Summer@LSTS 2020 will continue on August 28th, 2020, 9:00-10:15 PM UTC, with Eliana Silva Pereira, who will present An Introduction to the Legal Regime of “Marine Robotics”.

The purpose of the presentation is to provide an overview of the legal regime that applies to “marine robotics”. It starts clarifying the terminology used for legal purposes and explaining the relevance of maritime zones provided for in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Afterward, it focuses on the powers of the coastal states and the flag states to define and approve the legal regime of “marine robotics” for different activities carried out in areas under national sovereignty and jurisdiction. The presentation ends, providing insights both on the international and the national legal regime that applies to “marine robotics” when used on marine scientific research, archaeology, and law enforcement activities.

Eliana Silva Pereira is a member of the Law of the Sea Research Group at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto. Eliana holds a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development and Diplomacy and a Master’s Degree in Law and attended the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law & Policy and the Yeosu Academy on the Law of the Sea.

Resources:

• Download E-Book: Unmanned Vessels & Unmanned Maritime Vehicles: Prospects of a Legal Framework in the International and the Portuguese Context
• Download article on Maritime Autonomous Vehicles within the International Law Framework to Enhance Maritime Security
• Download article on Determining the Legal Status of Unmanned Maritime Vehicles: Formalism vs Functionalism
• Download Legal Issues Relating to Unmanned Maritime Systems Monograph: Captain Andrew Norris
• Download article on The legal status and operation of unmanned maritime vehicles (University of Southampton Institutional Repository)
• Download article on The Legal Status and Operation of Unmanned Maritime Vehicles (Researchgate)

If you need any additional information please send an email to Jose Luiz Moutinho.