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Dr So Yeon Kim
Lecturer
School of Law
College of Business and Law
Dr Kim's research focuses on public international law, with particular emphasis on the law of the sea, international environmental law, third-world approaches to international law and international relations. Her works are published in the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Journal of the History of International Law, Legal Studies, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics and so forth. Dr Kim has also advised states on a range of international legal issues, including territorial and maritime disputes, climate change, the law of treaties, and the law of the sea.
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Kim, S. Y., & Moh, Y. (2025). Due Regard Obligations in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. INTERNATIONAL & COMPARATIVE LAW QUARTERLY, 74(S1), 235-254. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2025 | Kim, S. Y., & Kim, W. (2025). Consultation Mechanisms Between the Conference of the Parties of the BBNJ Agreement and Relevant Instruments, Frameworks and Bodies. Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online, 28(1), 257-285. |
| 2025 | Kim, S. Y., & Kim, H. J. (2025). 'Common but differentiated' motivations? Requests for advisory opinions concerning climate change and the law of the sea. INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS-POLITICS LAW AND ECONOMICS, 25(1), 61-77. Scopus3 WoS3 |
| 2025 | Kim, S. Y., & Kim, H. J. (2025). Legal Relationship between the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: In the Context of Marine Protected Areas. Sungkyunkwan Law Review, 37(3), 1-33. |
| 2023 | KIM, S. -Y. (2023). Implementation of Treaties in the United Kingdom: Search for a Custom of ‘Treaties Effected By a Notice’. Seoul International Law Jornal, 30(1), 1-31. |
| 2023 | Kim, S. Y. (2023). Are Autonomous Weapons Systems Prohibited under International Humanitarian Law?. Yonsei Law Journal, 13, 21-38. |
| 2023 | Kim, S. Y., Kim, H. J., & Moon, H. J. (2023). China’s Maritime Policy Law and the amended Maritime Traffic Safety Law – Analysis on their Conformity to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea -. Ajou Law Research, 15, 398-429. |
| 2021 | Kim, S. Y. (2021). Making International Law Truly ‘International’?. Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d’histoire du droit international, 1-32. |
| 2021 | Kim, S. Y. (2021). Les vulnerables : evaluating the vulnerability criterion in Article 14 cases by the European Court of Human Rights. LEGAL STUDIES, 41(4), 617-632. WoS9 |
| 2021 | Kim, S. Y. (2021). Problems and processes of restricting navigation in particularly sensitive sea areas. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 36(3), 438-463. Scopus11 WoS9 |
| 2017 | Kim, S. Y., & Kim, H. J. (2017). Soft law at the crossroad between international law and international politics: On the effect of the UN General Assembly’s ‘Uniting for Peace’ resolution under the law of the treaties. Dong-A Law Review, 76, 133-163. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2024 | Hong Thao, N., & Dang, V. H. (Eds.) (2024). Asia and UNCLOS 30 Years’ Implementation. In . Springer Nature Singapore. DOI |
- Annex VI to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea (September 2024 - April 2025)
- Research Grant (Principal Investigator) on the Consultation Mechanisms under the Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement, awarded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (April 2024 - December 2024)
- Research Grant (Principal Investigator) on the Obligations of Due Regard in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, awarded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (March 2023 - December 2023)
- Research Grant (Principal Investigator) on Marine Protected Areas and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, awarded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Republic of Korea and the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (June 2021 - March 2023)
Dr Kim is the Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Dr Kim teaches the Law of the Sea, International Environmental Law, Climate Change Law, and International Human Rights Law at Adelaide Law School. She also has teaching experiences in Public International Law and Legal Research Skills.
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