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Audiovisual Library of International LawSeline Trevisanut - Droit international et DurabilitéSeline Trevisanut - Droit international et Durabilité2025-07-1145 minAudiovisual Library of International LawSeline Trevisanut - International Law and SustainabilityInternational Law and Sustainability2025-07-0834 min
LCIL International Law Centre PodcastLCIL Friday Lecture: 'Unconventional Lawmaking in the Offshore Energy Sector: Flexibilities and Weaknesses of the International Legal Framework' - Prof Seline Trevisanut, Utrecht UniversityOffshore exploitation of oil and gas started in the 1930s and thousands of installations are distributed around the world. Offshore installations threaten the environment, not only when it comes to oil spills, which are most visible but admittedly rare, but also in relation to their contribution to marine debris, pollution by dumping and greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, the construction, operation and decommissioning of offshore installations, in the energy sector and beyond, is one of the maritime economic activities that has not yet been comprehensively regulated at the global level. The relevant international legal framework consists of a plethora of instruments...2021-05-1048 min
Public International Law Part IIIThe Recognition of a Right to be Rescued at SeaProfessor Seline Trevisanut, Utrecht University, gives a talk for the Public International Law discussion group series. On 27 January 2021, the UN Human Rights Committee ascertained the responsibility of Italy for failing to protect the right to life of more than 200 migrants who were on board a vessel that sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 2013. The HR Committee adopted a clear functional approach to jurisdiction based on the ‘special relationship of dependency’ between the individuals on a vessel in distress and the SAR state(s). This decision was also met with criticism by some members of the HR Committee who clearly dissented with...2021-02-2645 min
Public International Law Discussion Group (Part II)Regime Interaction in Ocean GovernanceOceans are increasingly under pressure; be it for the multiplication and diversification of economic activities performed at sea, for the consequences of climate change, or for the deterioration of their environmental health. Several international bodies and a plethora of international instruments regulate, influence and shape what is happening in the oceans. Moreover, actors at different levels of governance participate in what it is commonly called ocean governance. But what is ocean governance? Which are the different actors and instruments involved? How do they interact in dealing with ocean affairs? Those are some of the questions that the Sustainable Ocean project...2019-02-2236 min