Programme

08.00 – 09.00: Registration

09.00 – 09.15: Opening Statement - Bill Justinussen, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Faroese legislative chamber, Føroya løgting

09.15 – 09.30: Welcome – Bjørn Kunoy, Professor of International Law, University of the Faroe Islands /  Judge Tomas Heidar, Vice-President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; Director, Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland 

09.30 - 11.00: Panel I - Governance and Institutional Challenges of RFMOs

Moderator: Fernanda Millicay, Argentina Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1. The Rules and Practice of Participation – Dr. Valentin J. Schatz, Research Associate, University of Hamburg
2. Overlapping Geographical Mandates of RFMOs – Dr. Erik J. Molenaar, Deputy Director, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea, Utrecht University
3. Challenges in RFMO compliance review mechanisms - Adriana Fabra, Ocean Law Expert and Policy Advisor

11.00 - 11.30: Coffee and Refreshments Break

11.30 – 13.00: Panel II - Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in RFMOs

Moderator: Dr. Meagan Wong, Lecturer, School of Law, University of Essex

1. Relations between UNCLOS and Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in RFMOs – Samuel Wordsworth QC, Essex Court Chambers
2. Emerging Dispute Settlement Principles in RFMOs – Professor James Harrison, University of Edinburgh
3. Objection Procedure in SPRFMO – Osvaldo Urrutia, Legal adviser, Government of Chile, and Centro de Derecho del Mar, PUCV (Chile)
   

13.00 - 14.00: Lunch

14.00 - 15.30: Panel III - Combating IUU Fishing

Moderator: Ximena Hinrichs Oyarce, Registrar, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

1. IUU Fishing and the Port State Measures Agreement: State of Affairs and Developments - Blaise Kuemlangan Chief of Development Law Service of FAO
2. IUU Fishing Vessel Listing Cooperation among RFMOs – Eva van der Marel, University of Oxford and Mercedes Rosello, senior lecturer, Leeds Beckett University
3. IUU Fishing in East Asia – Young Kil Park, Korea Maritime Institute
4. Indonesian Enforcement Measures against IUU Fishing Vessels – Dita Liliansa, Research Associate, National University of Singapore

15.30 - 16.00: Coffee and Refreshments Break

16.00 - 17.30: Panel IV - The Emergence of New IUU Fishing Instruments, Mechanisms and Actors

Moderator: Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Professor of International Law, Queen Mary University of London

1. WTO Subsidies Negotiations to Eliminate IUU Fishing – Clarisse Morgan, Director, Rules Division, World Trade Organization
2. Impact on Fisheries Crime Law Enforcement – Eve de Coning, Specialist director with the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
3. Closing the Gap: Addressing Transhipment as Part of an Integrated Scheme of Monitoring Measures - Meggan Engelke-Ros - Deputy Chief, NOAA Office of General Counsel Enforcement Section

19.00 – 21.00: Reception at Mullers Pakkhús from 19 – 21, keynote address delivered by President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Albert J. Hoffmann

09.30 - 11.00: Panel V - Jurisdictional Aspects in regard to Fisheries Disputes

Moderator: Judge Tomas Heidar, Vice-President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; Director, Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland

1. Limitations of Article 297(3)(a) in respect to EEZ Fisheries Related Disputes – Ben Juratowitch, QC, Essex Court Chambers
2. Jurisdiction of UNCLOS Part XV Courts or Tribunals and the Settlement of Disputes Concerning Straddling Fish Stocks – Professor Dr. Yoshifumi Tanaka, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
3. Compulsory Conciliation Proceedings in regard to Disputes on Conservation and Management of Fish Stocks – Professor Alina Miron, University of Angers

11.00 - 11.30: Coffee and Refreshments Break

11.30 - 13.00: Panel VI - Substantive Aspects in regard to Disputes on the Conservation and Management of Transboundary and Straddling Fish Stocks

Moderator: Judge Ida Caracciolo, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

1. Ambit of Obligations in Article 63(1) of UNCLOS – Dr Constantinos Yiallourides, Arthur Watts Research Fellow in Law of the Sea, British Institute of International & Comparative Law (BIICL); Lecturer in International Law, Macquarie University, Sydney
2. Scientific Data as Allocation Key – Dr Jan Arge Jacobsen, Director, Pelagic Fisheries Department, Faroe Marine Research Institute
3. Compatibility Requirement and Scope of Rights of High Seas Fishing Nations – Sean Murphy, Member, International Law Commission; Professor, George Washington University

13.00 – 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 15.30: Panel VII - Trade Related Measures with respect to Fisheries Resources 

Moderator: Judge Maurice K. Kamga, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

1. The Role of Public International Law in WTO Trade Disputes concerning Living Marine Resources – Valerie Hughes, Senior Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP
2. Regulatory Space for Measures affecting Trade in Marine Resources – Iain Sandford, Partner, Sidley Austin
3. The Implementation of the MMPA Program targeting the Protection of Marine Mammals – Kathleen Claussen, Associate Professor, University of Miami

15.30 – 16.00: Coffee and Refreshments Break

16.00 – 17.30: Panel VIII - Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction and Fisheries

Moderator: Professor Tore Henriksen, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), Faculty of Law, UiT the Arctic University of Norway

1. The Effects of the BBNJ Agreement on the International Legal Framework for Fisheries – Stefán Ásmundsson, Director-General, Department of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industries and Innovation, Iceland
2. The Interface between the BBNJ Agreement and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations' Mandates in establishing and managing Area-Based Management Tools – Daniela Diz, Associate Professor, Heriot-Watt University
3. The Impact of the BBNJ Agreement on the Operation of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations – Professor Kentaro Nishimoto, Tohoku University

17.45 – 18.00: Concluding Observations

Dr Bjørn Kunoy, Professor of International Law, University of the Faroe Islands

09.00 – 18.00: Excursion

Option 1: Hiking on a mountain track from the village Tjørnuvík to the village Saksun (medium level).

Option 2: Guided bus tour to the village Kunoy.