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DAVID FREESTONE
Lobingier Visiting Professor of Comparative Law and Jurisprudence
George Washington University Law School
2000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
(202) 994-8763 (tel)
(202) 994-5614 (fax)
[email protected]
Employment:
LOBINGIER VISITING PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LAW AND
JURISPRUDENCE,
The George Washington University Law School, Washington DC (since January 2009)
Previously Adjunct Professorial Lecturer since 2006.
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Teaching Courses in International Climate Change Law; International Environmental
Law, Environmental Law Research Seminar (International Marine Environmental Law).
Advising LLM and SJD candidates
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL, ADVISORY SERVICES/SENIOR ADVISER,
Office of the General Counsel, The World Bank, 2004-2009
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Senior Manger in Legal Vice Presidency, manager of 4 Chief Counsel and some 50
lawyers and support staff
Responsible for global technical legal support programs – environmental, international
law, justice reform, business law and transactions and legal knowledge management
CHIEF COUNSEL,
The World Bank, 1996-2004.
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Manager, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development and International Law
Practice Group
Providing advice on environmental, natural resources and international law to all Bank
Operations Networks
Legal Adviser to Vice President for ESSD, Carbon Finance Group and Carbon Funds,
Global Environment Facility team, Consultative Group on Agricultural Research,
Montreal Protocol Team, Rainforest Trust Fund.
Represented the World Bank at international environmental conferences and
negotiations, including climate change, biodiversity conservation, fisheries.
PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Personal Chair in International Law, University of Hull, UK, 1991- 2003
Previously Lecturer (1974-1984) Senior Lecturer (1984-1991)
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Taught International Law, Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, Marine
Environmental Law, EC law, EC Environmental Law
Director of Postgraduate Programmes
Law School Research Director
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ADVISER, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Under contract to the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 1986-1989, 1990
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Represented GOAB at international negotiations, UNEP Caribbean Environment
Programme
Sometime Vice President, Group of Experts CEP; Vice President, Interim Scientific &
Technical Committee,
Developed negotiating briefs for maritime boundaries with neighbours
Advised on fisheries, wildlife and Environmental law issues
Reviewed and rationalised GOAB treaty participation practice
Qualifications:
UNIVERSITY OF HULL, Doctor of Laws, LL.D (1999);
KING’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Master of Laws, LL.M. (1970);
UNIVERSITY OF HULL, Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (1969).
Honours:
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Ingram Lecturer and Fellow in International Law and Development, University of New
South Wales Law School, Sydney, Australia, 2009 (to deliver the Ingram Lecture);
Brodies Lecturer on Environmental Law. University of Edinburgh, Law School, 2008;
Elected Member, International Council on Environmental Law, Bonn, 2008-10;
Elizabeth Haub Gold Medal for Environmental Law, International Council on
Environmental Law, Bonn and Stockholm University, 2007;
Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecturer, University of Hull, 2001;
University of Hull, LL.D. (for contributions to the field of International Law) 1999.
Other Positions and previous posts:
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Member, List of the Experts in Environmental Law, designated by the Secretary General
of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, 2006-2012;
Visiting Professor, UN University Institute of Advanced Studies, Tokyo 2006-;
Visiting Professor, UNITAR Fellowship Programme on International and Comparative
Environmental Law, Budapest, 2006 ;
Honorary Professor, University of Hull, 2002 -;
Door Tenant: Barristers Chambers: 3 Verulam Building, Gray’s Inn, London, 1997- ;
Visiting Professor, Law School, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand,
1994.
Academic Editorial Positions:
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Founding Editor in Chief: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Nijhoff;
General Editor: Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development (Monograph Series) Nijhoff;
Editorial Committee: British Yearbook of International Law, Oxford ;
Editorial Advisory Committee: Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford;
Editorial Committee: Journal of European Public Law, Kluwer;
Editorial Committee: Environmental Law Review, Vathek Publishing;
Advisory Board, McGill Int’l Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy;
Editorial Advisory Board, Carbon and Climate Change Law Journal;
Editorial Board, Climate Law.
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Academic Advisory Positions:
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Advisory Council British Institute for International and Comparative Law, London;
Advisory Board, Institute of European Public Law, University of Hull;
Member, IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, International Union for the
Conservation of Nature/World Conservation Union (IUCN), Bonn;
International Advisory Board, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law,
McGill University, Canada.
International Expert/Advisory Positions:
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Memeber, UNEP Group of Experts on the Montevideo III Programme on Environmental
Law, Washington DC January 2000 and April 2000. (UNEP/IELWS/3/2);
Member of Second Experts Group developing Principles for the Marine Stewardship
Council, London, Airley House Virginia, December 1997;
Member, Group of Experts on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity (Jakarta
Mandate), convened by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity,
Jakarta, April 1997;
Member, UNEP Group of Experts on the Principles of International Law aiming at
Sustainable Development, Washington 1996, (UNEP/IELWS/3/2);
Member of Experts Group developing Principles for the Marine Stewardship Council,
Bageshot Hall, London, September 1996;
International Law Association Committee on Coastal State Jurisdiction over Marine
Pollution, British Member, 1992-6; Alternate 1996 – 2002;
Chairman/Convenor in collaboration with Legal Office of IMO of the three International
Meetings of Legal Experts on Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas- University of Hull, July
1992; Nykoping, Sweden, June 3-4, 1993; Texel, The Netherlands, June 1-4, 1994;
Delegate to IPCC Working Group III CZM subgroup on Responses to Sea Level Rise;
Member of International Group of Experts convened by French Minister of Environment
on the follow up to The Hague Declaration, Bievres, Paris, 1991.
Membership of Professional Associations:
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American Society of International Law;
British Institute of International and Comparative Law;
International Law Association;
Society of Legal Scholars (Associate Member) UK
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PUBLICATIONS
Books
LEGAL ASPECTS OF CARBON TRADING: KYOTO, COPENHAGEN AND BEYOND.
(Oxford University Press, in press: publication October 2009) (ed., with Charlotte Streck).
THE LAW OF THE SEA: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS (Oxford University Press,
2006), (ed., with Richard Barnes and David Ong).
LEGAL ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: MAKING KYOTO
WORK (Oxford University Press, 2005) (ed., with Charlotte Streck).
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: DEEP-SEA FISHERIES AND THE CONSERVATION OF
MARINE BIODIVERSITY BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION). (Martinus Nijhoff,
2004) (IJMCL Special Issue, ed., with Kristina Gjerde).
LÉGIFÉRER POUR UNE GESTION DURABLE DES PÊCHERIES: GUIDE DE
L’ACCORD DE CONFORMITÉDE LA FAO DE 1993 ET DE L”ACCORD DE L’ONU
DE 1995 SUR LES STOCKS CHEVAUCHANTS. (World Bank,2004, 161 pp. (Collection
Droit, Justice et Développement). avec William Edeson et Elly Gudmundsdottir).
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: A COLLECTION OF THE
JOSEPHINE ONOH MEMORIAL LECTURES) (Kluwer Law International, 2002) (ed.,
with Surya Subedi and Scott Davidson).
“COME HELL OR HIGH WATER...” INTERNATIONAL LAW AND SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. (2001 Josephine Onoh Memorial
Lecture, 1 May 2001) (University of Hull Law School, 2001).
LEGISLATING FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES: A GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTING THE
1993 FAO COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT AND THE 1995 FISH STOCKS
AGREEMENT. (World Bank, 2001). (Law, Justice and Development Series). Translated
into French 2004 (above) (with William Edeson and Elly Gudmundsdottir),
INTERNATIONAL
LAW
AND
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT:
PAST
ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES (Oxford University Press, 1999) (ed.
with Alan Boyle)
THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN NATURAL RESOURCES LEGISLATION: SOME
CRITICAL ISSUES FOR FISHERIES LAW. (Food and Agriculture Organization of the
UN, Rome, 1998) (FAO Legislative Study, No. 63).
THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE
CHALLENGE OF IMPLEMENTATION (Kluwer Law International, 1996) (ed. with Ellen
Hey).
THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION: UNFINISHED AGENDAS AND FUTURE
CHALLENGES (Kluwer Law International, 1995) (IJMCL Special Issue, ed. with Gerard
Mangone).
PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE SEA AREAS: AN IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCEPT AT A TURNING POINT (Martinus Nijhoff 1994) (IJMCL Special Issue, ed.,
with Kristina Gjerde).
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THE ROAD FROM RIO: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AFTER THE
EARTH SUMMIT. (Inaugural Lecture at the University of Hull, 14 October 1992)
(University of Hull Press, 1993).
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (Martinus Nijhoff, 1991)
(ed., with R.R. Churchill
THE NORTH SEA: BASIC LEGAL DOCUMENTS ON REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CO-OPERATION, Martinus Nijhoff, 1991) (ed., with T. IJlstra).
CHILDREN AND THE LAW: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR H.K. BEVAN
(ed., University of Hull Press, 1990).
THE NORTH SEA: PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OPERATION, (Martinus Nijhoff, 1990) (ed., with T. IJlstra,
THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Croom
Helm, 1988; 2nd, 1991) (with J. Scott Davidson)
THE HUMBER ESTUARY (University of Hull Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies,
1988) (with NV Jones, J North, JS Pethick, D Symes, RC Ward).
Journal Articles and Chapters in Books
“The Marine Environment” in The Reality of Precaution: Comparing Risk Regulation in the
US and Europe. (J.B. Wiener, M.D. Rogers, J.K. Hammitt & P.H. Sand, eds.) (RFF Press,
Washington DC, forthcoming 2010).
“The World Bank and Climate Change” in REGULATING CLIMATE CHANGE:
IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL REGIME, (Alan Boyle and Navraj Singh
Ghaleigh, eds.,) (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2010).
“The Post-Kyoto Regime: Options and Prospects” in REGULATING CLIMATE CHANGE:
IMPLEMENTING THE INTERNATIONAL REGIME, (Alan Boyle and Navraj Singh
Ghaleigh, eds.,) (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2010). (with Alan Boyle).
“Problems of High Seas Governance” in LAW, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE FOR
OCEANS IN GLOBALIZATION (Davor Vidas, ed.) (Martinus Nijhoff, forthcoming, 2010).
“International Fisheries Commissions and Organizations” in MAX PLANCK
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (Rüdiger Wolfrum, ed.) Oxford
University Press, forthcoming, 2010).
“The World Bank and Sustainable Development” in RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Malgosia Fitzmaurice and David Ong, eds.)
Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2009).
“Modern Principles of High Seas Governance: The Legal Underpinnings” 39/1
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND LAW (2009) 44-49.
“High Seas Fisheries” in MAX PLANCK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUBLIC
INTERNATIONAL LAW (Rüdiger Wolfrum, ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2008).
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“Ocean Iron Fertilization and International Law” (THEME SECTION ON:
“IMPLICATIONS OF LARGE SCALE IRON FERTILIZATION OF THE OCEANS”) 364
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, (2008) 227-233 (with Rosemary Rayfuse).
“Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: Legal Strategies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas
Emissions” in DIREITO AMBIENTAL COMPARADO (Arlindo Daibert, ed.) Editora
Forum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008, 207-226. (with Charlotte Streck)
“A Decade of the Law of the Sea Convention: Is it a Success?” 39 GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW, (Issue 3: Special Issue
on the Symposium in Remembrance of Professor Louis Sohn), 101-143. (2007)
“The Establishment, Role and Evolution of the Global Environment Facility: Operationalising
Common but Differentiated Responsibility?” in LIBER AMICORUM FOR THOMAS A.
MENSAH: LAW OF THE SEA, PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES. (Ndlaye and Wolfrum, eds.) (Martinus Nijhoff, 2007)
1077-1107.
“Capacity Building and the Law of the Sea Convention: A View from the World Bank” in
LAW, SCIENCE AND OCEAN MANAGEMENT: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 30TH
VIRGINIA LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE. (Nordquist, Norton Moore, et al., eds.)
(Martinus Nijhoff, 2007).
“Ocean and Freshwater Resources” Chapter 15 in OXFORD HANDBOOK OF
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunee and Ellen
Hey, eds.) (Oxford University Press, 2007) 337-361 (with Salman M.A. Salman).
“The Law of the Sea: Progress and Prospects” Editors’ Introduction to THE LAW OF THE
SEA: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS (David Freestone, Richard Barnes and David Ong,
eds.) (Oxford, 2006) 1-27 (with Richard Barnes and David Ong).
“The Role of the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility in the Implementation of
the Regime of the Law of the Sea Convention” in THE LAW OF THE SEA: PROGRESS
AND PROSPECTS (David Freestone, Richard Barnes and David Ong, eds.) (Oxford, 2006)
308-326.
"Flexibility and Innovation in the Law of the Sea: Will the LOS Convention amendment
procedures ever be used?" in STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE LAW OF THE SEA:
THE ROLE OF THE LOS CONVENTION (Alex G. Oude Elferink, ed.) (Martinus Nijhoff,
2005) 163-216. (with Alex G. Oude Elferink).
"The EU and Climate Change" in REFLECTIONS ON 30 YEARS OF EU
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; A HIGH LEVEL OF PROTECTION? (Richard Macrory, ed.)
(Europa, 2005) 87-108 (with Charlotte Streck).
“Introduction: The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and
the Kyoto Mechanisms” in LEGAL ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE KYOTO
PROTOCOL MECHANISMS: MAKING KYOTO WORK (David Freestone and Charlotte
Streck, eds.) (Oxford, 2005) 3-24.
“Unfinished Business: Deep-Sea Fisheries and the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity
beyond National Jurisdiction” 19 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND
COASTAL LAW 209-223. (2004) (with Kristina Gjerde).
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“The World Bank’s Extractive Industry Review” PROCEEDINGS OF THE 50TH ROCKY
MOUNTAIN MINERAL LAW FOUNDATION ANNUAL INSTITUTE, (2004) (with
Roberto Dañino).
“Implementando a Precauçãio Cautelosamente: A Abordagem Precautória no Acordo das
Nações Unidas sobre a Conservação e Ordenamento de Populações de Peixes Transzonais e
de Populações de Peixes Altamente Migratórios” translated and republished in PRINCÍPIO
DA PRECAUÇÃO, (Marcelo Dias Varella and Ana Flávia Barros-Platiau, eds.) (Rio di
Janeiro, Brazil 2003) 233-274.
“Implementando o Princípio da Pracaução: Desafios e Oportunidades” translated and
republished in PRINCÍPIO DA PRECAUÇÃO (Marcelo Dias Varella and Ana Flávia BarrosPlatiau, eds.) (Rio di Janeiro, Brazil 2003) 205-232 (with Ellen Hey).
“Incorporating Sustainable Development Concerns into the Development and Investment
Process: The World Bank Experience” in EXPLOITATION AND MANAGEMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE CHALLENGE OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, (Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Milena Szuniewicz, eds.)
(Kluwer Law International, 2003) 91-112.
“The Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies of the World Bank and the evolving Role
of the Inspection Panel” in ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS, (Kanami Ishibashi, Alexandre
Kiss and Dinah Shelton, eds.) (Kluwer Law International, 2003) 139-156.
“International Financial Institutions and the Marine Environment: A view from the World
Bank” in THE STOCKHOLM DECLARATION AND LAW OF MARINE
ENVIRONMENT: REPORT OF A JOINT CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE
CENTER FOR OCEANS LAW AND POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL
OF LAW AND THE FACULTY OF LAW, STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY, (Myron H.
Norquist, John Norton Moore and Said Mahmoudi, eds.) (Kluwer Law International, 2003)
119-134.
“The World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund: Mobilising New Resources for Sustainable
Development” in (Sabine Schemmer-Schulte and Ko-Yung Tung, eds.) LIBER AMICORUM
FOR IBRAHIM S.I. SHIHATA, (Kluwer Law International, 2001) 265-341.
“Implementing the Law of the Sea Convention, the FAO Compliance Agreement and the UN
Fish Stocks Agreement: A view from the World Bank” in THE FAO AND THE LAW OF
THE SEA (Myron Nordquist, ed.) (Kluwer Law International, 2000) 167-181.
“Caution or Precaution: ‘A rose by any other name...?’ ” in “Symposium on the Southern
Bluefin Tuna cases” in 12 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW, 25-32 (2000).
“Implementing Precaution Cautiously: The Precautionary Approach in the 1995 Straddling
Stocks Agreement” in DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES LAW (Ellen
Hey, ed.) (Kluwer Law International, 1999) 287-325.
“Introduction” in INTERNATIONAL LAW AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Alan
Boyle and David Freestone, eds.) (Oxford, 1999) 1-21. (with Alan Boyle).
“International Fisheries Law since Rio - the continued rise of the Precautionary Principle” in
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. (Alan Boyle and
David Freestone, eds.) (Oxford, 1999) 135-164.
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“International Environmental Law: Principles relevant to Transboundary Groundwater” in
GROUNDWATER: LEGAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES. PROCEEDINGS OF
WORLD BANK SEMINAR (Salman M.A. Salman, ed.), World Bank Technical Paper No.
456, (World Bank, 1999) 191-204. (Arabic edition, 2003).
“EC Action and Initiatives in Environmental Protection” in BEYOND THE MARKET: THE
EU AND NATIONAL SOCIAL POLICY (David Hine and Hussein Kassim, eds.)
(Routledge, 1998) 178-211. (with Aaron McLoughlin).
“Towards Sustainable Tourism in the Wider Caribbean Region: Beyond Command and
Control” in TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW WITH A HUMAN FACE
(F. Weiss et al., eds.) (Kluwer Law International, 1998) 357-386 (with Neil Gunningham).
“The New International Environmental Law of Fisheries: The 1995 Straddling Stocks
Agreement”, 7 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 3-49
(1997) (with Zen Makuch)
“The Impact of Subsidiarity” in THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (Jane Holder, ed.) (Wiley, 1997) 87-100. (with Han
Somsen).
"The Enforcement of the Wild Birds Directive: a case study” in PROTECTING THE
EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT: ENFORCING EC ENVIRONMENT LAW, (Han Somsen,
ed.) (Blackstone Press, 1997) 229-250.
"International Co-operation against Terrorism and the Development of International Law
Principles of Jurisdiction" in TERRORISM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: ANGLOFRENCH PERSPECTIVES, (Rosalyn Higgins and M. Flory, eds.) (Routledge, 1997) 43-67.
"New Directions in European Environmental Law” in ENVIRONMENTAL OUTLOOK
1995: LAW AND POLICY (B. Boer, R. Fowler and N. Gunningham, eds.) (The Federation
Press, Sydney, Australia, 1996) 29-52.
“Legal Implications of Global Climate Change for Bangladesh” in, THE IMPLICATIONS
OF CLIMATE AND SEA-LEVEL CHANGE FOR BANGLADESH (R.A. Warrick and Q.K.
Ahmad, eds) (Kluwer, 1996) 289-334 (with M. Farooque and S. R. Jahan).
"The Conservation of Marine Ecosystems under International Law" in INTERNATIONAL
LAW AND THE CONSERVATION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY (M. Bowman and C.
Redgwell, eds.) (Kluwer Law International, 1996) 91-107.
"Canada and EU reach Agreement to settle the Estai Dispute" 10 INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW 397-411(1995).
“The Effective Conservation and Management of High Seas Living Resources: Towards a
new Regime ?” 5 CANTERBURY LAW REVIEW (NEW ZEALAND) 341-362 (1995)
"The Road From Rio: International Environmental Law after the Earth Summit" 6 JOURNAL
OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 193-218 (1994).
"EC Environmental Law after Maastricht," 45 NORTHERN IRELAND LEGAL
QUARTERLY 152-176 (1994) (with D. Ryland).
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"The Principle of Co-operation: Terrorism" in THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE
PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR
MICHAEL AKEHURST (A.V. Lowe and C. Warbrick, eds.) (Routledge, 1994) 137-159.
"Sea Level Rise and Maritime Boundaries: international implications of impacts and
responses" in INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES; FRESH PERSPECTIVES, (Gerald
Blake, ed.) (Routledge, 1994) 73-90 (with J.S. Pethick).
"International Marine Environmental Treaties" in THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES, (P. Sand, ed.) (Cambridge Grotius,
1992) 149-254 (with Alan Boyle, K. Kummer and D. Ong).
"The Maastricht Treaty and the Environment" 1 EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
REVIEW 20-22 (1992).
"Some Institutional Implications of the Establishment of Exclusive Economic Zones by the
Member States of the European Community" 22 OCEAN DEVELOPMENT AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW 97-117 (1992) (Special issue on "Europe's Offshore Waters"
edited by Professor Barbara Kwiatkowska.)
"Interesting Times ahead on the EC Agenda" 3 WATER LAW 158. (1992)
“The Precautionary Principle” in INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE, (Robin Churchill and David Freestone, eds.) (Nijhoff, 1991) 21-40.
"International Law and Sea Level Rise" in (INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE, (Robin Churchill and David Freestone, eds.) (Nijhoff, 1991) 109-125.
"European Environmental Law and Policy" 18 JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIETY 135154 (1991). (Environmental Law Special Issue, edited by R.R. Churchill, J. Gibson and L.
Warren).
Also published contemporaneously as LAW, POLICY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Basil
Blackwell, 1991).
"The Leybucht Dikes Case: Some wider implications." 2 WATER LAW 152-156 (1991)
"Protection of Wildlife and Ecosystems in the Wider Caribbean - the new Protocol on Protected Areas and Wildlife, 22 MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 578-581 (1991).
"International Protection of the Earth's Atmosphere (Conclusions of the Bievres Roundtable)” 21 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND LAW 61-63 (1991)
(with P.-M. Dupuy).
"Introduction" to THE NORTH SEA: PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OPERATION, (David Freestone and Ton IJlstra, eds.) (Martinus
Nijhoff, 1990) 1-4. (with Ton IJlstra).
"Conclusions" to THE NORTH SEA: PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CO-OPERATION, (David Freestone and Ton IJlstra, eds.) (Martinus
Nijhoff, 1990) 304-310. (with Ton IJlstra).
"Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Caribbean: the 1990 Kingston Protocol to the
Cartagena Convention" 5 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESTUARINE AND
COASTAL LAW 396- 416 (1990).
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"The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child" in CHILDREN AND THE
LAW: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR H.K. BEVAN (David Freestone, ed.)
(University of Hull Press, 1990) 288-320.
"Maritime Boundary Delimitation in the Eastern Caribbean" in INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARIES AND BOUNDARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION (C. Grundy-Warr, ed.)
(International Boundaries Research Unit, Durham University, 1990) 195-210.
"The 1988 International Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety
of Maritime Navigation" 3 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESTUARINE AND
COASTAL LAW 305-327 (1988).
"Nuclear Weapon Free Zones", in NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW,
(Istvan Pogany, ed.) (Avebury/Gower Press, 1987) 176-216 (with J. Scott Davidson)..
"Treaties, Extradition and Diplomatic Immunity: Some Recent Developments", 35
INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW QUARTERLY, 425-436 (1986). (with
J.S. Davidson, A.V. Lowe and C. Warbrick)
"Community Competence and Part III of the Single European Act" 23 COMMON MARKET
LAW REVIEW 793-801 (1986). (with J. Scott Davidson),
"The Control of Pollution Act, 1974, and Tidal Waters: Problems of the Implementation of
Part II", 1 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL LAW 241268 (1986) (with TP Burton).
"The European Union Treaty: Legal Problems" in EUROPEAN UNION: THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITY IN SEARCH OF A FUTURE, (Juliet Lodge, ed.) (Macmillan, 1986) 125150. (with J. Scott Davidson)
"The EEC Treaty and Common Action on Terrorism", 4 YEARBOOK OF EUROPEAN
LAW 207-230 (1985.
"Some Problems of the Draft Treaty on European Union", 9 EUROPEAN LAW REVIEW
387-400 (1984). (with Juliet Lodge and J. Scott Davidson).
"The Common Fisheries Policy” in INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES (Juliet Lodge, ed.) (Francis Pinter, 1983) 77-84. (with A. Fleisch)
"The
Common
Fisheries
Policy"
in
THE
EUROPEAN
COMMUNITY:
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL EXCURSIONS (Juliet Lodge, ed.) (Francis Pinter, 1983) 107-116.
"The European Court of Justice" in INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES (Juliet Lodge, ed.) (Francis Pinter, 1983) 43-53.
"The European Court of Justice" in THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY:
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL EXCURSIONS (Juliet Lodge, ed.) (Francis Pinter, 1983) 77-87.
"The European Community and Terrorism: Political and Legal Aspects", in TERRORISM IN
EUROPE, (Yonah Alexander and Kenneth A. Myers, eds.) (Croom Helm, 1982) 79-101.
(with J. Lodge)
"Equal pay in the European Court" 45 THE MODERN LAW REVIEW 81-87 (1982)
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"Legal Responses to Terrorism: Towards European Co-operation?" in TERRORISM: A
CHALLENGE TO THE STATE, (Juliet Lodge, ed.) (St Martin's Press, 1981) 195-224.
"The Making of the English Criminal Law: Sir John Jervis and His Acts" [1980] CRIMINAL
LAW REVIEW 5-16 (with J.C. Richardson).
"The Supremacy of Community Law in National Courts" 42 THE MODERN LAW REVIEW
220-223 (1979).
"Unenforceable Community Rights?" 41 THE MODERN LAW REVIEW 346-352 (1978).
Shorter Pieces
“Foreword” to CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS: EMERGING POLICY AND
MARKET OPPORTUNITIES (Charlotte Streck, Robert O’Sullivan, Toby Jason Smith and
Richard Tarasofsky, eds) (Brookings Institution, 2008).
“Environmental Challenges” in Panel: “Can International Law protect the Earth’s Natural
Resources.” AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 101ST ANNUAL
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, 172-175 (2007)
“Editorial: Twenty-Five Years of the Law of the Sea Convention, 1982-2007.” 22
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW 1-4 (2007).
“Introduction: The Challenges of Implementing the Kyoto Mechanisms” in THE KYOTO
PROTOCOL: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CARBON FINANCE, SPECIAL ISSUE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY, July 2007, (with Charlotte Streck),
“Protecting Our Oceans: New Challenges, New Solutions.” Overview of Ocean and Fisheries
Law Special Issue, 7 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAW AND POLICY, (Fall 2006)
pp 2-4.
“Guest Editorial: Human Rights and Development” DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH, (World
Bank Institute, 2006) 3-4 (with Joseph K. Ingram).
“Summary and Outlook” in LEGAL ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING THE KYOTO
PROTOCOL MECHANISMS: MAKING KYOTO WORK (David Freestone and Charlotte
Streck, eds.) (Oxford, 2005) 529-536. (with Charlotte Streck).
“Prólogo” to DERECHO INTERNACIONAL AMBIENTAL (Pierre Foy, Germán Vera,
Fabián Novak and Sandra Namihas) (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Peru, Lima, 2003)
19-25.
“Introductory Note to the Text of the Instrument Establishing the World Bank Prototype
Carbon Fund (PCF) and the First PCF Emissions Reductions Purchase Agreement” 1 THE
WORLD BANK LEGAL REVIEW: LAW AND JUSTICE FOR DEVELOPMENT, (2003)
433-524.
“The Year in Review: The World Bank” in 12 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 2001, (Oxford University Press, 2003) 763-778 (with Charles Di
Leva, Charlotte Streck, Hanneke van Tilburg, Salman Salman, Mohammed Bekhechi).
“The World Bank” in ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GLOBAL CHANGE (Andrew Goudie, ed.)
(Oxford University Press, 2002) 539.
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“The United Nations” in ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GLOBAL CHANGE (Andrew Goudie,
ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2002) 473.
“Environmental Law” in ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GLOBAL CHANGE (Andrew Goudie,
ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2002) 378-386. (with Laurence Boisson de Chazournes).
“The Year in Review: The World Bank” in 11 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 2000 (Oxford University Press, 2001) 755-765. (with
Nightingale Rukuba-Ngaiza, Hanneke van Tilburg, Salman Salman, Mohammed Bekhechi).
“The Year in Review: The World Bank” in 10 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, 790-796 (2000) (with Jean Philippe Brisson, Nightingale
Rukuba-Ngaiza, Hanneke van Tilburg, Alberto Ninio, Elly Gudmundsdottir, Mohammed
Bekhechi).
“The Year in Review: The World Bank” in 9 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 669-676 (1999) (with Charles Di Leva, Laurence Boisson de
Chazournes, Mohammed Bekhechi and Junko Funahashi).
“The Challenge of Implementation: Some Concluding Notes” in INTERNATIONAL LAW
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. (Alan Boyle and David Freestone, eds.) (Oxford,
1999) 359-564.
“Environmental Law: Concepts and Issues” in PARTNERSHIPS FOR GLOBAL
ECOSYSTEMS MANAGEMENT: SCIENCE ECONOMICS AND LAW: PROCEEDINGS
AND REFERENCE READINGS FROM THE FIFTH ANNUAL WORLD BANK
CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT. Ismail Serageldin and Joan Martin Brown (eds.) (The World Bank, 1999)
182-191 (with Laurence Boisson de Chazournes).
“The 1995 Straddling Stocks Agreement in Context” in SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES FOR
THE 21ST CENTURY, (J. SPEIR, ed.) (Tulane Institute for Environmental Law and Policy,
New Orleans, 1998) 107-123.
“Towards an international environmental law of fisheries in the Year of the Oceans:
oxymoron or paradigm shift?” IUCN/World Conservation Union, ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW PROGRAMME NEWSLETTER, May-September 1998, 1-4.
"International Environmental Conventions" in Environmental Policy Section of ILO
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, (Larry Kohler, ed.)
(International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 1998) Chapter 54, 9-13.
“The Year in Review: The World Bank” in 8 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL, 570-576 (1998) (with Charles Di Leva, Laurence Boisson de
Chazournes, Mohammed Bekhechi and Junko Funahashi).
“The Year in Review: The World Bank” in 7 YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, 477-480 (1997) (with Charles Di Leva, Laurence Boisson de
Chazournes, Mohammed Bekhechi and Junko Funahashi).
"A Comment", in PROCEEDINGS OF THE 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE
LAW OF THE SEA INSTITUTE, 11-15 JULY 1994, HONOLULU, HAWAII (The Law of
the Sea Institute, Honolulu, 1996) 5-6.
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"Contributions of Ocean Resources to the East Asian Economy. A Commentary", in SeoungYong Hong; Edward L. Miles and Choon-ho Park (eds), THE ROLE OF THE OCEANS IN
THE 21ST CENTURY, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
THE LAW OF THE SEA INSTITUTE, 13-16TH JULY 1993, SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF
KOREA. (The Law of the Sea Institute, Honolulu, 1995) 554-559.
"Canada and EU reach Agreement to settle the Estai Dispute" (1995) 4 EUROPEAN
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW 270-272 (1995).
"International Legal Issues" in FISHERIES IN THE FUTURE: SUSTAINABILITY OR
EXTINCTION? PROCEEDINGS OF GREENWICH FORUM CONFERENCE (1995)
"Fisheries Issues" in PROCEEDINGS OF GREENWICH FORUM CONFERENCE TO
MARK THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION, (1994)
15-27.
"The Implementation of the 1990 Kingston Protocol to the Cartagena Convention"
COASTAL ZONE '93, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1993 CONFERENCE ON COASTAL
AND OCEAN MANAGEMENT, (New Orleans, 1993) Vol 3, 2254-63.
"UNCED and the Marine Environment: A comment" in THE LAW OF THE SEA: NEW
WORLDS, NEW DISCOVERIES; PROCEEDINGS OF THE 26TH LAW OF THE SEA
INSTITUTE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, GENOA, JUNE 1992. (The Law of the Sea
Institute, Honolulu, 1994) 172-175.
"Exclusive Economic Zones in the North Sea" 26 MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 176178 (1993).
"The North Sea Declaration on the Co-ordinated Extension of Jurisdiction” 8
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW, 172-175 (1993).
"The Maastricht Treaty and the Environment" 1 EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
REVIEW 20-22 (1992).
"Interesting Times ahead on the EC Agenda" 3 WATER LAW, 158 (1992).
"Problems of Coastal Zone Management in Antigua and Barbuda" in COASTLINES OF THE
WORLD: THE CARIBBEAN, (G. Cambers, ed.), COASTAL ZONE '91 SYMPOSIUM,
(Long Beach, California, 1991) 61-69.
"The International North Sea Conferences: A new force in regional environmental co-operation." COASTAL ZONE '91 SYMPOSIUM, (Long Beach, California, 1991) 149-159.
"UK/Argentina Co-operation on Fisheries Conservation" 6 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL LAW 145-150. (1991)
"Integrated Coastal Zone Management: The Problem of Boundaries" in THE STATUS OF
INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT (J.
Clark, ed.) (CAMPNET (Coastal Area Management and Planning Network, Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 1991) 75-77.
"Problems of Coastal Zone Management in Antigua and Barbuda" in (THE STATUS OF
INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT (J.
Clark, ed.) (CAMPNET (Coastal Area Management and Planning Network, Rosenstiel
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 1991) 86-91
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"The Third International Conference for the Protection of the North Sea, The Hague, March
1990" 1 WATER LAW 17-20 (1990).
"Preparing for the Rising Tides" 14 MARINE POLICY 456-7 (1990)
"International Legal Implications of Coastal Adjustments under Sea Level Rise: Active or
Passive Response?" in CHANGING CLIMATE AND THE COAST. VOL. 1: ADAPTIVE
RESPONSES AND THEIR ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL
IMPLICATIONS. REPORT TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
CHANGE (IPCC) FROM THE MIAMI CONFERENCE ON ADAPTIVE OPTIONS TO
SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE CHANGE (James G. Titus ed.),
(UNEP/WMO/NOAA/EPA, 1990) 237-256 (with J.S. Pethick).
"Legal and Institutional Implications (of sea-level rise)" in CHANGING CLIMATE AND
THE COAST. VOL. 1: ADAPTIVE RESPONSES AND THEIR ECONOMIC,
ENVIRONMENTAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS. REPORT TO
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC) FROM THE MIAMI
CONFERENCE ON ADAPTIVE OPTIONS TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE
CHANGE (James G. Titus ed.), (UNEP/WMO/NOAA/EPA, 1990) 28-29. (with Committee:
G. Cano (Argentina), D. Ponce-Nava (Mexico), R. Fischman (USA) and JS Pethick (UK))
"Fisheries Management in the Eastern Caribbean", PROCEEDINGS OF THE COASTAL
ZONE '89 SYMPOSIUM (Charleston, South Carolina, 1989) 2315-2319.
"Maritime Boundaries in the Eastern Caribbean", PROCEEDINGS OF THE COASTAL
ZONE '89 SYMPOSIUM (Charleston, South Carolina, 1989) 3494-3501.
"Coastal Zone Management in Antigua and Barbuda", 3 PROCEEDINGS OF THE
COASTAL ZONE '89 SYMPOSIUM (Charleston, South Carolina, 1989) 1446.
"The Maritime Boundary in the Area between Greenland and Jan Mayen
(Denmark/Norway)", 4 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL
LAW 67-70 (1989).
"The Land Island and Maritime Frontier Case (El Salvador/Honduras)", 3
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESTUARINE AND COASTAL LAW 342-344 (1988).
"The Legal Regulation of the Humber" in THE HUMBER ESTUARY, 49-104 (with T.
Burton)
"Sex Discrimination: How far can European Community Law be used in Industrial
Tribunals?" [1982] LEGAL ACTION GROUP BULLETIN 5-7.
Selected Conference Chairs/Keynotes/Presentations
(All by personal invitation)
“International Governance, Responsibility and Management of the High Seas” World Summit
on Fisheries Sustainability, Vigo, Spain, 15 September 2009.
“Climate Change and Development” Third Annual Ingram Lecture, University of New South
Wales Law Faculty, Sydney, Australia, 13 August 2009.
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“Governance of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Towards a Principled Approach”
Keynote: Session One, ICES Deep-sea Symposium, Horta, Azores, Portugal, 27-30 April
2009.
“A New Climate Change Accord: Legal Character and Commitments” A New Climate
Change Accord: Legal Character and Commitments, Swedish Embassy, Washington D.C.,
23 April 2009.
“Emissions Trading in the US: A New Regime Approaching?” 22nd European Energy Law
Seminar, Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands, 20 April 2009
“Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen: Climate Change and International Law post 2012”
Keynote Address to International Law Association British Branch Spring Conference,
University of Hull, 17-18 April 2009.
“The World Bank and Carbon Trading” Lecture to the Washington Foreign Law Society,
Tillar House, Washington D.C., 14 January 2009
Co-Chair and Presenter, Workshop on Governance of Marine Areas Beyond National
Jurisdiction: Management Issues and Policy Options November 3-5, 2008, Singapore.
“Assessing Kyoto” Panellist at International Workshop on Perspectives of Post-Kyoto
Climate Change, Law School, University of Edinburgh, 31 October 2008.
“The World Bank and Climate Change” Brodies Annual Lecture on Environmental Law.
University of Edinburgh, Law School, 30 October 2008.
“Twenty-five years of the Law of the Sea Convention” Lecture for the public website of
Codification Division of the UN Legal Office, Audiovisual Library of International Law
October 2008.
http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/faculty/Freestone.html
“Principles of High Seas Governance” Plenary Address at IUCN/World Conservation
Congress, Barcelona, Spain, October 7, 2008.
“Governance of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction: Issues and Options. Towards Integrated
Governance? Panel: Marine Biodiversity in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. 4th Global
Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, April 7-11 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam
“International Law, Ocean Iron Fertilization and Carbon Capture” Panel: Can the Oceans
Save the Planet? Annual Meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science,
2008, Boston, February 18, 2008.
“Modern Principles of Ocean Governance” Strategic Planning Workshop on Global Oceans
Issues in Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction in the Context of Climate Change,
Global Oceans Forum, Nice, 23-26 January 2008.
“Principles of Modern Ocean Governance” World Conservation Union Conference on
International Marine Protected Areas, New York, 16-17 October 2007.
“Iron Fertilization and International Law” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Symposium
on Ocean Iron Fertilization, Woods Hole, 26 September 2007,
“Can International Law save the Planet?” Keynote Address: Australian and New Zealand
Society of International Law, Canberra, June 28, 2007.
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“Alternatives for Preventing the Worse: Market Actions vs. State Actions – Costs,
Possibilities, and Benefits.” International Colloquium on Global Warming: Beyond Kyoto –
Imperatives for Survival, Office of the Attorney-Genral, Rio de Janiero, May 21, 2007.
“Collapse: Can International Environmental Law help us save the Planet’s natural
resources?” Panel at The Future of International Law, 101st Conference of the American
Society of International Law, Washington D.C., March 29, 2007.
“Financing for the Global Environment” Panel on Instruments For Combating International
Environmental Problems at The Future Of Environmental Protection, 17th Annual National
Association of Environmental Law Societies Conference, George Washington University Law
School, Washington D.C., March 16 2007
A Decade of the Law of the Sea Convention: Is it a Success?” The Law of the Sea in the
Twenty-First Century: A Symposium in Remembrance of Louis B. Sohn, October 24, 2006
George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C.
“World Bank Assistance in the Rule of Law Field” Showcase Session on Justice and the Rule
of Law, International Bar Association, Chicago, 18 September 2006.
“Strategic Risk Assessment” UNITAR Fellowship Programme on International and
Comparative Environmental Law, Budapest, 18-20 July, 2006.
“Capacity Building: A View from the World Bank” Panel IV: Marine Science Capacity, at
the 30th Virginia Law of the Sea Conference: Law, Science and Ocean Management, Dublin,
12-14 July. 2006.
“Human Rights and the World Bank,” Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC,
February 2, 2006
Panel Chair: “International Progress in Meeting the WSSD Targets and Millennium
Development Goals” Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands: Moving the
Global Agenda Forward, UNESCO, Paris, 23-28 January, 2006
“The Role of the World Bank in the Implementation of the Law of the Sea Convention
Regime” Keynote Address: Society of Legal Scholars and British Institute of International
and Comparative Law Symposium: The Law of the Sea. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
London, 22 March 2005.
“The role of the World Bank in the Carbon Market”, Royal Institute for International Affairs.
London, 23 March 2005
“The Law of the Sea Regime and Fisheries”, Bagamoyo, Tanzania, April 12, 2005.
“The Law of the Sea Regime and Tanzania” Launch of Tanzania Blueprint 2050, World
Bank, Washington, D.C., May 2005.
“Flexibility and Innovation in the Law of the Sea – will the Law of the Sea Convention
Amendment Procedures ever be used?” Third Verzyjl Memorial Symposium: Stability and
Change in the Law of the Sea, University of Utrecht, Netherlands, December 3, 2004 (with
Dr Alex Oude Elferink)
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“Stability and Change: How the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention can be adapted to the
changing needs of the World Community.” Invitation Lecture, Tulane University Law
School, New Orleans, 12 November 2004.
Paper at Human Rights, Equity and Development, University of Oslo, 10-11 October 2004.
“EU and Climate Change” 30 Years of European Community Environmental Law:
Symposium in honour of Ludwig Kramer, University of Bremen, 24 September, 2004 (with
Charlotte Streck)
“The Marine Environment” in The Reality of Precaution: Comparing Risk Regulation in
Europe and the United States. The Fourth Transatlantic Dialogue on Precaution: Risk
Management in a Complex World. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 19-21
September 2004.
“Human Rights and the World Bank Inspection Panel” Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington D.C., October 2004.
“The World Bank’s Extractive Industry Review” 50th Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation Annual Conference, Vail, Colorado, 22 July 2004.
“Beyond Compliance … towards Environmental Dispute Settlement: The Inspection
Functions of the Multilateral Development Banks” Environmental Dispute Prevention and
Settlement, 5th International Symposium of the International Centre for Environmental
Compliance Assessment, Kagawa University, Japan 12-14 December 2003.
“Financing Sustainable Development: the role of the World Bank” Lecture at the Faculty of
Law and Economics of the Luigi Bucconi University, Milan. December 9, 2003.
“Fishery Policy Reforms in Developed and Developing Countries.” Paper at Seminar on Fish
for 2020, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington D.C., October 9, 2003.
“Human Rights in the Operational Policies of the World Bank” Lecture to Academic
Consortium on United Nations System/American Society of International Law
(ACUNS/ASIL) Symposium, Yale University, August 6, 2003.
Panellist in “Stakeholders Round Table” in Symposium on Public Accessibility to
International Financial Institutions: A Review of Existing Mechanisms and Interim
Experiences” American University, Washington College of Law, April 11, 2003.
“Greening the Bank: The Safeguard Policies, the Inspection Panel and Beyond.” Invitation
Lecture at George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C., April 2003.
“Financing the Climate Convention: Operationalising Common but Differentiated
Responsibility.” Invitation Lecture at Washington and Lee University Law School and Law
Center, Lexington, Virginia, 14 February 2003.
“Financing the Climate Convention: Operationalising Common but Differentiated
responsibility” Common but Differentiated Responsibilities in the Protection of the Global
Environment: the Fourth International Symposium. International Centre for Environmental
Compliance Assessment, Kagawa University, Japan 13-15 December 2002.
“The World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund: Lessons from Implementation in Eastern
Europe”. BASREC Conference on the Baltic Testing Ground for the development and
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Implementation of the flexible mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol, St. Petersburg, Russia,
May 26-28, 2002.
“International Financial Institutions and the Marine Environment: a view from the World
Bank” The Stockholm Declaration and Law of Marine Environment, Joint Conference
Sponsored by Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia School of Law and
Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, May 22-25, 2002.
“Legal Aspects of Shrimp Farming” NACA Consultation on Shrimp Farming and the
Environment, The World Bank, Washington D.C., March 27, 2002.
‘Globalisation, Environmental Law and Governance: a view from the World Bank’ Panellist,
Annual Conference of the American Society of International Law, 2002 Washington D.C., 1315 March, 2002
‘The Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies of the World Bank and the evolving Role
of the Inspection Panel.’ Compliance with Environmental Agreements and Free Trade
Regimes: the Third International Symposium. International Centre for Environmental
Compliance Assessment, Kagawa University, Japan 7-9 December, 2001.
‘The Harmonization of International Agreements on Oceans and Coasts’ Global Conference
on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10: Toward the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development, Johannesburg. UNESCO, Paris, December 3-7, 2001.
‘Incorporating Sustainable Development Concerns into the Development and Investment
Process: The World Bank Experience.” Exploitation and Management of Natural Resources
in the 21st Century: The Challenge of Sustainable Development. British Institute of
International and Comparative Law and Queen Mary College University of London, London,
26-27 October 2001.
“Climate Change and Sustainable Development”. 5th International Conference on
Environmental Law, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 5 June, 2001.
‘“Come Hell or High Water...” International Law and Sustainable Development in the
Twenty-First Century.’ The 2001 Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture, The University of Hull
Law School, 1 May 2001.
“The Role of Precaution in Sustainable Fisheries Management” Sixth International Wildlife
Law Conference, Washington Law School American University, Washington D.C. 31 March
2001.
“Fisheries Access Agreements - some personal thoughts” WWF Workshop on Equitable and
Sustainable Fisheries Access Agreements, Saly Portudal, Senegal 25-27th March 2001.
“The Prototype Carbon Fund’s first Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement with the
Government of Latvia” Nordic Testing Ground Conference, Sigtuna, Sweden February 2001
“Investment and Environment: World Bank Experience” The American Law Institute/
American Bar Association (ALI/ABA) Seminar on International Environmental Law,
Washington DC, November 30-December 1, 2000.
“Environmental Aspects of Banking: The practice of the World Bank” International Bar
Association 2000 Conference, Amsterdam, 18 September 2000.
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“Implementing the Law of the Sea Convention, the FAO Compliance Agreement and the UN
Fish Stocks Agreement: A view from the World Bank” Virginia Centre for Ocean Law and
Policy/FAO Conference, Rome, 15-17th April 2000.
“The Role of the World Bank in the Development and Implementation of International
Environmental Law,” Law School, University of Hull, 20 March 2000.
The World Bank’s Prototype Carbon Fund: Mobilising new Resources for Sustainable
Development” Law School, University of Hull, 20 March 2000.
“Sustainable Development, the Precautionary Principle and Forests.” Keynote Address to
Third International Conference on Environmental Law, Sao Paulo, Brazil 31 May-3 June,
1999.
“The Challenges that the Law of Sustainable Development presents to Fundamental Notions
of International Law” Panellist, The Hague Joint Conference on International Law:
Contemporary Issues in International Law: A Century after The First Hague Peace
Conference, The Hague, The Netherlands, 19-22 May, 1999.
“International Environmental Law and Transboundary Groundwater Law” World Bank
Conference on Groundwater Law, Washington D.C., 19 April 1999.
“Free Market Mechanisms and International Environmental Law” Panellist, Annual
Conference of the American Society of International Law, Washington D.C., 25-27th March
1999.
“The Role of the World Bank in the Development and Implementation of Environmental
Law” South East Asian Justices’ Symposium: The Law on Sustainable Development, Manila,
4 -7 March, 1999.
“Building Political Will for Sustainable Fisheries” Introductory Paper and Plenary Session
Chair, at Creating a Sea Change, WWF International Conference, Expo 98, Lisbon 14-15
September, 1998.
“Marine Environmental Law after Rio”. Keynote Address at Rhodes Academy of Ocean Law
and Policy, Rhodes, Greece, 28 July 1998.
“International Funding for the Environment” NATO/CCPS Conference, University of Vienna
Law School, April 1998
“The World Bank and the Environment.” University of Wisconsin School of Law, Madison,
March 1998.
“The UN Straddling Stocks Agreement” Tulane University Law School Conference:
Fisheries Law under the Magnussen Act, New Orleans, September 1997
“Environmental Law and the World Bank” School of International Advanced Studies, Johns
Hopkins University, Washington DC, October 1997.
“The Conservation of Marine Ecosystems under International Law”, Workshop on National
Implemention of International Obligations for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in
Africa, convened by UNEP/UNDP. Maputo, Mozambique, July 1997.
“World Bank Initiatives towards Activities Implemented Jointly (under the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change)”. Keynote Address, International Energy Agency
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International Workshop on Joint Implementation and Activities Implemented Jointly,
Vancouver, May 1997.
“Environmental Law and the World Bank.” American Bar Association/Environmental Law
Institute, Annual Conference on International Environmental Law, Washington DC, April
1997
“The role of the World Bank in implementing the Jakarta Mandate of the Convention on
Biological Diversity” Experts Meeting on the Jakarta Mandate, convened by the Secretariat
of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Jakarta, Indonesia, March, 1997.
“The 1995 Straddling Stocks Agreement” Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of
London, April 1996
“The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law” British Academy, London,
April 1996
“Negotiating International Environmental Agreements” Law School, University of Warwick,
March 1996
“The Impact of Subsidiarity” in The Impact of EC Environmental Law in the United
Kingdom, Centre for the Law of the European Union, University College, London, 3
November 1995.
"International Legal Aspects of Fisheries" in Fisheries: Sustainability or Extinction,
Greenwich Forum Conference, London, 24 April, 1995.
"International and National legal instruments required to regulate Land Based Sources of
Marine Pollution in the Wider Caribbean and to facilitate socio-economic assistance to
sustainable tourism in the region." UNEP/Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea
(ACOPS) Seminar on Sustainable Development of Tourism in the Wider Caribbean, Mexico
City, 18-20 April, 1995.
Keynote Address: "New Directions in European Environmental Law, Second Environmental
Outlook Conference, Sydney, Australia, 23-24 March 1995.
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DAVID FREESTONE
David Freestone is Lobingier Visiting Professor of Comparative Law and
Jurisprudence at the George Washington University Law School, where he
teaches International Climate Change Law, International Environmental Law and
International Marine Environmental Law. He holds an LLB and an LLD from the
University of Hull, UK, and an LLM from the University of London (King’s
College). He joined the Law School in January 2009, after retiring from The
World Bank, where he had served as senior adviser and as deputy general
counsel, and for eight years was chief counsel and head of the Environment and
International Law Group. He is also senior adviser to the USA Multilateral Office
of the International Union of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). He is a
visiting professor at the UN University Institute of Advanced Studies and on the
List of Experts in Environmental Law appointed by the Secretary-General of the
Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Prior to joining The World Bank in
1996, he held a faculty chair in international law at the University of Hull in the
United Kingdom, where he is still an honorary professor. He has written or edited
some 20 books and more than 130 articles on international environmental law,
particularly climate change, and law of the sea and is the founding editor of the
International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (now in its 24th year) and a
member of a number of editorial boards, including the British Yearbook of
International Law and the Yearbook of International Environmental Law. He is
General Editor of a new monograph series Legal Aspects of Sustainable
Development, published by Martinus Nijhoff. He is the 2007 winner of the
Elizabeth Haub Gold Medal for Environmental Law.
He is currently working with Professor Dinah Shelton on the fourth edition of
Kiss and Shelton: International Environmental Law. His most recent book, Legal
Aspects of Carbon Trading: Kyoto, Bali and beyond, with Dr Charlotte Streck,
will be published by Oxford University Press in October 2009. Other recent
books include: The Law of the Sea: Progress and Prospects (ed. with Richard
Barnes and David Ong, Oxford, 2006); Legal Aspects of Implementing the Kyoto
Protocol Mechanisms: Making Kyoto Work (ed. with Charlotte Streck, Oxford,
2005); Legislating for Sustainable Fisheries (with W. Edeson and E.
Gudmundsdottir, World Bank, 2001; International Law and Sustainable
Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges (ed. with Alan Boyle,
Oxford, 1999).
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