@article{article_1479951, title={Legal Status of The Regional Activity Centres (RACs) Under the Institutional Structure of Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)}, journal={DEHUKAM Journal of the Sea and Maritime Law}, volume={6}, pages={87–116}, year={2024}, author={Özturanlı, Beyza and Örme, Özlem}, keywords={Bölgesel Faaliyet Merkezleri, Akdeniz Eylem Planı, Uluslararası Hukuk}, abstract={One of the tools of Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) for providing States to fulfill their obligations under the Barcelona Convention and its Additional Protocols is Regional Activity centres (RACs) in the framework of the Regional Seas Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Yet today the UNEP-MAP system includes not only the conventional obligations of Contracting Parties but also the decisions taken by the Parties, the plans and programs and strategies they have adopted. The fulfillmentof all these requires legal, institutional, technical, scientific and technological capacity. At this point, Regional Activity Centres support States to fulfill their obligations within the UNEP-MAP system and carry out important functions in their fields of work. Determining the legal basis for the work of Regional Activity Centres will clarify their functions in the implementation of the MAP and will shed light on the establishment and execution of similar centres in other fields}, number={1}, publisher={Ankara Üniversitesi Deniz Hukuku Ulusal Araştırma Merkezi}