Raquel Soto Sanchez - International Law of the Sea

09/09/2022

its "good faith" has been absent long ago.

In September 2021, Japan, in its control-State national media, openly encouraged to throw salt at defenseless octopuses as a touristic attraction to catch and eat as much as one could. This is an absolute breach of 's obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment under the 1982 LOSC.

While in roughly 17 million people face famine.

[Video source: NHK, September 2021]

12/06/2022

Only the highest qualified candidates and professional experts have a chance to attend The Hague Academy of International Law upon selection.

Raquel Soto, CEO of Raquel Soto Sanchez - International Law of the Sea, has been selected and awarded a scholarship to attend the 2022 Summer Course on Public International Law.

It is truly an extraordinary one-lifetime experience thanks to the goodwill and generosity of the Université Paris 1.

06/05/2022

Raquel Soto expresses a special thanks to Paul A. Berkman, and David Balton for their extraordinary goodwill, and teachings.

She cannot express with words the remarkable experience that has been to collaborating with an international and multidisciplinary team led by world-renowned researchers and professionals to produce this publication "in the spirit of building global inclusion with common interests for the benefit of all on Earth across generations."

Official book launch on 9 May 2022 at 18:00-19:30 CET at 2022 Arctic Frontiers.

The citation of her contribution is as follows.
Soto Sanchez, R. 2022. Appendix to Chapter 1. Building Common Interests with Informed Decisionmaking for Sustainability. IN: Berkman, P.A., Young, O.R., Vylegzhanin, A.N., Balton, D.A. and Øvretveit, O. (eds). BUILDING COMMON INTERESTS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN WITH GLOBAL INCLUSION. VOLUME 2. INFORMED DECISIONMAKING FOR SUSTAINABILITY. Springer, Dordrecht. ISBN: 978-3-030-89311-8

17/10/2021

16 MAY 2018 - REPOST

English . Español

The usage and the exploitation of the seas and the oceans is possible, provided that the enforcement of sustainable techniques and assertive regulations of human activity would be done within. In this regard, the ideal for any law would be the possibility to anticipate potential happenings; in international law of the sea, the precautionary principle empowers it to be at the forefront of developments...
El uso y la explotación de los mares y los océanos es posible, siempre y cuando se apliquen técnicas sostenibles y existan regulaciones eficaces de la actividad humana que se realiza en ellos. En este sentido, idealmente la ley debería tener la posibilidad de anticiparse a los hechos; esto es posible en el derecho internacional del mar, ya que el principio de precaución lo faculta para estar a la vanguardia de los desarrollos tecnológicos.

[Poster credit: Aletssa Soto - Comunicación Visual, Community Manager of SOTO International Law of the Sea]

10/10/2021

Harrowing photo shows a 39-foot dead male whale wedged on the bow of a tanker. This graphically highlights how shipping strikes endanger the largest animals on Earth.

09/10/2021

2020 CORAL REEFS REPORT

The 2020 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) Status of Coral Reefs of the World report brings a twenty (20) years gap in scientific knowledge and understanding of coral reefs.

Read and Download: https://bit.ly/3BlUka2

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The flagship product of the GCRMN is the Status of Coral Reefs of the World report that describes the status and trends of coral reefs worldwide. This sixth ...

29/08/2021

We, all types of life on Earth, including humankind, are interconnected; we depend on each other.

"Watch this shark rest with its mouth open allowing a remora to feed off of its parasites." [IPBES, Via Ocean Beauties]

18/08/2021

Thank you, Aletssa Soto - Comunicación y Diseño, for your extraordinary creativity. Literally, you read my mind! Highly recommended for your designs to stand up!

“(…) we [humankind] need to take a step back and (…) remember we have no greater right to be here than any other [species].” -David Attenborough.

12/06/2021

We are pleased that Raquel Soto is serving as a Mentor for the first 2021 Virtual Training of of the . And second time serving as a Mentor to the after the 2nd 2020 Global Virtual Training.
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Nos complace anunciar que Raquel Soto fungirá como Mentor en el primer Entrenamiento Virtual para América Latina de 2021 de de y Climate Reality América Latina. Esta es la segunda ocasión que Raquel tiene el honor de ser Mentor después de participar en el segundo entrenamiento virtual a nivel mundial.

11/06/2021

Habemus a Fifth Ocean.

The Southern Ocean has been recognized as the Fifth Ocean in the World due to its unique current.

The waters that surround Antarctica out to 60 degrees south latitude, excluding the Drake Passage and Scotia Sea, constitute the newly acknowledged Southern Ocean.

[Image credit: NASA/JPL; International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)]

09/06/2021

También disponible para su descarga gratuita esta el "Adendum al Atlas de los Océanos" realizado por Raquel Soto.