🌊 @mpfpr along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia & @ASEAN, co-hosts the second workshop on #HumanRights at Sea for officials of ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Secretariat & Timor-Leste in #KualaLumpur.

W/support from @AuswaertigesAmt

More➡️ https://www.mpfpr.de/2025/03/03/second-human-rights-at-sea-workshop-held-with-nominated-officials-from-southeast-asia/

#LawOfTheSea #InternationalMaritimeLaw #UNConvention #UNCLOS #MaritimeBoundaries #MaritimeLawPrinciples #MaritimeJurisdiction #SeaLawRegulations #MPFPR #RuleofLaw #HumanRights

Second Human Rights at Sea workshop held with nominated officials from Southeast Asia – Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law

Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean

Countries threatened by rising sea levels are asking a tribunal to decide on responsibility for pollution of the marine environment

The Guardian
Nations reach accord to protect #MarineLife on #HighSeas: too little too late. or the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to #protect #biodiversity in the high seas - representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where #conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws. #UNConvention on #LawoftheSea came into force in 1994, before marine biodiversity was well-established concept. #ClimateDisaster #ClimateChange #Environment
The World Made a #BiodiversityPact, But We Aren’t Part of It https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/12/cop15-2022-un-biodiversity-convention-united-states/ Only two countries in the world have not joined the #UNConvention on Biological Diversity: the Vatican and the US. Few have missed the Holy See, but the US not joining the CBD 30 years ago has been described as the major holdout #environment
The world made a biodiversity pact, but we aren't part of it

Senate's reluctance to ratify puts the US in a weird position.

Mother Jones