Motivating and Enabling Pacific States to Ratify the 2001 UCH
Convention

Motivating and Enabling Pacific States to Ratify the 2001 UCH
Convention

Ratifications of the 2001 UCH Convention by Pacific States has been poor. Using Solomon Islands and the Marshall Islands
as case studies, this paper begins by considering the utility of the 2001 UCH Convention for these States before turning to the
difficulties and challenges in enabling ratification. These include not only capacity issues but also the extent to which
ratification requires amendment of existing laws and broader policy issues relating, for example, to tourism and international
relations.

Dennis Marita

Ellen Lekka

Craig Forrest

The Museum of Underwater Archaeology

2023

English

Marita, Dennis, Ellen Lekka, and Craig Forrest. 2023. “Motivating and enabling Pacific States to ratify the 2001 Convention.” Edited by Jennifer Craig, Jay Mok, T. Kurt Knoerl, and Mariano Azna. In Proceedings of Fifth Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage: Gwangju, The Republic of Korea, November 13-18 2023. The Museum of Underwater Archaeology. URL: https://apconf.omeka.net/exhibits/show/apconfproceedings/item/1911