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25 U.S.F. Mar. L.J. 1 (2012-2013)
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Context of the Public International Law Regimes for the Protection of the Marine Environment: A Comparative Study

handle is hein.journals/usfm25 and id is 11 raw text is: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Context of the Public International Law Regimes for the Protection of the Marine Environment: A Comparative Study BY THOMAS J. SCHOENBAUM I.INTRODUCTION ..................................................2 II.THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: A THUMBNAIL SKETCH .........................4 A. MARPOL 73/78.................................7 B. International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Cooperation (OPRC) (1990) .... ...........8 C. International Convention for the Control and Management ofShips' Ballast Water and Sediments (Ballast Water Convention) (2004)...............9.........9 D. International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage (2001) ...........................9 E. Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (Dumping Convention'), as amended by the London Protocol of 1996. ........................................10 F. International Convention on the Control ofHarmful Antifouling Systems on Ships (Antifouling Convention') (2001) .........................................10 G. International Convention Relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime Carriage ofNuclear Material (Nuclear Materials Maritime Carriage Convention') (1971)..................11 H. The International Civil Liability and Fund Conventions ..........11 Pacific Admiralty Seminar, San Francisco, October 4, 2012 Thomas J. Shoenbaum is a Research Professor of Law at George Washington University. Email: tschoen@law.gwu.edu. Disclosure: The author was involved in the Deepwater Horizon litigation as Special Counsel to Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP, representing certain investors in the Macondo Well. All parties whom he represented have settled, and he is no longer actively involved in the Deepwater Horizon litigation.

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