Algumas considerações em torno às deficiências da convenção das Nações Unidas sobre o direito do mar para contribuir à governança sustentável dos oceanos

Abstract

Sustainable governance of the oceans is a very complex subject, with scattered regulations in regimes, institutions, processes and policies at the national, regional, and supranational levels. The aim is to look at this concept and understanding the regime of maritime zones, the access to its resources, the conservation of the marine living resources and the protection of the marine environment, as well as to study the mandate of the organizations involved in it, its institutional framework according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the institutions created by United Nations in connection with it and international organizations with relevant competencies. With Objective 14 as backdrop, shortcomings of the current regime, together with suggestions to achieve comprehensive and coherent solutions to this complexity are pointed out. The approach is holistic and the method is the historical, descriptive, and legal doctrine. Inter-institutional cooperation and alliances will be key elements in the future of the sustainable governance of the oceans.