INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGULATION OF THE WORLD OCEAN PROTECTION FROM POLLUTION

Oleg Stets,Vladyslav Yamkovyi

doi:10.23856/2111

Abstract

The article is concerned with the scientific study of international cooperation aimed at preventing marine pollution and protecting it from contamination with legal support. The paper gives an analysis of international legal acts regulating the main directions of cooperation in the protection and preservation of the marine environment.

Highlights

The waters of the oceans are a holistic system that directly affects the planet's climate, the flora and fauna and the processes of human life. In his turn man actively impacts on the ecological state of the marine environment, and the technological revolution has led to a number of adverse effects in the ecosystem of the world ocean
In 2000, the Legal Committee of the IMO adopted amendments to the limits of liability in the Protocol of 1992 to change the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, which entered into force on November 1, 2003 and the Protocol of 1992 to the Convention Fund of 1971
According to the Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage caused by shipping hazardous and harmful substances of 1996, when compensation paid by the owner of the vessel is insufficient or they are generally exempt from responsibility, the international hazardous and noxious substances Fund pays the compensation to the aggrieved taking into account the compensation paid by the ship owner for the loss

Summary

Introduction

The waters of the oceans are a holistic system that directly affects the planet's climate, the flora and fauna and the processes of human life. In 2000, the Legal Committee of the IMO adopted amendments to the limits of liability in the Protocol of 1992 to change the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, which entered into force on November 1, 2003 and the Protocol of 1992 to the Convention Fund of 1971.

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