Koivurova Timo
Research Professor, Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre/University of Lapland;
Docent of International Law, Faculty of Law, Economics and Business Administration/University of Eastern Finland;
Docent of International Law, Faculty of Law/University of Turku;
Visiting professorial fellow in the University of New South Wales, Sydney, in 2011
tel. +358 (0)40 551 9522, (2594)
Email: Timo.Koivurova (at) ulapland.fi
Timo Koivurova is a Research Professor and the Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre/University of Lapland. He is also a Docent of International Law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Business Administration/University of Eastern Finland and at the Faculty of Law/University of Turku.
Research professor Timo Koivurova has specialized in various aspects of international law applicable in the Arctic and Antarctic region. In 2002, Koivurova's doctoral dissertation "Environmental impact assessment in the Arctic: a Study of International Legal Norms" was published by Ashgate. Increasingly, his research work addresses the interplay between different levels of environmental law, legal status of indigenous peoples, law of the sea in the Arctic waters, integrated maritime policy in the EU, the role of law in mitigating/adapting to climate change, the function and role of the Arctic Council in view of its future challenges and the possibilities for an Arctic treaty. He has been involved as an expert in several international processes globally and in the Arctic region and has published on the above-mentioned topics extensively (see below).
Professor Koivurova has been and is involved in many international research projects. He was a co-leader of a global research project on the theory and practise of transboundary environmental impact assessment, the outcome of this research project now being published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (2008). He was a research leader-in-charge in Finnish Academy funded CIGSAC (The Capability of International Governance Systems in the Arctic to Contribute to the mitigation of Climate Change and Adjust to its Consequences) and Commission of the EU funded project comparing the ocean governance and law of the sea positions of Canada and EU respectively (co-director). He was one of the co-leaders in a research group having as its aim to outline the policy and legal context in the Arctic marine region, this research group being part of the EU Commission funded "TRANSFORM: Transatlantic Policy Options for Supporting Adaptations in the Marine Arctic" and leading a project - together with professor Kai Kokko - to examine the legal issues related to an idea to negotiate Pan-European forest management convention for the Ministerial Conference for the Protection of Forests in Europe. He was also one of the co-leads in the EU Commission funded Arctic footprint project and, together with professor Kai Kokko, leading a research team to examine the EU competencies affecting the Arctic, a study that was done for the European Parliament. Currently, he is finalizing an international project funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers, looking into the challenges of negotiation a Nordic Saami Convention, a project that he led together with professor Nigel Bankes from the University of Calgary. Professors Koivurova and Bankes were also nominated as co-leads of drawing a legal chapter to the Arctic Council's Arctic Human Development Report II (2012-2014). Currently, professor Koivurova leads a project on Arctic environmental impact assessment funded by Tekes as well as serves as the senior expert in strategic impact assessment in the Arctic, a project that a consortium is preparing for the EU Commission.
Professor Koivurova is a member of the IUCN's Commision on Environmental (CEL) and has been invited by the Norwegian Research Council to serve as a member in the steering committees' overseeing large research programmes: Geopolitikk-Nord, which examines the evolving Arctic policy from the Norwegian perspective; and NORRUSS, which aims to study the evolving northern policy of the Russian Federation. Professor Koivurova is also - together with professor Gudmundur Alfredsson - editor-in-chief in the Yearbook of Polar Law (Brill) and an editor in the Nordic Journal of International Law, Nordic Journal of Environmental Law as well as the Arctic Review of Law and Politics. He is a Review Editor in the Frontiers Marine Science.
Research professor Koivurova was recently elected as a co-chair of the international environmental law interest group of the American Society of International Law. He was also invited to serve as a member in the prominent national human rights institutions: an expert member to the Advisory Board on Human Rights, which is an independent advisory body on human rights issues nominated by the Finnish Government; and a member for the human rights delegation overseeing the newly established Human Rights Centre. Professor Koivurova is the chair of the University of the Arctic's Arctic Law Thematic Network. Professor Koivurova is also a board member in the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) and the board member of the Iceland’s President new forum the Arctic Circle. Professor Koivurova serves also in its study-group of due diligence and as a co-rapporteur of its Committee on the Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. He is a Chair-elect, IUCN Polar Law Taskforce, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law.
Examples of publications
Books
A book on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia with Immi Lehtonen, in Finnish language. Publications of the Advisory Board for International Human Rights Affairs, No. 8 (1996), 129 pages (of which my part 75-129).
“Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic: A Study of International Legal Norms”, Ashgate Publishing, 2002 (448 pages). The doctoral defence version was published earlier: ”Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic: A Study of the International Legal Norms Applicable to the Planning Stage of Environmentally Harmful Activities”, Acta Universitatis Lapponiensis No. 42 (2001), 440 pages. (See also the review by the opponent professor Erik Franckx in Finnish Yearbook of International Law (2001), pp. 443-448).
Protection of Minorities in Bangladesh: A Legal Assessment (together with Waliul Hasanat), Juridica Lapponica 33. University of Lapland Press 2008. 90 pages.
Marsden, S. & Koivurova, T., 2011. Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the European Union: The Espoo Convention and its Kiev Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment, London: Earthscan.
Johdatus kansainväliseen ympäristöoikeuteen, 2012. 367 pages, ISBN 978-951-885-346-9
Together with Tahnee Prior, Sébastien Duyck, Leena Heinämäki and Adam Stępień, 2013. Addressing Climate Vulnerability: Promoting the Participatory Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Women through Finnish Foreign Policy - Final Report
Introduction to International Environmental Law. Routledge 2014, see at http://routledge-ny.com/books/details/9780415815741 / (213 pages).
Edited books
Main editor in Arctic Governance (eds. Koivurova T., Joona T. ja Shnoro R.), Juridica lapponica No. 29. Oy Sevenprint Ltd. 2004 (268 pages).
Editor of the Liber Amicorum for international law professor Kari Hakapää. Kansainvälistyvä oikeus, Kari Hakapään juhlakirja (toimittaja Timo Koivurova). Lapin yliopiston oikeustieteellisiä julkaisuja C 41 (582 pages).
Editor, together with Dr. Kees Bastmeijer, of the book "Theory and Practise of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment", Martinus Nijhoff monograph series on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development (general series editor David Freestone), 397 pages (Leiden 2008).
Editor, together with Adam Stepien, “Reforming Mining Law in a Changing World, with Special Reference to Finland”, Juridica Lapponica publication series (No. 34). 2008 Rovaniemi.
“Climate Governance in the Arctic”, editor, together with Carina Keskitalo and Nigel Bankes, 450 pages. Springer, 2009.
Understanding and Strengthening European Union-Canada Relations in Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance, Editors: Timo Koivurova, Aldo Chircop, Erik Franckx, Erik J. Molenaar, David L. VanderZwaag, Juridica Lapponica 35, 593 pages
The Yearbook of Polar Law 2009. Editors-in-chiefs Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova, Volume 1, 2009. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
The Yearbook of Polar Law 2010. Editors-in-chiefs Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova, Volume 2, 2010. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
The Yearbook of Polar Law 2011. Editors-in-chiefs Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova, Volume 3, 2011. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
The Yearbook of Polar Law 2012. Editors-in-chiefs Gudmundur Alfredsson and Timo Koivurova, Volume 4, 2011. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
The Yearbook of Polar Law, Volume 5, 2013Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
The Arctic Council: Its place in the future of Arctic governance, 2012. Editors-in-chiefs Axworthy, T., Koivurova, T., Hasanat, W.. ISBN 978-0-9737651-5-1.
Carbon & Climate Law Review: Climate Change, Arctic Change: Law and Policy. Guest editor together with professor Betsy Baker. Volume 6, No 1. 2012.
The Proposed Nordic Saami Convention: national and International Dimensions of Indigenous Property Rights. Hart Publishing 2013. (editor with professor Nigel Bankes).
Current Developments in Arctic Law. Edited by Timo Koivurova and Waliul Hasanat. University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law (2013)
Ihmisoikeuksien käsikirja, toimittajat Timo Koivurova ja Elina Pirjatanniemi, 2013. www.adlibris.com/fi/product.aspx?isbn=9518853630
The Strategic Assessment of Development of the Arctic: An assessment conducted for the European Union Report, http://www.arcticinfo.eu/images/pdf/SADA_report.pdf. © European Union, 2014, 239 pages. Editor together with Adam Stepien and Paula Kankaanpää.
Special Issue "Environmental Law for Sustainability", 2014, ISSN 2071-1050. Guest Editor.
Current Developments in Arctic Law, Volume 2 (2014), Editor together with Waliul Hasanat, University of the Arctic Thematic Network on Arctic Law (2014)
Yearbok of Polar Law, Brill, volume 6, 2014 (editor-in-chief together with Gudmundur Alfredsson).
Refereed articles
“Finland’s ambivalent sulphur policy in the midst of a changing regulatory framework governing air pollution from ships” in UPES Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-26.
”The Future of the Nordic Environment Protection Convention” in Nordic Journal of International Law (1997), No. 4 (pp. 505-526).
”The Transnational EIA procedure of the Espoo Convention” in the Finnish Yearbook of International Law (1997), Vol. VIII (pp. 161-199).
The Case of Vuotos: Interplay between International, Community and National Environmental Law. Julkaisussa Review of European Community & International Environmental Law (RECIEL) Vol. 13, Issue 1 (2004), ss. 47-60.
Timo Koivurova and Leena Heinämäki, "The Participation of Indigenous Peoples in International Norm-making in the Arctic" in Vol. 42, No. 221, April 2006, Polar Record (pp. 101-109).
The Draft for a Nordic Saami Convention" in European Yearbook of Minority Issues (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers), Volume 6, 2006/7, pp. 103-136
"Ilmastonmuutoksesta johtuvien riitojen vieminen kansainväliseen oikeudelliseen menettelyyn", Oikeus 4/2006. Bringing the Disputes caused by Climate Change to International Legal Proceedings. (pp. 514-537).
"The Arctic Council at 10 Years: Retrospect and Prospects" in University of British Columbia Law Review 40:1 (2007), (pp. 121-194). Joint article with professor David VanderZwaag.
"International Court of Justice and Peoples" in Special Issue of International Community Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2007, examining the role of non-state actors in the 60 year old ICJ, pp. 157-180 (special editors Catherine Brölmann and Marius Emberland).
"International Legal Avenues to Address the Plight of Victims of Climate Change: Problems and Prospects" in Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, Vol. 22 (2), 2007, pp. 267-299.
"Alternatives for an Arctic Treaty - Evaluation and a New Proposal" in European Community & International Environmental Law, RECIEL 17 (1) 2008, Special International Polar Year Issue, pp.14-26.
"From High Hopes to Disillusionment: Indigenous peoples’ Struggle to (Re)gain Their Right to Self-Determination" in International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, issue 15 (2008) pp. 1-26.
”Draft for a Nordic Saami Convention: Nations Working Together” in International Community Law Review 10 (2008), pp. 279-293.
"Due Diligence" in Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, 2008. 9 pages.
"Transboundary Environmental Assessment in the Arctic" in Vol. 26 Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, No. 4, December 2008.
”Rajat ylittävä ympäristövaikutusten arviointi – vaihtoehtotarkastelun riittävyys ja suhde lupapäätöksentekoon” Lakimies 3/2009. Together with Ismo Pölönen.
"Governance of protected areas in the Arctic" in Utrecht Law Review, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2009 - Special on Protected Areas in Environmental Law
Limits and possibilities of the Arctic Council in a rapidly changing scene of Arctic governance. vol 46: 237 Polar Record (2010) pp 146-156. This article is also included in The Politics Of The Arctic (edited by Geir Hønneland), Edward Elgar 2013.
"A Note on the European Union’s Integrated Maritime Policy" in Ocean Development & International Law, Vol. Volume 40, issue 2, April 2009, pp. 171-183.
"Do the continental shelf developments challenge the Polar Regimes?" In The Yearbook of Polar Law, pp. 477-498, Vol. 1, 2009.
Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the Case of the Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline, in International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 25 (2010) 151–181
"Canada, the EU and the Arctic Ocean Governance: A Tangled and Shifting Seascape and Future Directions" in Journal of Transnational Law and Policy,Volume 18, Number 2, (Spring 2010), pp. 247-288. Joint article with professors Erik Molenaar and David VanderZwaag.
Sovereign States and Self-Determining Peoples: Carving Out a Place for Transnational Indigenous Peoples in a World of Sovereign States, in International Community Law Review 12 (2010) pp. 191–212.
• “A New Ocean to Govern: Drawing on Lessons from Marine Management to govern the Emerging Arctic Ocean” in The Future of International Environmental Law (eds. D. Leary and B. Pisupati). United Nations University Press 2010 (review process), pp. 179-200. Together with Sébastien Duyck.
"Governing Arctic Shipping: Finding a Role for the Arctic Council" in The Yearbook of Polar Law 2010, pp. 115-138.
"Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights Regarding Indigenous Peoples: Retrospect and Prospects", in International Journal on Minority and Group Rights 18 (2011) pp. 1–37.
"Ihmisoikeustutkimus ja saamelaiset" teoksessa Saamentutkimus tänään (toim. I. Seurujärvi-Kari, P. Halinen ja R. Pulkkinen), ss. 393-417. An article "human rights research and Saami" in Saami Research.
"The Actions of the Arctic States Respecting the Continental Shelf: A Reflective Essay", Ocean Development & International Law, 42:3, 211-226(2011). This article is also included in The Politics Of The Arctic (edited by Geir Hønneland), Edward Elgar 2013.
Timo Koivurova, Kai Kokko, Sebastien Duyck, Nikolas Sellheim and Adam Stepien "The present and future competence of the European Union in the Arctic". Polar Record, Available on CJO 2011 doi:10.1017/S0032247411000295
"Power Politics or Oderly Development? Why Are States "Claiming" Large Areas of the Arctic Seabed?" in International Law: Contemporary Issues and Future Developments (ed. S.R.Silverburg), pp. 362-375. Westview Press 2011.
Cavalieri, S., McGlynn, E., Stoessel, S., Bruckner, M., Koivurova, T., Nilsson, A. E. (2011). Spurensuche : der ökologische Fußabdruck der EU in der Arktis. Osteuropa 61:2-3, S. 211-223. ISSN 0030-6428.
Timo Koivurova and Adam Stepien, 'How International Law Has Influenced the National Policy and Law Related to Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic' vol.19 Waikato Law Review (2011),pp. 123-143.
Timo Koivurova, “The Status and Role of Indigenous Peoples in Arctic International Governance” in The Yearbook of Polar Law, pp. 169-192. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2011.
”Ympäristövaikutusten arviointi kansainvälisessä katsannossa; Suomen YVA –lain toimivuus valtioiden rajat ylittäviä ympäristövaikutuksia koskevien velvoitteiden näkökulmasta”, 4/2011, Ympäristöjuridiikka, s. 10-32.
Timo Koivurova, Minna Torkkeli ja Neil Craik, ”Ympäristövaikutusten arviointi kansainvälisessä katsannossa; Suomen YVA-lain toimivuus valtioiden rajat ylittäviä ympäristövaikutuksia koskevien velvoitteiden näkökulmasta”, Ympäristöjuridiikka 4/2011 s. 10–32.
Hydrocarbon Development in the Offshore Arctic: Can it be Done Sustainably? In Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence, Vol. 10 - issue 2, February 2012. Together with Kamrul Hossain.
“Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons to Learn”. Coastal Management, Volume 40, Issue 2 pp. 161-171, Feb 15, 2012.
“Subsidiary Decision Making under the Espoo Convention: Legal Status and Legitimacy” in Review of European Community & International Environmental Law, Volume 20, Issue 3, pp. 258–266, November 2011 (together with Neil Craik).
Piotr Graczyk , Timo Koivurova (2012). A new era in the Arctic Council’s external relations? Broader consequences of the Nuuk observer rules for Arctic governance. Polar Record, Cambridge University Press 2013. doi:10.1017/S0032247412000824.
“Gaps in International Regulatory Frameworks for the Arctic Ocean” in Environmental Security in the Arctic Ocean (eds. P.A.Berkman and A.N. Vylegzhanin), pp. 139-155. Springer 2013.
“Climate Change and Human Rights” in Climate Change and the Law (eds. E.J. Hollo, K. Kulovesi and M. Mehling), pp. 287-328. Springer 2013. Together with Sebastien Duyck and Leena Heinämäki.
“Finland’s ambivalent sulphur policy in the midst of a changing regulatory framework governing air pollution from ships” in UPES Law Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-26.
EIA Directive at the Crossroads – Analyses of the Commission’s Proposal from the Finnish Developer’s Perspective (together with Ismo Pölönen and Pamela Lesser), in Nordic Journal of Environmental Law 2013:2.
Timo Koivurova and Anna Petrétei: Enacting a New Mining Act in Finland – How were Sami Rights and Interests Taken into Account?, in Nordic Journal of Environmental Law 2014:1, pp. 119-133, see at http://nordiskmiljoratt.se/onewebmedia/
Jarno Valkonen, Sanna Valkonen ja Timo Koivurova, ”Groupismi alkuperäiskansan määrittelyssä: tapaustutkimus Suomen alkuperäiskansakonfliktista”, Politiikka 3/2014, sivut 210-229.
Koivurova, Timo and Piotr Graczyk (2014), 'The Future of the Arctic Council: Navigating between Sovereignty and Security’, In Robert W. Murray and Anita Dey Nuttall (eds.), International Relations and the Arctic: Understanding Policy and Governance, Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, pp. 441 - 481, ISBN 978-1-60497-876-6
ICJ's Decision in Australia v. Japan: Giving up the Spear or Refining the Scientific Design? Ocean Development and International Law (ISSN: 0090-8320); Volume 45, No. 4, pp. 328-340(13); 2 October 2014 Taylor & Francis, Together with, Telesetsky, Anastasia; Anton, Donald K.
Bickford S. H., M. Nenasheva, P. Kankaanpaa, T. Koivurova and A. M. Hlavnicka (2014), Online Information System – Russia Aims to Ease the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Market Entry Barrier into Northwestern Russia. Communications of the IBIMA. Vol. 2015 (2015), Article ID 185611, DOI: 10.5171/2015. 185611, online: www.ibimapublishing.com/journals/CIBIMA/2015/185611/a185611.html
Timo Koivurova, Vladimir Masloboev, Anna Petrétei, Vigdis Nygaard and Kamrul Hossain: “Transboundary EIA in the Barents Region”, Nordic Environmental Law Journal 2014:3, pp. 45-62.
Timo Koivurova; Paula Kankaanpaa; Adam Stępien: Innovative Environmental Protection: Lessons from the Arctic, Journal of Environmental Law 2015; doi: 10.1093/jel/equ037
Nigel Bankes and Timo Koivurova (2015) Legal Systems. In: J.N. Larsen and G. Fondahl (eds.) Arctic Human Development Report: Regional Processes and Global Linkages. Arctic Council, Akureyri. TemaNord. URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-3809
Timo Koivurova: Legal Protection of Sami Traditional Livelihoods from the Adverse Impacts of Mining: A Comparison of the Level of Protection Enjoyed by Sami in Their Four Home States. together with Vladimir Masloboev, Kamrul Hossain, Vigdis Nygaard, Anna Petrétei and Svetlana Vinogradova. Arctic Review on Law and Politics
Vol. 6, No. 1, 2015, pp. 11-51.
Book chapters and other articles
“The Legal Status of International Arctic Cooperation” in Security in the European North: From ‘Hard’ to ‘Soft’ (eds. Heininen L. and Lassinantti G.), (pp. 143-160). Kansainvälinen ympäristöoikeus: alistava vai valtaistava tekijä arktisella alueella. Kosmopolis No. 4, 2002, ss. 79-86. “International Environmental Law – Subjugatory or Emancipatory Factor in the Arctic ”.
An article in Finnish about environmental impact assessment in the Arctic for the honorary publication for the environmental law professor of the faculty of law of the University of Lapland , Kyösti Holma (22 pages). Lapin yliopistopaino, Rovaniemi 2002.
“What is the Principle of Due Diligence”. Julkaisussa Essays in International Law for Martti Koskenniemi (toim. Petman J. & Klabbers J.), ss. 341-349. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2003.
“The Regime of the Espoo Convention in the Arctic ; Towards a Strategic Environmental Assessment Procedure” in Arctic Governance (eds. Koivurova T., Joona T. ja Shnoro R.), Juridica lapponica No. 29. Oy Sevenprint Ltd. 2004.
Voidaanko ilmastonmuutosta hidastaa oikeusteitse? Pohdintoja inuittien ihmisoikeusvalituksesta Amerikan ihmisoikeustoimikuntaan (yhteisartikkeli Leena Heinämäen kanssa) in Kari Hakapää. Kansainvälistyvä oikeus, Kari Hakapään juhlakirja (toimittaja Timo Koivurova), pp. 39-56. Lapin yliopiston oikeustieteellisiä julkaisuja C 41. Is it possible to slow down the climate change via litigation? Reflections on the human rights petition by the Inuit (joint article with Leena Heinämäki)
“The Importance of International Environmental Law in the Arctic ” in the Finnish Yearbook of International Law (2003), Vol. XIV, (pp. 341-351)
"Environmental Protection in the Arctic and the Antarctic: Can the Polar Regimes Learn from Each Other" in Vol. 33, No. 2, summer 2005, International Journal of Legal Information (pp. 204-218).
"The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context" in Making Treaties Work (edited by Ulfstein G in collaboration with Marauhn T., and Zimmermann A.), pp. 218-239. Cambridge University Press 2007.
’Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment: An Introduction’ together with Dr. Kees Bastmeijer in Theory and Practise of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment" (eds. Bastmeijer and Koivurova), Martinus Nijhoff monograph series on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development (general series editor David Freestone), pp. 1-25.
’Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment: The Nordic Environment Protection Convention’ in Theory and Practise of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment" (eds. Bastmeijer and Koivurova), Martinus Nijhoff monograph series on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development (general series editor David Freestone), pp. 71-91.
’Implementing Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic ’ in Theory and Practise of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment" (eds. Bastmeijer and Koivurova), Martinus Nijhoff monograph series on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development (general series editor David Freestone), pp. 151-173.
’Conclusions: Globalisation of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment’ together with Dr. Kees Bastmeijer in Theory and Practise of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment" (eds. Bastmeijer and Koivurova), Martinus Nijhoff monograph series on Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development (general series editor David Freestone), pp. 347-389.
”Alkuperäiskansojen itsemääräämisoikeus kansainvälisessä oikeudessa”, julkaisussa Oikeus kansainvälisessä maailmassa (Ilkka Saraviidan juhlakirja, toimittajat M. Aarto ja M. Vartiainen), ss. 249-269.
“How to Revise Finnish Mining Act” in Reforming Mining Law in a Changing World, with Special Reference to Finland”, Juridica Lapponica publication series (No. 34), pp. 187-205.
“Proposal for a new Mining Act - Old or Fresh Wine in a New Bottle” (together with professor Kai Kokko), in Reforming Mining Law in a Changing World, with Special Reference to Finland”, Juridica Lapponica publication series (No. 34), pp. 206-212.
“Climate Governance in the Arctic: Introduction and Theoretical Framework, Keskitalo C., Koivurova T. and Bankes N., in “Climate Governance in the Arctic”, (editors T. Koivurova, C. Keskitalo and N. Bankes), pp. 1-26. Springer, 2009.
“The Climate Policy of the Arctic Council”, T. Koivurova and W. Hasanat, pp. 51-76, in “Climate Governance in the Arctic”, (editors T. Koivurova, C. Keskitalo and N. Bankes), pp. 51-76. Springer, 2009.
“Conclusions on Climate Governance in the Arctic” C. Keskitalo, T. Koivurova and N. Bankes in pp. “Climate Governance in the Arctic”, (editors T. Koivurova, C. Keskitalo and N. Bankes), pp. 429-443. Springer, 2009.
“Introduction”, together with Aldo Chircop, Erik Franckx, Erik J. Molenaar, and David L. VanderZwaag, in Understanding and Strengthening European Union-Canada Relations in Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance, Juridica Lapponica 35, pp. 1-6.
“Comparing the Integrated Maritime Policy of the European Union and the Oceans Policy of Canada” in Understanding and Strengthening European Union-Canada Relations in Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance, Juridica Lapponica 35, pp. 19-34.
“Canada, the European Union, and Arctic Ocean Governance: A Tangled and Shifting Seascape and Future Directions”, together with Erik J. Molenaar and David L. VanderZwaag, in Understanding and Strengthening European Union-Canada Relations in Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance, Juridica Lapponica 35, pp. 107-146.
“Canadian Arctic Offshore Oil and Natural Gas and European Union Energy Diversification: Towards a New Perspective?”together with Jerome D. Davis and Kamrul Hossain, Understanding and Strengthening European Union-Canada Relations in Law of the Sea and Ocean Governance, Juridica Lapponica 35, pp. 227-264.
"Nordic countries: Finland" in Yearbook of International Environmental Law. Oxford University Press, 2009. Vol. 19 (2008), p. 461-466.
"Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the Case of the Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline" in German Yearbook of International law, Volume 52, 2009, pp. 293-326 (joint article with Ismo Pölönen).
"Protecting the Environment or Preventing Military Conflicts? in Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, June 2010, Volume 40, No. 4, pp. 166-172
"Environmental Protection in the Arctic and Antarctica" in Polar Law Textbook (ed. Natalia Loukacheva), pp. 23-44. Nordic Council of Ministers 2010.
"Kansainvälinen oikeus ja saamelaiset", teoksessa Kokko, Kai T. (toim.): Kysymyksiä saamelaisten oikeusasemasta. Rovaniemi, Lapin yliopiston oikeustieteellisiä julkaisuja, 2010. 273 s.
"Power Politics or Oderly Development? Why Are States "Claiming" Large Areas of the Arctic Seabed?" in International Law: Contemporary Issues and Future Developments (ed. S.R.Silverburg), pp. 362-375. Westview Press 2011.
"Arktiset alueet ja Suomi: Kansainvälisen oikeuden näkökulma" teoksessa Jäitä Poltellessa: Suomi ja arktisen alueen tulevaisuus (toim. L. Heininen ja T. Palosaari), ss. 65-79. Rauhan- ja konfliktintutkimuskeskus TAPRI Tutkimuksia No. 97, 2011. Article on the Finland's position in Arctic co-operation from the perspective of international law.
"Scramble for Resources or Orderly Development - What is Happening in the Arctic" in Nordic Cooperation and the Far North (ed. L. Salmela), pp. 1-13. National Defence University Department of Strategic and Defence Studies, Series 2, Research Reports No 46.
Koivurova, Timo (2011). Redefining sovereignty and self-determination through a declaration of sovereignty: the inuit way of defining the parameters for future arctic governance. In: Asbjørn Eide, Jakob Th. Möller & Ineta Ziemele (eds.) Making peoples heard: essays on human rights in honour of Gudmundur Alfredsson. Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff, 2011. p. 493-507.
“Transboundary environmental impact assessment in international law” in Marsden, S. & Koivurova, T., 2011. Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in the European Union: The Espoo Convention and its Kiev Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment, London: Earthscan, pp. 15-38.
“The future of Arctic governance” in Juss I Nord: hav, fisk og urfolk, pp. 29-39 (en hyllest til Det juridiske fakultet ved Universitetet I Tromsos 25 –årsjubileum (red. Tore Henriksen, Oyvind Ravna), Gyldendal Juridisk 2012.
“The Arctic Council: A Testing Ground for New International Environmental Governance” in The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol. XIX, issue 1, Fall/Winter 2012, pp. 131-144
“Can Saami Transnational Indigenous Peoples Exercise Their Self-Determination in a World of Sovereign States” in The Proposed Nordic Saami Convention: national and International Dimensions of Indigenous Property Rights, pp. 105-124. Hart Publishing 2013.
“Could the Espoo Convention Become a Global Regime for Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment?” in Transboundary Environmental Governance: Inland, Coastal and Marine Perspectives (eds. R. Warner and S. Marsden), pp. 323-342. Ashgate Publishing 2012.
Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights Regarding Indigenous Peoples: Retrospect and Prospects", in The Interpretation and Application of the European Convention of Human Rights: Legal and Practical Implications (edited by M. Fitzmaurice and P. Merkouris), 2013, pp. 217-257.
“Polar Regimes Tackling Climate Change” in Polar Law Textbook II (ed. Natalia Loukacheva), pp. 67-75. Nordic Council of Ministers 2013.
“How Outside Actors hold Sway within the Arctic Council: Benefits of Cooperation and the Problems when Improving Them” in Scientific and Geopolitical Interests in Arctic and Antarctic (edited by R. Ramesh, M. Sudhakar and Sulagna Chattopadhyay, pp. 33-54, Lights 2013 (together with Piotr Graczyk)
Introduction to the Arctic (together with Erik J. Molenaar, Elizabeth Tedsen, Andrew Reid, and Kamrul Hossain), pp. 3-19, in Arctic Marine Governance: Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation (eds. E. Tedsen, S. Cavalieri and R. A. Kraemer). Springer 2014.
Arctic Indigenous Peoples and the Challenge of Climate Change (together with Adam Stepien, Anna Gremsperger and Henna Niemi), pp. 71-99. in Arctic Marine Governance: Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation Cooperation (eds. E. Tedsen, S. Cavalieri and R. A. Kraemer). Springer 2014.
Understanding Risks Associated with Offshore Hydrocarbon Development (together with Kamrul Hossain and Gerald Zojer), pp. 159-176, in Arctic Marine Governance: Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation Cooperation (eds. E. Tedsen, S. Cavalieri and R. A. Kraemer). Springer 2014.
Impact Assessments and the New Arctic Geo-Environment (together with Pamela Lesser), pp. 179-198, in Arctic Marine Governance: Opportunities for Transatlantic Cooperation Cooperation (eds. E. Tedsen, S. Cavalieri and R. A. Kraemer). Springer 2014.
Timo Koivurova, The Dialectic of Understanding Progress in Arctic Governance, 22 Michigan State International Law Review (2013), pp. 1-21.
”Ihmisoikeuksien lyhyt historia”, Ihmisoikeuksien käsikirja, ss. 25-45. toimittajat Timo Koivurova ja Elina Pirjatanniemi, 2013 Tietosanoma.”Yksilöt, ryhmät ja ihmisoikeudet”, ss. 109-113. Ihmisoikeuksien käsikirja, toimittajat Timo Koivurova ja Elina Pirjatanniemi, 2013 Tietosanoma. Yhdessä Elina Pirjatanniemen kanssa.
”Alkuperäiskansojen ihmisoikeudet”, ss. 246-269. Ihmisoikeuksien käsikirja, toimittajat Timo Koivurova ja Elina Pirjatanniemi, 2013 Tietosanoma.
”Kansainväliset ihmisoikeuksien valvontajärjestelmät”, ss. 311-315. Ihmisoikeuksien käsikirja, toimittajat Timo Koivurova ja Elina Pirjatanniemi, 2013 Tietosanoma, ISBN 978-951-885-363-6. Yhdessä Elina Pirjatanniemen kanssa.
”Kansalliset ihmisoikeuksien valvontajärjestelmät”, ss. 411-413. . Ihmisoikeuksien käsikirja, toimittajat Timo Koivurova ja Elina Pirjatanniemi, 2013 Tietosanoma, ISBN 978-951-885-363-6. Yhdessä Elina Pirjatanniemen kanssa.
”Ihmisoikeuksien haasteita”, ss. 499-503. . Ihmisoikeuksien käsikirja, toimittajat Timo Koivurova ja Elina Pirjatanniemi, 2013 Tietosanoma, ISBN 978-951-885-363-6. Yhdessä Elina Pirjatanniemen kanssa.
Timo Koivurova, kansainvälinen ympäristöoikeus, kirjassa Kansainvälisen oikeuden käsikirja (tekijä Lauri Hannikainen), sivut, 159-174. Tietosanoma 2014.
Chapter 1, “Methodology, scope and stakeholder engagement” in The Strategic Assessment of Development of the Arctic: An assessment conducted for the European Union Report, http://www.arcticinfo.eu/images/pdf/SADA_report.pdf, with Adam Stępień and Paula Kankaanpää.
Chapter 2. “The European Union and the Arctic Region”, in The Strategic Assessment of Development of the Arctic: An assessment conducted for the European Union Report, http://www.arcticinfo.eu/images/pdf/SADA_report.pdf, with Adam Stępień.
Timo Koivurova, Venäjän viimeaikaiset sotatoimet kansainvälisen oikeuden näkökulmasta, kirjassa Venäjä: uhka vai mahdollisuus? – avointa keskustelua Suomen Venäjä-suhteesta. Suomen Perusta 2014, ISBN 978-952-67921-8-7
“Climate Change and International Security” in International Law and Changing Perceptions of Security (eds. Ebbesson et al.), pp. 171-188, Brill 2014. Liber Amicorum Said Mahmoudi.
"Geography matters: The European Union and the arctic Ocean", in Regional Strategies to Maritime Security: A Comparative Perspective (eds. Eva M. Vázquez Gómez and Claudia Cinelli). Pp. 63-78, Valencia, 2014. Together with Adam Stepien and Paula Kankaanpää.
Other scientific works
Baltic Rim Economies, ISSUE NO. 4, 31 AUGUST 2009. The Baltic Sea gas pipeline - can we manage it sustainably? in page 23 by Timo Koivurova and Ismo Pölönen. Published by Pan European Institute.
Country reports of Finland to the Yearbook of International Environmental Law:
Vol 12, 2001 (pp. 409-413);
Vol 13, 2002 (pp. 481-484);
Vol 14, 2003 (pp.439-443);
Vol 15, 2004 (pp. 395-398);
Vol 16, 2005 (pp. 564-568);
Vol 17, 2006 (pp. 506-512).
Vol 18, 2007 (pp. 403-410).
Vol 19, 2008 (pp. 461-466)
Vol. 20, 2009 (pp. 527-530)
Book review of the book by Dr. Eyassu Gayim “The Concept of Minority in International Law” in the Finnish Yearbook of International Law (2000), pp. 426-428
Book review of the Finnish collection of treaties in international environmental law, edited by Tuomas Kuokkanen and Juhani Parkkari in Lakimies (2/2005), pp. 326-331.
Book review of Philippe Sands’ book “Lawless World: America and the Making and Breaking of Global Rules” in Ulkopolitiikka 2/2005, pp. 79-80.
Lectio preacursoria in the Finnish Yearbook of International Law (2001), pp. 439-442.
An article in a book “How do I became a doctor of law” (editors Heikki Halila and Pekka Timonen) in pp. 528-532. 2003 Suomalainen lakimiesyhdistys.
An article about participatory planning to the Conference proceedings of the reindeer herding conference together with the director of the Arctic Centre, Paula Kankaanpää. Arctic Centre Reports 36, Edita Prima Ltd. 2002, pp. 55-57.
I and Sanna Valkonen made a report of the development of the Arctic Council’s project on Arctic environmental impact assessment. The report was made for the Ministry of the Environment in Finnish and is about 80 pages. It has not been published but was made only to assist in the decision-making processes of the Ministry of the Environment.
Environmental Assessment of Natural Resource Exploitation in the Arctic : Towards Strategic Environmental Assessment. Circumpolar Connections; Proceedings of the 8th Circumpolar Universities Cooperation Conference (pp. 32-37). Circumpolar Universities Association 2003.
Written Evaluation of the licenciate thesis by Tuula Kolari to the University of Joensuu (Department of law), 12 pages, unpublished (on file with the author).
Written Evaluation of the doctoral thesis “From Hot Air to Action? Climate Change, Compliance and the future of International Environmental Law” by Meinhard Doelle to the Dalhousie Law School , 3 pages, unpublished (on file with the author).
Joint Scientific Statement with Lotta Viikari to the Parliamentary Group of the Green party of the environmental dispute between Uruguay and Argentina.
Scientific Statement to the ministry of justice and to the Sami Parliament on the draft Nordic Sami Convention (given on 11.5.2006).
"Transboundary EIA in the North Calotte Region from the Perspectives of International and European Union Law" in Environmental Impact Assessment in the North Calotte Transboundary Areas, pp. 40-50. The publication series of the North Calotte Council, Report No. 69.
Book review of "Conflicts in international environmental law" by Rüdiger Wolfrum and Nele Matz, Vol. XV Finnish Yearbook of International Law, ss. 381-384 (2004).
Book review article: Reflections on the Role of International Environmental Law. Oran Young, The Institutional Dimension of Environmental Change: Fit, Interplay and Scale (Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2002), 221 pages. Yearbook of International Environmental Law 2006, pp. 817-838.
"Oikeustieteen ja oikeuspolitiikan suhde arktisessa tutkimuksessa", Oikeus 2007:4, pp. 429-433. The relationship between legal science to legal policy-making in Arctic research.
The limits of the Arctic Council, in Proceedings of the Fourth NRF Open Meeting, pp. 186-188 (pdf).
Research reports related to the Arctic Transform project:
Introduction to the background papers: Erik J. Molenaar, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea Robert Corell, Heinz Center Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre Sandra Cavalieri, Ecologic
Summary in Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic: Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre Henna Tervo, Arctic Centre Adam Stepien, Arctic Centre
Summary in Offshore Hydrocarbon in the Arctic: Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre Kamrul Hossain, Arctic Centre.
Headnote ILDC 32, Vuotos case, Supreme Administrative Court, 2002:86, published on 28 May 2009, online Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts.
Book review of "Nicolas de Sadeleer’s (ed.) Implementing the Precautionary Principle; Approaches from the Nordic Countries, EU and USA" in Yearbook of International Environmental Law, pp. 793-800.
"Is there a Race to Resources in the Polar Regions" in Canada’s and Europe’s Northern Dimensions (edited by Anita Dey Nuttall and Mark Nuttall), pp. 52.62.
Kuka omistaa Arktisen jäämeren? Ulkopolitiikka 4/2009, pp. 46-47. Who owns the Arctic Ocean?
Sébastien Duyck, Timo Koivurova and Kai Kokko, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, "Assessment of possible relations or implications of LBA Content Options 2 and 3 on selected international forest related agreements and on the EU (EC) competence (August 2009)". Faculty of Law with Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM), can be downloaded from the Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe (Forest Europe) - website. This Executive summary is based on the report submitted to the Forest Europe "Assessment of possible implications of LBA Content Options 2 and 3 on selected international forest related agreements and on the EC/EU competence" (111 pages), by the same authors.
“International Governance and Regulation of the Marine Arctic”. Three reports prepared for the WWF International Arctic Programme by Timo Koivurova and Erik J. Molenaar, I. Overview and Gap Analysis (53 pages), II. Options for Addressing Identified Gaps (34 pages), III. A Proposal for a Legally Binding Instrument (22 pages. Reports can be downloaded from here.
Koivurova, Timo. (2011). Environmental law—Arctic. In Klaus Bosselmann, Daniel Fogel, and J. B. Ruhl (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 3: The Law and Politics of Sustainability, pp. 200–205. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing.
Module 4 "International Law in the Arctic" on-line article for University of the Arctic's Circumpolar studies core course curriculum, BCS 332: Contemporary issues in the Circumpolar World II, available September 2011.
Final Report to the European Union’s Commission DG Environment on EU Arctic footprint and policy assessment, 160 pages and annexes (one of the lead authors) and the report summary, 26 pages.
EU Policy in the Arctic: EU Competences Affecting The Arctic. Briefing Report to the European Union’s Parliament as background information on the discussions on EU’s Arctic policy. Timo Koivurova, Kai Kokko, Sebastien Duyck, Nikolas Sellheim and Adam Stepien, 53 pages.
Valtioiden rajat ylittävien ympäristövaikutusten arviointi Suomessa - YVA-lain toimivuus kansainvälistä kuulemista koskevien velvoitteiden näkökulmasta. (Environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context in Finland – How EIA legislation is functioning relative to obligations concerning international hearings and consultations).
Human Rights and Climate Change. Edited by Stephen Humphreys. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. .; Human Rights and Climate Change: A Review of the International Legal Dimensions. By Siobhán McInerney-Lankford, Mac Darrow, and Lavanya Rajamani. Washington DC: World Bank, 2011. Review by: Timo Koivurova. The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 106, No. 2 (April 2012), pp. 437-443 Published by: American Society of International Law. DOI: 10.5305/amerjintelaw.106.2.0437
“New Ways to Respond to Climate Change in the Arctic”, in ASIL Insights, released 24.10.2012 (www.asil.org/insights121023.cfm )
Timo Koivurova, Neil Craik, Minna Torkkeli, Valtioiden rajat ylittävien ympäristövaikutusten arviointi Suomessa; YVA-lain toimivuus kansainvälistä kuulemista koskevien velvoitteiden näkökulmasta, Ympäristöministeriön raportteja 7/2012.
Editorials to the four volumes of the Yearbook of Polar Law, together with Gudmundur Alfredsson and the special editors.
”Maailmankongressi kestävään kehitykseen liittyvistä oikeudellista asioista”, Ympäristöpolitiikan ja oikeuden vuosikirja 2013, ss. 435-442.
"Resource exploitation in the Arctic: incorrect diagnoses, misinterpretations and wrong solutions – how to avoid these?" in the Baltic Rim Economies, Issue no. 2, p. 7, 27 March 2013.
"Arctic Visions – A path to responsible development". Policy Options, April-May 2013 issue.
Arktiset tulevaisuudet: miksi miettiä niitä? Futura 1/2013, s. 69-72.
”Arktinen erillissota ja kansainvälinen oikeus”, Maanpuolustus, No. 104 2/2013, s. 22-25.
“Why do we need multilateral environmental agreements to protect the arctic environment?” in The Arctic Herald, pp. 122-127, No. 4 (8) 2013.
Book review of Michael Byers’ International Law and the Arctic in European Journal of International Law 25 (2014), 343–359
Timo Koivurova, May 6, 2014. "Increasing Relevance of Treaties: The Case of the Arctic [Agora: The End of Treaties?]" at AJIL Unbound blogs, American Society of International Law
Timo Koivurova, “Multipolar and Multilevel Governance in the Arctic and the Antarctic”
Proceedings of the one hundred seventh annual meeting of the American Society of International Law 2013, pp. 443-446.
Newspaper articles
Lakimiesuutiset 9/1995. Article on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to the journal of the union of lawyers (Yhden sivun kirjoitus Jugoslavia-sotarikostuomioistuimesta).
The University information journal 7/1996. An article about the plans for my doctoral dissertation (Lapin yliopiston tiedotuslehti Kide 7/1996. Yhden sivun kirjoitus väitöskirjasuunnitelmastani).
Article in the national newspaper Helsingin sanomat on the topic of the establishment of the Arctic Council 26.1.1997. (Kommenttipuheenvuoro Helsingin Sanomien vieraskynä- palstalla 26.1.1997. Aiheena Arktisen neuvoston perustaminen.)
Christian weekly journal Kotimaa 21.1.2000. Double page article on the ideas of the vice-president of the International Court of Justice, Christopher Weeramantry. (Kristillinen viikkosanomalehti Kotimaa 21.1.2000. Aukeaman kirjoitus Kansainvälisen tuomioistuimen varapresidentin, Christopher Weeramantryn, ajattelusta.)
Kide 2 /2000. Article about my doctoral dissertation. (Yhden sivun kirjoitus väitöskirjatyöstäni.)
Article in the northern newspaper Lapin Kansa 28.4.2000 about the Swedish involvement in the licencing procedure of Vuotos dam and artificial lake. (Kirjoitus alakerta-palstalle Lapin kansaan 28.4.2000. Aiheena Ruotsin viranomaisten osallistuminen Vuotoksen tekoaltaan lupaprosessiin.)
Article in Lapin Kansa about environmental impact assessment in the Arctic 4.4.2001. (Kirjoitus alakerta-palstalle Lapin kansaan 4.4.2001. Aiheena ympäristövaikutuksen arviointi arktisella alueella.)
Article in Lapin Kansa 5.9.2001 about the judgment of the Administrative Court of Vaasa in the Vuotos case. (Kirjoitus alakerta-palstalle Lapin Kansaan 5.9.2001. Aiheena Vaasan Hallinto-oikeuden päätös Vuotoksen tapauksessa.)
Article in Lapin Kansa about whether the use of force by the USA against Afghanistan is legal or not 18.10.2001. (Kirjoitus alakerta-palstalle Lapin Kansaan 18.10.2001. Aiheena ovatko Yhdysvaltain sotatoimet Afganistanissa laillisia.)
Article in northern newspaper Kaleva about the legal status of Arctic international cooperation 6.1.2002. (Kirjoitus Kalevan alakerta –palstalle 6.1.2002. Aiheena ovatko Arktisen neuvoston päätökset sitovia.)
Article in Lapin Kansa about what the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law is 24.1.2002. The same article was published later in the university journal No. 1/ 2002 and, in a bit shortened version in the national report on human rights 3/2002. (Kirjoitus alakerta –palstalle Lapin Kansaan 24.1.2002. Aiheena Pohjoisen ympäristö- ja vähemmistöoikeuden instituutin esitteleminen. Sama juttu julkaistiin myös yliopiston Kide –lehdessä, No. 1 / 2002 ja lyhennetyssä muodossa Ihmisoikeusraportin numerossa 3/ 2002).
Article in Lapin Kansa about the future of borderwaters between Finland and Sweden 19.2.2002. (Kirjoitus alakerta –palstalle Lapin Kansaan 19.2.2002. Aiheena Suomen ja Ruotsin rajajokien tulevaisuus.)
Article in Lapin Kansa about the World Summit on Sustainable Development 19.9.2002. (Kirjoitus alakerta –palstalle Lapin Kansaan 19.9.2002. Aiheena Johannesburgin kestävän kehityksen huippukokous.)
Article in Helsingin Sanomat about the Finnish chairmanship of the Arctic Council 26.10.2002. (Kirjoitus Helsingin Sanomien vieraskynä –palstaan 26.10.2002. Aiheena Suomen puheenjohtajuuskausi Arktisessa neuvostossa.)
Kide 6 / 2002. Double page article on how I as a researcher perceive the World Summit on Sustainable Development. (Aukeaman kirjoitus ”Tutkija Johannesburgin huippukokouksessa”.)
Article in Helsingin sanomat on the judgment by the Supreme Administrative Court in the case of Vuotos (Kirjoitus Helsingin Sanomien päävieraskynäpalstalle 21.12.2002. Aiheena korkeimman hallinto-oikeuden päätös Vuotoksen tapauksessa).
Article in Helsingin sanomat on how the Iraqi war criminals should be tried (Kirjoitus Helsingin Sanomien vieraskynä –palstalle 8.4.2003. Aiheena miten Irakin sotarikolliset tuomitaan).
Article in Helsingin sanomat on the precautionary principle in the climate regime (Kirjoitus Helsingin sanomien mielipide –palstalla 14.12.2003, sivu A 5. ”Päätöksiä ohjaakin varovaisuusperiaate”).
Article in Kide on the future challenges of environmental law. (Lapin yliopiston tiedotuslehti Kide 2/2004. Kahden sivun kirjoitus ”Ympäristöoikeuden tulevat haasteet”).
Article in Helsingin sanomat on the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report (Kirjoitus Helsingin sanomien mielipide –palstalla 20.11.2004, sivu A 5. ”Arktinen alue ilmastonmuutoksen ennakkovaroittaja”).
Article (together with Leena Heinämäki) in Kaleva on the Inuit Circumpolar Conference case against the US . (Kirjoitus Kalevan ulkomaansivulle 16.2.2005, sivu 15. ”Eskimot haluavat USA:n vastuuseen muutoksista”).
Article (together with Leena Heinämäki) on whether the recent decision by the Human Rights Committee has contributed to the worsening of the judicial protection by Sami. (Kirjoitus Kalevan Alakerta –palstalle 23.4.2005, sivu 2. ”Onko saamelaisten oikeusturva heikentynyt”).
Article in Lakimiesuutiset on the doctoral defence by Meinhard Doelle, in which I acted as the external examiner (Kirjoitus Lakimiesuutiset –aikakauslehteen (juridiseen) vastaväitöksestäni otsikolla ”Ilmastonmuutos kuriin oikeusteitse?”, pp. 46-47).
Article in Helsingin sanomat on the unclear legal status of the offshore areas surrounding the Svalbard Islands . (Kirjoitus Helsingin sanomiin, vieraskynä otsikolla ”Huippuvuorten vesillä epäselvyyksiä”).
Article in Lapin Kansa about whether the human rights of indigenous peoples are a mystical thing (mielipide kirjoitus "Ovatko ihmisoikeudet mystinen asia" Lapin Kansassa, 20.11.2005, s. 5)
Article in Lapin Kansa on whether the victim groups of climate change can influence the combat against climate change through international litigation (Kirjoitus Alakerta palstalle Lapin Kansaan 14.4 "Voidaanko ilmastonmuutosta hillitä oikeusteitse")
Joint article with Lotta Viikari about the environmental dispute between Uruguay and Argentina in Helsingin Sanomat. Yhteisartikkeli Lotta Viikarin kanssa Helsingin Sanomien vieraskynä palstalla, A2, 15.5.2006 (Sellutehdaskiista voi kehittää ympäristönsuojeluoikeutta).
Article in Kaleva about the possible formalisation of the Arctic wide co-operation (Arktinen yhteistyö kohti kolmatta vaihetta, Kaleva 30.9.2006, s. 2).
Article in Helsingin sanomat on 19. 8. 2007 on the importance of the law of the sea in resolving who "owns" the riches of the Arctic waters. (Kirjoitus Helsingin sanomiin mielipidepalstalle otsikolla "Pohjoisnapa-alueiden omistusta säätelee kansainvälinen merioikeus", C 6).
Article in Lapin kansa about the legal significance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 23.9.2007 (Kirjoitus alakerta-palstalle Lapin Kansaan "YK:n alkuperäiskansojen oikeuksien julistuksen oikeudellinen merkitys", s. 4, 23.9.2007).
Article in Lapin Kansa about the proposed Mining Act from the perspective of Lapland together with environmental law professor Kai Kokko (Alakerta artikkeli 17.10.2008 “Kaivoslakiesitys Lapin näkökulmasta”)
Article in University of Lapland magazine generally about the underlying problems in the proposed Mining Act together with environmental law professor Kai Kokko (Lapin yliopiston tiedostuslehti kiteeseen, Eskon puumerkki “Kaivoslakiesitys nousee takapuoli edellä puuhun?”, sivu 36, 5/2008).
Article to Finnish national news agency about the pros and cons in the proposed Mining Act together with environmental law professor Kai Kokko (Artikkeli Suomen tietotoimistolle “Kaivoslakiesitys - uutta kaivosstrategista ajattelua vai vanhan käytännön paketointia?”
Vieraskynäkirjoitus "Arktinen yhteistyö tienhaarassa" pääkirjoitusosastolla Helsingin Sanomissa 8.12.2008. ”Arctic co-operation at a cross-road” column in Helsingin Sanomat newspaper.
Vieraskynäkirjoitus "Kaasuputken riskien arviointi vaatii eri mailta hyvää yhteistyötä" pääkirjoitusosastolla Helsingin Sanomissa 12.6.2009 (yhdessä Ismo Pölösen kanssa). ”Environmental impact assessment of the Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline requires good co-operation from the Baltic Sea littoral states", column in Helsingin Sanomat newspaper.
Alakertakirjoitus Lapin Kansaan aiheesta: ”Lappilaiset: Ilmastonmuutos keskeisin uhka arktisilla alueilla” (expert article on the results of the Arctic security polster to the Lapin Kansa newspaper, 27.1.2011.
Alakertakirjoitus Kalevaan aiheesta ”Ilmastonmuutos suurin uhka arktisilla alueilla” (extended expert article on the results of the Arctic security polster to the Lapin Kansa newspaper), 27.1.2011.
Alakerta kirjoitus Kaleva sanomalehdessä "Kansainvälisen työjärjestön ILOn alkuperäiskansasopimus: väärinkäsityksiä ja turhia pelkoja?" 24.2.2011. Laajennettu versio artikkelista julkaistiin Arctic Finland sivustolla. Article about the misconceptions related to the ILO Convention No. 169.
Alakertakirjoitus Kalevaan yhdessä professori Kai Kokon kanssa alakerta-artikkelina aiheesta "Euroopan Unioni merkittävä toimija arktisella alueella", 13.6.2011. Article on the role of the European Union in the Arctic from the legal point of view.
Alakertakirjoitus Kalevaan aiheesta "Miten Kiinan ja EU:n voisi ottaa Arktisen neuvoston työhön", 13.10.2011. Article on the role observers in the Arctic Council. Kaleva newspaper.
Lapin Kansa, 25.8.2012 näkökulma artikkeli: “Kuka on vastuussa rikkidirektiivistä?” (newspaper column on who is resposible for the suplhur directive).
Kide, 4/2012 kolumni artikkeli: “Arktinen (media)konflikti jääremellä” (newspaper column on how media has influenced our view on whether even a conflict can take place in the Arctic).
Voiko Arktisia luonnonvaroja hyödyntää kestävästi? Näkökulma artikkeli, Lapin Kansa, 12.4.2013. Article on whether arctic natural resources can be exploited sustainably in the local Lappish newspaper Lapin Kansa.
”Kiina ja Intia saamassa jalansijaa arktisella alueella”, Helsingin sanomat, 18.5.2013, sivu A5 (vieraskynä). ”China and India become players in the Arctic”.
Kolumni "Naiset jättävät Arktiksen", Lapin Kansa, 9.9.2013, 02 (female are leaving the Arctic, newspaper Lapin Kansa)
"Meillä on bingotalo", kolumni, Lapin Kansa 23.9.2013.
On pidellyt ilmastonmuutosta, kolumni, Lapin Kansa, 14.10.2013,
”Vihreä rauha ja musta kulta”, Lapin Kansa 11.11.2013 (kolumni).
”Rovaniemi keskiössä”, Lapin Kansa 9.12, 2013 (kolumni).
Column in Lapin Kansa, Arktinen Kiina-ilmiö, 6.1.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Onko Lappi arktista aluetta?, 3.2.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Urheilua vai ei?, 3.3. 2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Tiedettä kansalle, 31.3.2014
Puheenaihe: Tuomioistuin ei voi ratkaista valaiden kohtaloa, vaan siitä päättävät valtiot, Aamulehti 23.4.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Rikollista valaanpyyntiä? 28.4.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa,Voihan Venäjä, 26.5.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Anteeksi, pelkäättekö lentää päin vuorta?, 23.6.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Antakaa minun puhua, 21.7.2014,
Column in Lapin Kansa, Maratonini, 18.8.2014,
Column in Lapin Kansa, Viimeinen pisara, 16.9.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Globaali oikeus, 13.10.2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Rakastakaa älkää sotiko, 8.12. 2014
Column in Lapin Kansa, Viikatemiehen tylsynyt terä, 5.1. 2015
Column in Lapin Kansa, Mistä sie olet pois, 2.2. 2015.
Kide, 1/2015, pääkirjoitus: "parannetaanko muuten maailma?”.
Column in Lapin Kansa, Puhelinkin oli ennen paremmin, 2.3. 2015
Column in Lapin Kansa, Esiinytmiskammo, 22.3. 2015
Timo Koivurova, La última frontera: El conflicto ucranio amenaza la negociación de los países por los recursos naturales del Ártico, El Pais. 5.4. 2015.