Niels-Juergen Seeberg-Elverfeldt

Dr. iur. Niels-Juergen Seeberg-Elverfeldt LL.M/ U.Va. majoring in public international law of the sea, lives in Berlin, Germany. He is a retired government lawyer with multiple experiences in the academic (U.Va., Max Planck Institute), private (North Sea, purchase of natural gas), governmental (federal government) and international organisational (Helsinki Commission, coordinator Baltic Sea Action Programme) sector in Germany and abroad. He was consultant for a reader on public international law of the sea, and composed the last consolidated version of the draft UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982.

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Draft Rules on Deep Seabed Mining in a Critical Phase

11.03.2025
Andreas Kaede Niels-Juergen Seeberg-Elverfeldt
The “Regulations on Exploitation of Mineral Resources in the Area” (hereafter: “Exploitation Rules”) are currently drafted under the auspices of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). It was established by the...
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