Other Foreign Affairs and National Security 2026.10.07
The 15th Ocean Dialogue hosted by Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam
Speaker at the 15th Ocean Dialogue in Vietnam (September 18, 2026)
Atsuko Kanehara, Research Director, attended The 15th Ocean Dialogue, themed “From Agreement to Action: Implementing BBNJ for Equitable and Effective Ocean Governance” on 18 September 2026 in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, hosted by the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She made presentation and submitted her Discussion Paper for Session 2, titled “Operationalizing International Cooperation under the BBNJ Framework.”
She examined the trigger of the obligation to conduct an environmental impact assessment, as the substantial basis for international and institutional cooperation for effective realization of the BBNJ Agreement.
＊The BBNJ Agreement, the High Sea Treaty
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
【Her related works:】
- Atsuko Kanehara, “Challenges of the BBNJ Agreement: from the Perspective of Japan’s Ratification,”
https://cigs.canon/en/article/20260206_9681.html - Atsuko Kanehara, “Significance of the BBNJ Agreement from the Perspective of the Historical Development of the Law of the Sea,”
https://cigs.canon/article/20240510_8073.html - Atsuko Kanehara, “What Does a New International Legally Binding Instrument on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction ‘under the UNCLOS’ Mean?,” Sophia Law Review, Vol. 59, No. 4, (2016), pp. 53-73.
- Atsuko Kanehara, “Applicability of Precautionary Principle Reconsidered,” https://cigs.canon/en/article/20240807_8266.html