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Concluding Remarks

Concluding Remarks © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157180809X421824 Th e International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 24 (2009) 343–346 brill.nl/estu THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW Concluding Remarks Rüdiger Wolfrum President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Th e program* calls for some concluding remarks, and I have seven remarks to make. Th e fi rst two are more of a general nature. 1. I believe that one issue has become quite apparent, particularly during this morning, but during the afternoon as well: that the marine genetic resources found by scientists constitute a new development. Th is was not anticipated at the end of the seventies and the beginning of the eighties when the Law of the Sea Convention was concluded. In my view this refl ects a particular or rather typical problem that we face in the context of international or even national law-making. While scientifi c fi ndings are always dynamic—they develop and they progress—law by its very nature is static. Once a law has been passed, it sets limits. So does the Law of the Sea Convention. When it was adopted, it was, to a certain extent, already overtaken by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-3522
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10.1163/157180809X421824
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157180809X421824 Th e International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 24 (2009) 343–346 brill.nl/estu THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW Concluding Remarks Rüdiger Wolfrum President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Th e program* calls for some concluding remarks, and I have seven remarks to make. Th e fi rst two are more of a general nature. 1. I believe that one issue has become quite apparent, particularly during this morning, but during the afternoon as well: that the marine genetic resources found by scientists constitute a new development. Th is was not anticipated at the end of the seventies and the beginning of the eighties when the Law of the Sea Convention was concluded. In my view this refl ects a particular or rather typical problem that we face in the context of international or even national law-making. While scientifi c fi ndings are always dynamic—they develop and they progress—law by its very nature is static. Once a law has been passed, it sets limits. So does the Law of the Sea Convention. When it was adopted, it was, to a certain extent, already overtaken by

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