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5 Korean J. Int'l & Comp. L. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/kjicl5 and id is 1 raw text is: KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL KJ ICL BRILL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 5 (2017) 1-4 NIJHOFF brill.com/kjic Editorial Note Seokwoo Lee Professor, Inha University Law School, Korea Executive Editor, Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law (KJICL), Korean Society of International Law leeseokwoo@inha.ac.kr Volume 5, Number I of the Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law features articles that largely address a number of pressing maritime mat- ters beginning with the impact of climate change and rising sea levels on the maritime jurisdiction of States. The first article, Sea Level Rise and Impacts on Maritime Zones and Limits: The Work of the ILA Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise by David Freestone of George Washington University Law School, Davor Vidas of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, and Alejandra Torres Camprubi of Foley Hoag (Paris, France) describes the efforts undertaken by the International Law Association to study the effects of rising sea levels and its international legal implications. The article draws from the key findings of the report of the Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise which was established in 2012. They note that the impact of rising sea levels due to warmer ocean temperatures and melting ice are already being experienced by small Pacific Island States with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (iPcc) in its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) now predicts a global average sea level rise of up to one meter by 2100. They recognize that the predictions of sea level rise pose grave threats to populations living in low-lying islands and coastal areas and present challenges for the international legal system to respond in an or- derly and humane manner. The Committee is focused on examining the inter- national legal issues that concern the partial and complete inundation of state territory, or depopulation thereof, in particular, of small island and low-lying States. It is also developing proposals for the progressive development of inter- national law in relation to the possible loss of all or of parts of state territory and maritime zones due to sea level rise, including the impacts on statehood, nationality, and human rights. They note that the next report will be delivered in 2018 and will include wider international law issues raised by the erosion of maritime zones by sea level rise and possible deterritorialization. @ KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2017 DOI 10.1163/22134484-12340076

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