African Regional Conference on the Environment
28 Nov - 30 Nov 2018
Session information
Session 2 Governance challenges in the African maritime domain
Thursday 29 November (1100 - 1215)
Committee(s)
African Regional Forum
(Lead)
Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
(Lead)
Environment, Health and Safety Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Almost five years have passed since the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted the 2050 Africa’s Integrated Maritime Strategy, which forms part of Agenda 2063 and is given partial effect by the Lome Charter on Maritime Security and Safety and Development in Africa. Since then, ocean governance issues have been the object of increasing attention across the continent at a time when the oceans are seen globally as the last frontier for economic, scientific and strategic purposes. Those developments place a heavier responsibility on African states to ensure that the aims of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea do indeed contribute to the realisation of a just and equitable international economic order. At the same time, they render more acute the need to protect and preserve the marine environment not only at the normative level but also at the compliance and enforcement levels. This session discusses several environment-related legal aspects of the governance of the African maritime domain.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Olivia Rumble | University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Patrick Vrancken | Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |
Speakers
| Osatohanmwen (Osato) O Anastasia Eruaga | Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Abuja, Nigeria |
| Emma Witbooi | PescaDOLUS International Fisheries Crime Research Network, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Hennie van As | Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa |