Lecturer: Mr. Simon Njuguna
Mr. Simon Njuguna is a member of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf since 2012 and is currently serving his second term after re-election in 2017. He is one of the Commission's vice-chairs. At the same time, he is an employee of the Government of Kenya serving as a Deputy Director in the Maritime Division within Kenya's International Boundaries Office in Nairobi. He has had extensive on-the-job training on matters relating to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea particularly in the field of delineation of the continental shelf.
Discussant:
Prof. Otto Spijkers, Professor of International Law, CIBOS, Wuhan University
Chairperson:
Prof. Alexandre Pereira da Silva, Associate Professor of International Law, CIBOS, Wuhan University
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Date & Time | Programme | |
29th Oct. (FRI) Wuhan, China
28th Oct. (THU) New York, USA | 8:30-8:35 (Wuhan)/ 20:30-20:35 (New York) | Opening Remarks Prof. Alexandre Pereira da Silva |
8:35-9:35 (Wuhan)/ 20:35-21:35 (New York) | Lecture: The Establishment of the "Outer Edge of the Continental Margin" under Article 76, Paragraph 4 of UNCLOS Mr. Simon Njuguna | |
9:35-9:40 (Wuhan)/ 21:35-21:40 (New York) | Discussion and Comments Prof. Otto Spijkers | |
9:40-10:00 (Wuhan)/ 21:40-22:00 (New York) | Questions and Answers |
A. Preamble and Introduction
i. Ordinally meaning of continental margin
ii. What the continental margin is all about
iii. Positioning of the continental margin in the delineation process
B. UNCLOS, Article 76 on continental margin- paragraphs 1,3
C. Article 76 paragraph 4 (a)-Outer Edge of the Continental Margin
i. Key highlights of para 4 (a)
ii. Paragraph 7 within para 4(a)
D. Formulae for establishment of the outer edge of the Margin (STG elaboration of para 4 (a))
i. Distance formula
ii. Sediment thickness formula
1. Outer most fixed point
2. Sediment continuity
iii. Combining the formulae
E. Specific real example
i. Formulae
ii. Outer edge
See references and materials listed in Session 4.