The marine environment is severely threatened by human activities. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 established the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea （1TLOS） to adjudicate disp...The marine environment is severely threatened by human activities. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 established the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea （1TLOS） to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention. Marine environment is an essential part of the Convention. This paper aims at discussing the role of the 1TLOS in protecting the world＇s oceans through analyzing environmental aspects of the 1TLOS＂ jurisprudence. The second chapter discusses environmental concerns in the mandate of the ITLOS. Chapter three explores environmental concerns in the adjudication of lTLOS through reviewing the 25 cases submitted to the ITLOS in the past 20 years. Chapter four discusses the contributions and challenges of the 1TLOS in marine environmental protection through assessing its environmental jurisprudence from practical and theoretical perspectives. It then comes to a conclusion that the ITLOS has adopted a proactive stance towards the protection of marine environment, and that a big progress has been made in protecting marine environment by the ITLOS.展开更多
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文摘The marine environment is severely threatened by human activities. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982 established the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea （1TLOS） to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention. Marine environment is an essential part of the Convention. This paper aims at discussing the role of the 1TLOS in protecting the world＇s oceans through analyzing environmental aspects of the 1TLOS＂ jurisprudence. The second chapter discusses environmental concerns in the mandate of the ITLOS. Chapter three explores environmental concerns in the adjudication of lTLOS through reviewing the 25 cases submitted to the ITLOS in the past 20 years. Chapter four discusses the contributions and challenges of the 1TLOS in marine environmental protection through assessing its environmental jurisprudence from practical and theoretical perspectives. It then comes to a conclusion that the ITLOS has adopted a proactive stance towards the protection of marine environment, and that a big progress has been made in protecting marine environment by the ITLOS.
