The Road to Europe

The 33rd International Geological Congress will be held in Oslo, Norway on 6-14 August 2008. One of the session will be the UNCLOS Symposium which deals with legal and technical issues concerning extended continental shelf. Clive and I are coauthoring a joint paper to be presented in the session.

The journey to Europe is planned to include a visit to The Max Planck Institute, in Germany and NILOS, in the Netherlands. Arrangement is currently being made with parties in both institution.

Schengen visa has been secured from the Danish Consulate General in Sydney. Travel grant is provided by the AusAID, Faculty of Law - UoW, RSC - UoW and ANCORS - UoW.

Here is the abstract for the presentation:

Smooth sailing or choppy waters ahead?
Indonesia’s Voyage Towards a Submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

I Made Andi Arsana and Clive Schofield


Abstract

Indonesia is currently engaged in preparing its submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in respect of its claims to sovereign rights over continental shelf areas beyond 200 nautical miles from its archipelagic baselines, the deadline for which is 13 May 2009. The paper outlines the development of Indonesia’s ECS claim and details the current status of the submission preparations. In particular the paper explores the institutional, financial, political, legal and technical challenges faced by Indonesia in this context and assesses the strategies adopted by the Indonesian team charged with preparation of the submission to the CLCS to overcome them.

Keywords: extended continental shelf, LOSC, Article 76, CLSC, submission, formulae, constraint, Indonesia maritime boundaries