Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy (BCOLP)
Today, 10 December 2022, marks the 40th Anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This groundbreaking treaty was adopted at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 10 December 1982. Due to its importance and impact, the instrument has become known as the constitution for the ocean. BCOLP strongly supports the rule of law in the sea and the peaceful settlement of maritime disputes, two key objectives of the treaty.
On #WorldFisheriesDay 2022, we call for ensuring human and labour rights for all fishers around the globe.
We mourn! Professor M. Habibur Rahman, an eminent ocean law and policy expert from Bangladesh, died Tuesday, 15 November 2022, at 76. Professor Rahman, MSc, LLB (Dhaka), LLM (Rajshahi), LLM (Wales), PhD (Bangalore), held positions of Chairperson, Department of Law, and Dean, Faculty of Law, at Rajshahi University. In addition, he did his postdoctoral research at Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany. Professor Rahman has to his credit many publications on numerous aspects of ocean governance and the law of the sea. Among his most significant scholarly contributions are two books - 'Legal Regime of Marine Environment in the Bay of Bengal' (2007) and 'International Law of the Sea' (2016), published by Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi, India. We at the Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy - BCOLP pray for the eternal peace of the departed soul of this great scholar.
đđŖđđ đĻđđŗđ§đŠ 'Legal report on the ecosystem approach to fisheries in Bangladesh' has recently been published by FAO. This critical report provides a preliminary assessment of Bangladesh's fisheries regulatory framework considering the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), highlighting the strengths and gaps in the relevant national laws and policies. BCOLP's founder and director, Dr Abdullah Al Arif, has contributed to this report as a co-author.
Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy - BCOLP strongly believes in a rule-based international order and recognizes the central role of the United Nations in establishing such an order. Therefore, being mindful of one of the UN Charter's fundamental principles, the peaceful settlement of disputes, BCOLP invites you to a specially curated third episode of its inaugural webinar series on the occasion of UN Day, 24 October 2022. "The Interaction between Judicial Settlement of Delimitation and Delineation Procedure by the CLCS: Lessons from the Bay of Bengal" - is the session's title.
We are delighted that Dr Makoto Seta, Associate Professor at Yokohama City University, Japan, has kindly agreed to be the speaker for the third episode. Dr Seta has a wealth of experience in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He completed his LLM from the London School of Economics in the UK and PhD from Waseda University in Japan. Dr Seta researched and published extensively on the law of sea and ocean governance.Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy - BCOLP cordially invites you to the second episode of its inaugural webinar series. The second session's title is "Protecting the Marine Environment from Offshore Exploration Activities in the Bay of Bengal: A Case Study of Bangladesh."
Dr Abdullah Al Arif, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Yokohama City University (Japan) and BCOLP's Founder and Director, will give a brief introductory speech. Mr Quazi Omar Foysal, Lecturer, American International University-Bangladesh, will moderate the session.
The webinar will take place on 26 September 2022 at 9:00 pm Dhaka Time, 8:30 pm Indian Standard Time and 5:00 pm Central European Summer Time. The session will be delivered via Zoom. Please fill in the following Google Form, and we will send the session's Zoom link to your email shortly. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact us via our email: bcolp2022@gmail.com. Thank you, and we look forward to e-meeting you at the webinar.
Registration link: https://lnkd.in/gG2Eyfue
Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy - BCOLP is pleased to invite you to the very first episode of its Inaugural Webinar Series. The first session’s title is “Beyond Boundaries: Collaborative Ocean Governance in the Bay of Bengal”.
We are delighted to share that Ms Arpita Goswami Sachdeva, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Luxembourg, and PhD candidate, University of Luxembourg, has kindly agreed to be the speaker for the first episode. Ms Sachdeva has extensive experience in the law of the sea and maritime boundary delimitation. She has previously worked in the Indian Society of International Law (as a member of the research team of the Bangladesh/India Arbitration Case 2014), South China Sea Institute (as a Graduate Research Assistant), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (as an intern) and the International Law Commission (as a Legal Assistant). She attended Dr RML National Law University (India), Xiamen University (China), and Graduate Institute, Geneva (Switzerland). Ms Sachdeva’s research interests also include procedures of international courts and tribunals, state immunity, sovereign debt, and the law and politics of state building. She speaks Hindi, English, French and Chinese.
Dr Abdullah Al Arif, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Yokohama City University (Japan) and BCOLP’s Founding Director, will give a brief introductory speech. Mr Quazi Omar Foysal, LLM Candidate, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and Lecturer (on Study Leave), American International University-Bangladesh, will moderate the session.
The webinar will take place on 30 July 2022 at 22:00 Hours Dhaka Time, 21:30 (21:30 Hours Indian Standard Time and 18:00 Hours Central European Summar Time).
The session will be delivered via Zoom. Please fill in the following Google Form to receive the meeting link for the session.
Registration link: https://lnkd.in/gK8_iaxy
Mentor for the Ocean (MO) is a social impact mentoring and consultancy initiative to support the work of the Bangladesh Centre for Ocean La...
