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This article examines the State practice of thirty-one small island developing States (SIDS) in implementing the consent regime for marine scientific research (MSR) under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) from 2005 to 2020. By analysing domestic legislation and questionnaire responses from government officials, research vessel operators, and research institutes, the s
This article examines the practice of the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) regarding the consent regime for marine scientific research (MSR), identifying trends in the interpretation and application of international law, and implementation gaps. The state practice analyzed is derived from domestic laws, regulations, and policy instruments, and from responses to questionnaires by sta
Ocean science is central in providing evidence for the implementation of the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention. The Convention’s provisions on transfer of marine technology to developing countries aim at strengthening scientific capabilities to promote equitable opportunities for these countries to exercise rights and obligations in managing the marine environment. Decades after the adoptio
Fitness for purpose of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) in the twenty-first century has been at the core of legal and political discussions. Such an inquiry is pertinent for small island developing States (SIDS), which have experienced first-hand the consequences of anthropogenic disturbances on the ocean. This study examines whether the provisions governing marine s
The completion of negotiations on capacity building and the transfer of marine technology (CBTMT) was a critical milestone that paved the way for the adoption of a historic new UN ocean treaty that was twenty years in the making. The CBTMT part is crucial to enable the effective and equitable implementation of this treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in the two-thirds o
Recent policy shifts terminating programs and funding related to diversity, equity, and inclusion challenge the “leave no one behind” pledge at the core of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science. We urge the Ocean Decade to build capacity and resilience to safeguard its inclusivity commitments at forthcoming UN ocean events.
Marine multifunctionality, understood as the intentional combination of uses in the same marine space, is increasingly promoted in European policy, yet implementation remains uneven. This study asks which combinations of governance instruments have enabled the operationalisation of marine multifunctionality in Europe, and under what conditions. Using systematic review principles, we synthesise pee
When the United Kingdom and Mauritius signed a historic treaty in May 2025 transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, the headlines proclaimed a long-overdue moment of decolonisation. After decades of legal contestation, international pressure, and a landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice, a colonial wrong had finally been righted. Or so the story went.A close
This thesis examines how Sustainable Development has operated in the environmental jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of India as a distributional mechanism – one that allocates environmental costs and developmental benefits along the existing lines of social and economic inequality. Drawing on a distributive analysis of about one hundred cases decided between 1996 and 2024 across five theatres of
Rapporten beskriver genomförandet av EPPO-förordningen i Sverige samt belyser vissa särskilda problem med tolkningen och tillämpningen av systemet med EPPO.
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is widely used for polymer identification in microplastics research. However, raw spectra are often affected by noise, baseline drift, and other acquisition-related artifacts that are not chemically meaningful. Since preprocessing steps can strongly influence multivariate analysis and machine learning (ML) classification, we developed Xpectrass, an op
This paper offers an ideology critique of the European Court of Human Rights’ jurisprudence on housing. It argues that the court does not only operate within but actively sustains a capitalist understanding of housing. The paper thus exposes the role of European human rights law in configuring the relation of politics to the economy in the housing sphere. This is crucial given the fundamental role
