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Introductory Remarks by Patrícia Galvão Teles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2021

Patrícia Galvão Teles*
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of International Law at the Autonomous University of Lisbon. Member of the International Law Commission and Co-chair of the Study Group on sea-level rise in relation to international law. Member of the International Law Association Committee on international law and sea-level rise.

Extract

Sea-level rise is accelerating globally. Small island states are particularly affected by sea-level rise, as are other coastal states. In light of this situation, important legal questions arise in relation to the law of the sea.

Type
Addressing the Law of the Sea Challenges of Sea-Level Rise
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The American Society of International Law.

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Footnotes

This panel was convened at 1:00 p.m., Friday, June 26, 2020, by its moderator Patrícia Galvão Teles of the Autonomous University of Lisbon, who introduced the panelists: Rüdiger Wolfrum of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law; Alfred Soons of Utrecht University; and Nilüfer Oral of the Centre for International Law, NUS Singapore.