Constantinos Yiallourides

About/Bio

Dr Constantinos Yiallourides is the Arthur Watts Research Fellow on the Law of the Sea at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) where he leads the Institute's Watts Programme of research and training in the law of the sea, energy, and natural resources law. He is a Lecturer in International Law at Macquarie University, Sydney, and affiliated researcher with the Macquarie Centre for Energy & Natural Resources Innovation & Transformation (CENRIT). He was previously Lecturer in International Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Postdoctoral Researcher in Energy Law & Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan. Constantinos has provided expert advice and training to governments, international organizations, and other entities on a broad set of issues of international law. Constantinos’ research publications can be accessed on SSRN.

Recently Published

Some Observations on the Agreement between Lebanon and Israel on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone

Introduction On 11 October 2022, Lebanon and Israel reached a historic agreement to delimit the two countries’ territorial seas and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea (‘the Agreement’). The Agreement is ground-breaking for several reasons. First, it is the first maritime boundary agreement reached between countries that have no diplomatic relations.

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A Commentary on the Dispute Concerning the Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v Kenya)

On 12 October 2021, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited judgment in the case of Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v Kenya) on the location of the maritime boundary between Somalia and Kenya. Kenya refused to participate in the oral proceedings on the merits, as discussed here and here.

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Part II: Some Observations on the Agreement between Greece and Egypt on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone

Where to from here? The Greece-Turkey maritime boundary dispute The dispute over the maritime boundary between Greece and Turkey has been ongoing since 1974. As I wrote elsewhere, ‘bilateral consultations and negotiations have been unable to prevent occasional flare-ups and, as tensions remain significantly high, it may not be long before one of the not…

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