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Remarks By Gunther Handl

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Gunther Handl*
Affiliation:
Tulane University School of Law

Abstract

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Type
International Law and the Liability for Catastrophic Environmental Damage
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 In June 2010, the two countries agreed to extend until 2014 the ban on drilling in the immediate sea boundary area under the 2000 maritime delimitation treaty.

2 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC), Nov. 29, 1969 (entered into force June 19, 1975); International Convention for the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, Dec. 18, 1971 (entered into force Oct. 16, 1978).

3 See Rep. On Informal Consultations Concerning Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage Resulting from Offshore Oil Exploration and Exploitation, Imo Doc. Leg 98/13/1 (Feb. 18, 2011).

4 Guidelines for the Development of National Legislation on Environmental Liability, Response Action and Compensation for Damage Caused by Activities Dangerous to the Environment Unep Doc. SS.XI/5, Annex, 26 February 2010.

5 Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992, arts. 14, 2 (May 16, 2003).

6 Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, arts. 3(1), 4, opened for signature Sept. 29, 1997.

7 See Pelzer, Norbert, Focus on the Future of Nuclear Liability Law, in OECD/NEA, Reform of Civil Nuclear Liability 421, 445 (2000)Google Scholar.

8 For details, see Handl, Günther, International Accountability for Transboundary Environmental Harm Revisited: What Role for State Liability?, 37 Envtl. Pol’y & L. 116 (2007)Google Scholar.

9 Seabed Disputes Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Responsibilities and Obligations of States Sponsoring Persons and Entities with Respect to Activities in the Area, Advisory Opinion, Feb. 1, 2011, available at http://www.itlos.org/fileadmin/itlos/documents/cases/case_no_17/adv_op_010211.pdf [hereinafter Itlos Advisory Opinion].

10 Id., para. 204.

11 Id., para. 209.

12 Int’l Law Comm’n, Draft Principles on the Allocation of Loss in the Case of Transboundary Harm Arising Out of Hazardous Activities, General Commentary, para. 10, UN Doc. A/CN.4/L.693/Add. 1 (June 9, 2006).

13 ITLOS Advisory Opinion, supra note 9, para. 211.

14 See Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591 (1997).