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The Yearbook of Polar Law Volume 17, 2025
Series: - The Yearbook of Polar Law, Volume: 17
The Yearbook of Polar Law covers a wide variety of law and policy topics relating to the Arctic and the Antarctic, and even the Third Pole. Many of the articles draw on presentations made at the annual Polar Law Symposia. The Editors-in-Chief are Gudmundur Alfredsson of the Stefansson Arctic Institute in Akureyri, Timo Koivurova of the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Akiho Shibata of the Polar Cooperation Research Centre, Kobe University and Indi Hodgson-Johnston at Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania.
Articles published in the Yearbook are peer reviewed, unless otherwise noted. The Yearbook will also carry book reviews and occasional news stories.
The topics covered in the Yearbook include:
- human rights issues, such as autonomy, self-government and self-determination, the rights of indigenous peoples to land and natural resources, cultural rights and cultural heritage, and indigenous traditional knowledge
- local, national and corporate governance issues
- environmental law, climate change, security and human rights implications of climate change, protected areas and species, and biodiversity
- regulatory and management agreements and arrangements for marine environments, marine mammals, fisheries conservation and other biological/mineral/oil resources
- jurisdictional and other issues re the exploration, exploitation and shipping of oil, gas and minerals
- law of the sea, the retreating sea ice, and continental shelf claims
- trade law, potential shipping lines through the northwest and northeast passages, maritime law and transportation law
- territorial claims and border disputes on both land and at sea
- peace and security, and dispute settlement
- the roles and actual involvement of international organizations in the polar regions, such as the Arctic Council, the Nordic Council, the International Whaling Commission, the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United Nations, and
- the activities of NGOs, think tanks and academic institutions
This Yearbook contains a selection of papers presented at the 17th Polar Law Symposium and other papers submitted, with an additional political commentary and book reviews.
Articles published in the Yearbook are peer reviewed, unless otherwise noted. The Yearbook will also carry book reviews and occasional news stories.
The topics covered in the Yearbook include:
- human rights issues, such as autonomy, self-government and self-determination, the rights of indigenous peoples to land and natural resources, cultural rights and cultural heritage, and indigenous traditional knowledge
- local, national and corporate governance issues
- environmental law, climate change, security and human rights implications of climate change, protected areas and species, and biodiversity
- regulatory and management agreements and arrangements for marine environments, marine mammals, fisheries conservation and other biological/mineral/oil resources
- jurisdictional and other issues re the exploration, exploitation and shipping of oil, gas and minerals
- law of the sea, the retreating sea ice, and continental shelf claims
- trade law, potential shipping lines through the northwest and northeast passages, maritime law and transportation law
- territorial claims and border disputes on both land and at sea
- peace and security, and dispute settlement
- the roles and actual involvement of international organizations in the polar regions, such as the Arctic Council, the Nordic Council, the International Whaling Commission, the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the United Nations, and
- the activities of NGOs, think tanks and academic institutions
This Yearbook contains a selection of papers presented at the 17th Polar Law Symposium and other papers submitted, with an additional political commentary and book reviews.
Contents
Preface
Notes on Contributors
In Memoriam – Jakob Th. Möller (1936–2025)
Gudmundur Alfredsson
Keynote Speech at 17th Polar Law Symposium (Non Peer Reviewed)
From Symbolic Recognition to Real Rights: the Need for Implementation of Sámi Indigenous Rights in Sweden
Åsa Larsson Blind
From the Host of the 17th Polar Law Symposium (Non Peer Reviewed)
Gaskeuniversiteete: Advancing Saami Research and Knowledge
Ekaterina Zmyvalova, Angelika Sjöstedt, Camilla Olofsson Båatas
SECTION 1 Implementation of International Minority- and Indigenous Law at National Levels
The Fight for Inuit Language Education in Nunavut and the Failure of Linguistic Human Rights
Christopher Durrant
A Seat at the Table: the Case of Sámi Paradiplomacy and Participatory Rights in Arctic Governance
Elena Kavanagh
SECTION 2 Governance, Resources, Security, and Jurisdictional Issues in the Circumpolar Area
Gradual Transition: the Greenland Reconciliation Commission in a Legal Context
Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Renata Colwell and Astrid Nonbo Andersen
Regulating Environmental Impacts of Shipping in the Arctic: Legal Development and International Cooperation
Ronan Long and Zhen Sun
Jurisdictional Complexities at Sea: Iceland’s Interdiction of the Greenlandic Polar Nanoq
Bjarni Már Magnússon
Arctic Deep Seabed Mining: a Comparative Analysis of Norway’s Approach and Global Sustainability and Accountability Concerns
Alexandra Middleton and Alla Pozdnakova
From Nordic Pragmatism to Legal Complexity: the Transformation of Finnish-Swedish Transboundary River Agreements
Sami Pekola
Submarine Cables in the Circumpolar Area: Governance and Security Issues
Daria Shvets
Book Reviews
Shirley V. Scott, Tim Stephens and Jeffrey McGee (eds.), Geopolitical Change and the Antarctic Treaty System: Historical Lessons, Current Challenges Akiho Shibata, Joji Morishita, Marco Volpe and Anna Lauenburger
Ingrid A. Medby, Arctic State Identity: Geography, History and Geopolitical Relations Eda Ayaydin
Marc Jacobsen, Ole Wæver, and Ulrik Pram Gad (eds.), Greenland in Arctic Security: (De)securitization Dynamics under Climatic Thaw and Geopolitical Freeze Federica Scarpa
Onur Limon (Guest Editor), Paradigma, Journal of Economics and Management Research Gudmundur Alfredsson
Preface
Notes on Contributors
In Memoriam – Jakob Th. Möller (1936–2025)
Gudmundur Alfredsson
Keynote Speech at 17th Polar Law Symposium (Non Peer Reviewed)
From Symbolic Recognition to Real Rights: the Need for Implementation of Sámi Indigenous Rights in Sweden
Åsa Larsson Blind
From the Host of the 17th Polar Law Symposium (Non Peer Reviewed)
Gaskeuniversiteete: Advancing Saami Research and Knowledge
Ekaterina Zmyvalova, Angelika Sjöstedt, Camilla Olofsson Båatas
SECTION 1 Implementation of International Minority- and Indigenous Law at National Levels
The Fight for Inuit Language Education in Nunavut and the Failure of Linguistic Human Rights
Christopher Durrant
A Seat at the Table: the Case of Sámi Paradiplomacy and Participatory Rights in Arctic Governance
Elena Kavanagh
SECTION 2 Governance, Resources, Security, and Jurisdictional Issues in the Circumpolar Area
Gradual Transition: the Greenland Reconciliation Commission in a Legal Context
Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Renata Colwell and Astrid Nonbo Andersen
Regulating Environmental Impacts of Shipping in the Arctic: Legal Development and International Cooperation
Ronan Long and Zhen Sun
Jurisdictional Complexities at Sea: Iceland’s Interdiction of the Greenlandic Polar Nanoq
Bjarni Már Magnússon
Arctic Deep Seabed Mining: a Comparative Analysis of Norway’s Approach and Global Sustainability and Accountability Concerns
Alexandra Middleton and Alla Pozdnakova
From Nordic Pragmatism to Legal Complexity: the Transformation of Finnish-Swedish Transboundary River Agreements
Sami Pekola
Submarine Cables in the Circumpolar Area: Governance and Security Issues
Daria Shvets
Book Reviews
Shirley V. Scott, Tim Stephens and Jeffrey McGee (eds.), Geopolitical Change and the Antarctic Treaty System: Historical Lessons, Current Challenges Akiho Shibata, Joji Morishita, Marco Volpe and Anna Lauenburger
Ingrid A. Medby, Arctic State Identity: Geography, History and Geopolitical Relations Eda Ayaydin
Marc Jacobsen, Ole Wæver, and Ulrik Pram Gad (eds.), Greenland in Arctic Security: (De)securitization Dynamics under Climatic Thaw and Geopolitical Freeze Federica Scarpa
Onur Limon (Guest Editor), Paradigma, Journal of Economics and Management Research Gudmundur Alfredsson