Dear colleagues, The Institute of Public International Law and the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) of Utrecht University are co-hosting the Fourth J.H.W. Verzijl Memorial Symposium on 21 November 2008. The theme of the symposium is the legal regime of areas beyond national jurisdiction: current principles and frameworks and future directions. In the attached document you find further information on the symposium. Best regards, _______________________________________________ Alex G. Oude Elferink Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) School of Law Utrecht University Achter Sint Pieter 200 3512 HT Utrecht The Netherlands tel: .. 31 (0)30 2537033 fax: .. 31 (0)30 2537073 email: [log in to unmask] _______________________________________________