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6 Asia Pac. J. Ocean L. & Pol'y 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/apjolp6 and id is 1 raw text is: ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OCEAN LAW AND POLICY BRILL 6 (2021) 1-3 N IJ H O F F brill.com/apoc Editorial Note This issue of the Asia-Pacfic Journal of Ocean Law and Policy features diverse article contributions relating to maritime boundary delimitation between Australia and Timor-Leste in the Timor Sea through the first compulsory con- ciliation process under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), considerations on the potential impacts of the Award arising from the South China Sea arbitration between the Philippines and China in par- ticular for Australia's sub-Antarctic Islands, concerning the issue of access to ensure that vital telecommunication cables in Southeast Asia can be repaired, and freedom of navigation issues arising from the Norstar case. Additionally, the State Practice section of the Journal provides insights related to policy on Canada's indigenous fisheries, vessel management in the Philippines, and occupational health and safety issues for maritime workers in the context of fishing accidents in South Korea, while the Current Legal Developments sec- tion offers perspectives on issues arising from the FuYuan Yu Leng 999 case and to German and other European States policy guidelines for the Indo-Pacific. The first article in this issue is provided by Jeffrey Sheehy and is entitled Law and Diplomacy, Sovereignty and Consent: A Reflection on the First-Ever Compulsory Conciliation under the Law of the Sea. Mr Sheehy, who advised the Government of Timor-Leste on the delimitation of its maritime boundary with Australia, provides valuable insights on how international law and diplomacy were intertwined through the conciliation process under the LOSC to enable the parties to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. This experience poten- tially offers lessons for other States involved in seemingly intractable disputes. Karina Galliford of the University of New England, Australia, provides the second article in the issue entitled Scrutinising the Maritime Zones Around Australia's Sub-Antarctic Islands: Implications of the South China Sea Arbitration and Subsequent State Practice. She notes that the South China Sea case was the first international court or tribunal to provide a detailed inter- pretation of the Regime of Islands contained in Article 121 of the LOSC. The 'high bar' adopted by the South China Sea Tribunal raises questions over the validity of the maritime claims asserted by coastal States from certain islands, © KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2021 1 DOI:10.1163/24519391-06010001