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Contents
The Contribution of Benedetto Conforti to the International Law
of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Giuseppe Cataldi
The ‘General Rule of Interpretation’ in the International
Jurisprudence Relating to the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Roberto Virzo
Part I The International Court of Justice and the Interpretation
of UNCLOS
La coutume, la CNUDM et la Cour internationale de Justice . . . . . . . . . . 41
Guillaume Le Floch
L’interprétation de l’article 121 de la Convention des Nations Unies
sur le droit de la mer par la Cour internationale de Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Valérie Boré Eveno
Part II The International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea and the
Interpretation of UNCLOS
Governance of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea:
The Role of the Meeting of States Parties to the Law of the Sea
Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Niels M. Blokker
The Contribution of the ITLOS to Strengthening the Regime
for the Protection of the Marine Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Alexander Proelss
The Requirement of Urgency in the Jurisprudence of ITLOS
Concerning Provisional Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Yoshifumi Tanaka