This research workshop was convened by the International Law Research Program of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, in conjunction with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Experts in the law of the sea and international environmental law were invited to sit as a working group to consider issues of liability for environmental harm resulting from deep seabed mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction (the Area). The working group will support efforts currently under way at the ISA toward the development of requirements clarifying the obligations and liability of authorized actors conducting and/or overseeing deep seabed mining in the Area.
