1. Agreement Relating to the implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, concluded on 28th July 1994, entered into force on 16th November 1994, 1836 U. N. T. S. 3.
2. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, concluded on 10th December 1982, entered into force 16th November 1994, 1833 U. N. T. S. 397.
3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, concluded on 10th December 1982, entered into force 16th November 1994, 1833 U. N. T. S. 397, article 153.
4. The Standards And Guidelines developed by the Legal and Technical Commission of the Council are available at https://www.isa.org.jm/mining-code/standards-and-guidelines (last accessed 14th October 2021). See also International Seabed Authority Council, Content and development of standards and guidelines for activities in the Area under the Authority’s regulatory framework, 17th December 2018, ISBA/25/C/3.
5. DEEP-SEA mining: policy options to preserve the last frontier – lessons from Antarctica’s mineral resource convention;Kirkham;Mar. Policy,2020