Protest at Sea: the Arctic Sunrise Case and the clarification of Coastal States Rights

Grace Ladeira Garbaccio; Paula de Castro Silveira

doi:10.5007/2177-7055.2019v40n81p32

Autores/as

Grace Ladeira Garbaccio Instituto IDP
Paula de Castro Silveira Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa (ISCAL) e da Universidade Europeia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2019v40n81p32

Resumen

Protests at sea are more and more a tool used by non-governmental organizations to put pressure on the coastal States to give up exploration and exploitation of oil in the Arctic. However, regardless of their good intentions or the brightness of the banners flying, those protests could configure a severe threat to coastal States sights, as well as a real danger to the environment. Having that in mind, it is of extreme importance to understand how coastal States could lawfully act in the face of a protest of this kind. One of the most critically important cases concerning these types of events occurred in 2013 when Greenpeace activists engaged in a protest at the Russian Oil Installations, the Prirazlomnaya, located on Russia´s continental shelf in the Pechora Sea, within Russia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This case resulted in relevant jurisprudence. In this article we will analyze the case and its importance to clarify the extent of Coastal State´s jurisdiction regarding a protest at sea that could interfere with exploration and exploitation activities.

Biografía del autor/a

Grace Ladeira Garbaccio, Instituto IDP

Professora do Programa Stricto Sensu do Mestrado em Direito do Instituto IDP. Professora convidada pela Universidade Laval, Québec.Professora do curso de direito do CESMAC. Doutora e mestre em Direito pela Universidade de Limoges/ França – reconhecido pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Professora do curso de pós-graduação lato sensu da FIA, ESPM e FMU.

Paula de Castro Silveira, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa (ISCAL) e da Universidade Europeia.

Doutora pela Universidade de Lisboa, L.L.M (IMO-IMLI), L.L.M pela Universidade de Lisboa. Professora no Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa ISCAL – e da Universidade Europeia. Pesquisadora na THD da Universidade de Lisboa - Centro de Investigação da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; CEDIS, Centro de I&D sobre Direito e Sociedade, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, e CEDMAR-USP, Centro de Estudos em Direito do Mar “Vicente Marota Rangel” da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo.

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