International Symposium on Emerging Arctic Legal Orders in Science, Environment and the Ocean
December 18-19, 2015
Summary and Snapshots from the Symposium 
The papers in English from this symposium are now available
as PCRC Working Paper Series
Day 1: December 18, 2015
Ambassador Hannu Halinen
Arctic Council as an Institutional Framework for Arctic Legal Order-making
Panel Discussion on the Arctic Council
and the Role of Non-Arctic States
Talking Points for the Panel Discussion
Professor Rachael Lorna Johnstone
Environmental Governance through the Arctic Council: The Arctic Council as Initiator of Norms of International Environmental Law
Biography / Abstract /Pre-conference Paper
Professor David L. VanderZwaag
Arctic Ocean Governance: Shifting Seascapes, Hazy Horizons
Comment by Professor Toru Hirawake
Professor Akiho Shibata
The Arctic as a Distinct Legal Sphere for Promoting International Scientific Cooperation
Day 2: December 19, 2015
Professor Kentaro Nishimoto
Regulation of Arctic Shipping after the Polar Code
Relevant materials prepared by PCRC
0. Japan and the Arctic
(1) Japan’s Arctic Policy (16 October 2015)
(2) Akiho Shibata, “Japan and 100 Years of Antarctic Legal Order: Any Lessons for the Arctic?” Yearbook of Polar Law (2015)
1. Arctic Council
(1) Ottawa Declaration establishing the Arctic Council (1996)
(2) Rules of Procedure for the Arctic Council (Revised, 2013)
(3) Iqaluit Declaration on the Occasion of 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council (May 2015)
(4) Anchorage meeting of SAO Summary Report on “Strengthening the Arctic Council” (pp. 6-9) (Oct. 2015)
(5) Agenda of the Special Session on Observer Engagement, SAO Anchorage (Oct. 2015)
2. Arctic Environment
(1) Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic (2013)
(5) AMAP Assessment 2015: Black carbon and ozone as Arctic climate forcers (2015)
3. Arctic Ocean Governance
(1) Ilulisaat Declaration at the Arctic Ocean Conference (29 May 2008)
(4) Co-chairs’ summary report on the 1st meeting of TFAMC (Sept. 2015)
(5) Anchorage meeting of SAO Summary Report on Ocean (pp. 18-20) (Oct. 2015)
4. Arctic Scientific Cooperation
（particularly relating to a new agreement)
(1) Co-Chairs’ report on the 1st meeting of SCTF (Dec. 2013)
(2) Co-Chairs’ report on the 4th meeting of SCTF (Oct. 2014)
(3) Senior Arctic Official’s Report to the Ministers on SCTF (April 2015)
(4) Anchorage meeting of SAO Summary Report on SCTF (p.21) (Oct. 2015)
5. Arctic Sea Routes
(1) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982)
(2) Mandatory Polar Code (2014 - 2015)