FAO publishes 'Legal report on the ecosystem approach to fisheries in Bangladesh'

🌊🎣🐟🐠🦈🐋🐳🇧🇩 '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.

The Interaction between Judicial Settlement of Delimitation and Delineation Procedure by the CLCS: Lessons from the Bay of Bengal

 

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.

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 at American International University-Bangladesh, will moderate the session.

The webinar will take place on 24 October 2022 at 7:00 pm Bangladesh Time, 6:30 pm Indian Standard Time and 10:00 pm Japan Standard Time.

The session will be delivered via Zoom. Please fill in the following Google Form, and we will send the webinar link to your email shortly. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please get in touch with us via email at bcolp2022@gmail.com. Thank you, and we look forward to e-meeting you at the webinar.

Registration link: https://lnkd.in/g8dXXeqX

Protecting the Marine Environment from Offshore Exploration Activities in the Bay of Bengal: A Case Study of Bangladesh

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."

We are pleased to announce that Mr Mobarak Hossain, Lecturer, Dhaka International University, has kindly agreed to be the speaker for the second session. Mr Hossain has extensive experience in ocean governance and the law of the sea. He completed his LLB (Hon's) and LLM from Rajshahi University in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Later, he completed a second LLM in international law at South Asian University, New Delhi, and a third LLM in the law of the sea at Ankara University, Turkiye. Mr Hossain adopts the sustainable development approach to legal research and applies the same in analysing challenges for blue governance in the Bay of Bengal. He regularly writes in the top English-language newspapers of Bangladesh, including the Daily Star and the Daily Observer. His research interests include sustainable ocean governance, the law of the sea, the blue economy, environmental aspects of offshore energy exploitation activities and international investment law. Mr Hossain is an Executive Member of BCOLP.

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

BCOLP Webinar - Beyond Boundaries: Collaborative Ocean Governance in the Bay of Bengal

 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

Marine Fisheries Act 2020 of Bangladesh: A Missed Opportunity for Sustainability and Collaborative Governance

 

This article critically examines the Marine Fisheries Act 2020 of Bangladesh. The Act replaced the Marine Fisheries Ordinance 1983 with a view to upgrading the regulation of fisheries resources in Bangladesh’s marine waters. However, a substantial portion of the Act replicates the 1983 Ordinance. Critically, the Act does not incorporate the internationally recognised principles and measures of fisheries management, despite Bangladesh’s international obligations. Moreover, the new law is silent about capacity development of relevant government agencies and community engagement. Overall, it was a missed opportunity for Bangladesh to include sustainability and collaborative governance principles in its marine fisheries sector.

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Bangladesh Centre for Ocean Law and Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan forum for education, research and training on ocean law and policy, focusing on Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. BCOLP aims to generate debates and discussions on Bangladesh's position in the global and regional ocean governance and raise public awareness about maritime security, marine environmental protection, natural resource management, blue economy and other relevant aspects of ocean governance. The Centre also fosters original research on national, regional and global ocean law and policy. BCOLP envisions a rule-based international order where natural resources are sustainably managed and equitably distributed.

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