UNCLOS, signed on 10 December 1982, entered into force on 16 November 1994 and prompted the meeting of an IOC Working Group in 1996 to discuss the effects of this new ‘legal framework for the oceans’ on the Organization. The meeting provided the basis for the establishment in 1997 of the IOC Advisory Body of Experts of the Law of the Sea (IOC/ABE-LOS) (IOC Resolution XIX-19). The Advisory Body is tasked with providing advice on the IOC´s role in relation to UNCLOS.
IOC/ABE-LOS is an Intergovernmental body composed of two national experts (one with training in the Law of the Sea and the other with training in marine sciences) from IOC Member States.
IOC/ABE-LOS has been working on the following topics:
- the Practice of Member States in the application of Parts XIII (Marine Scientific Research)and XIV (Transfer of Marine Technology) of UNCLOS;
- the Criteria and Guidelines on Transfer of Marine Technology (CGTMT);
- the Procedure for the Application of Article 247 of UNCLOS (Marine scientific research projects undertaken by or under the auspices of international organizations) by IOC;
- the Legal Framework, within the context of UNCLOS, which is applicable to the collection of oceanographic data.
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