dispute Chamber of ITLOS delivered its advisory opinion on Responsibilities and Obligations of States Sponsoring Persons and Entities with Respect to Activities in the Area. Besides making a number of interesting observations regarding the status of the area and the obligations of sponsoring states, it also made two points relevant to liability. First, the Chamber affirmed the finding of the International Court of Justice regarding the nature of the obligation to prevent environmental harm and that it is one of due diligence (paras 111–15). It went on to explain that the content of the obligation is informed, among other factors, by the specific prevention obligations found in UNCLOS and the Regulations of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) (para 123). The second point of interest is the finding of the Chamber regarding the status of international liability. The question that it sought to answer concerned the status of the law in the case where the sponsor- ing state has fulfilled its due diligence prevention 
TI - 4. International / Civil Liability and Compensation
JF - Yearbook of International Environmental Law
DO - 10.1093/yiel/yvt042
DA - 2013-11-30
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/4-international-civil-liability-and-compensation-HzKwEk5LU9
SP - 215
EP - 217
VL - 23
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -