Video & Policy Brief Available: Somalia vs. Kenya Maritime Boundary Dispute

Presenters:

1. Professor Pieter Bekker, PhD, LL.M. (Harvard);
2. Mr. Abdul Abdurahman, Lawyer with over 20 years experience, PhD Candidate at CEPMLP;
3. Professor Albert Mumma, Director, Professor Albert Mumma and Company Associates; and
4. Robert van de Poll, Global Director Law of the Sea, Fugro.

Moderator:

• Wairimu Karanja, Energy Lawyer and Director at W&Co, a Kenyan law firm.

Key issues to be discussed include:

• What are the options for coastal States with overlapping claims to maritime areas to settle their boundary dispute peacefully?;

• How long can adjudicated boundary solutions be expected to take?;

• How can costly and lengthy arbitral or judicial proceedings be avoided?;

• What risks do maritime boundary disputes present for investors in the oil and gas sector?; and

• What role can the private sector play in relation to an inter-State boundary dispute?