Abstract

On February 11, 2011, upon request of International Seabed Authority, the Seabed Dispute Chamber of International Tribunal for Law of Sea(henceforth Chamber) rendered its advisory opinion on responsibilities and obligations of States sponsoring persons and entities with respect to activities in Area. The advisory opinion covered three questions: What are legal responsibilities and obligations of sponsoring states with respect to sponsorship of activities in Area? What is extent of liability of a State Party for any failure to comply with LOS Convention and relevant instruments? What are necessary and appropriate measures that a sponsoring State must take in order to fulfil its responsibilities? In particular, Chamber delivered its opinion on different responsibilities and obligations of developed and developing sponsoring states. This paper reviews above three questions through analyzing advisory opinion and makes some recommendations for fulfillment of responsibilities and obligations of Korea as a sponsoring states.

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