This article provides an analyses the implications of China’s constitutionally proclaimed notion of “Community of Shared Future for Mankind” (CSFM), which reveals the stance of the PRC party in promoting so-called “Chinese wisdom” and a “Chinese solution” to address common issues in global governance and in pursuing China’s global leadership in President Xi Jinping’s “New Era.” The author explores the possibility for China and the West of reaching a normative consensus in terms of standards set by the CSFM vision and human security in light of the current global pandemic. The author advocates pursuing a pragmatic, problem-solving approach to international engagement with China without advancing a particular political agenda based on broad ideological presumptions, namely by encouraging and facilitating China’s further participation in international institutions and treaties. This approach may establish an increasing convergence and resonance of local and nonlocal norms to reach a normative consensus and, ultimately, to influence treaty performance incrementally and gradually.

이 논문에서는 UN해양법협약 상 인류공동유산 원칙의 법적 성질을 살펴보고, UN해양법협약에 기초한 BBNJ(국가관할권 이원지역에서의 생물다양성) 협약 개정 초안에서 국가관할권 이원지역의 해양 유전자원에 인류공동유산 원칙을 적용한다는 것이 어떠한 문제를 내포하는지를 논리 해석적으로 검토하였다. 먼저 2장에서는 UN해양법협약에서 인류공동유산 원칙의 의미와, 이 원칙을 구성하는 세부 요소를 알아보겠다. 이를 토대로 인류공동유산 원칙의 강행규범성을 주장하는 근거와 그 한계점을 짚어보도록 하겠다. 3장에서는 국가관할권 이원지역에서의 생물다양성 규율 공백을 메우기 위해 진행되고 있는 BBNJ 협약 논의의 배경을 살펴보고, 여기서 인류공동유산 원칙 적용이 제시되고 있음을 확인하겠다. 4장에서는 현재까지 정부 간 회의에서 도출된 BBNJ 협약 개정 초안의 내용 을 UN해양법협약과 비교·분석하여, BBNJ에서 차용하고 있는 인류공동유산의 원칙이 UN해양법협약에서의 용례와 논리적으로 부정합하다는 점과 그 문제의 중대성을 역설하겠다. 결론에서는 BBNJ에 적용될 규율 원칙의 명확화를 위하여, 인류공동유산 원 칙의 강행규범성 및 유추적용에 대한 추가 연구가 필요하다는 점과, 이에 따라 BBNJ의 규율 원칙이 재차 논의되어야 함을 제언하겠다.

The countries of Northeast Asia have close ties and wide range of links in politics, economy, culture and geography. These countries have abroad humanistic foundation. It is of great significance to strengthen the regional cooperation in Northeast Asia under the vision of building the community of a shared future for mankind. This is conducive to safeguarding peace and stability in Northeast Asia, safe guarding the overall interests of Northeast Asia, promoting the common development of Northeast Asia, and realizing the “the Beltand Road” initiative. The idea of building the community of a shared future for mankind opensa new way of thinking for regional cooperation in Northeast Asia: focus in gon strengthening economic cooperation an destablishing cooperation mechanisms; strengthening mutual trust of political security and maintaining regional peace and stability; dealing with non-traditional security issues and curbing extremism; building a common concept and deepening regional identity. Therefore, building the community of a shared future for mankind and promoting regional cooperation in Northeast Asia can realize the overall realization of regional integration in Northeast Asia.

Global warming is a result of human influence. However, little has been done to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere to a ‘safe’ level. An important factor for such dismal state of affairs is that the international community has emphasized far too much on the State-centric approach to combating climate change. The international legal regime does not directly control major emitters or MNCs. This article recognizes the atmosphere as a part of the global commons and the atmospheric absorptive capacity as the common heritage of mankind. Therefore, the international community can pave the way to link global climate change regime and MNCs. Those common interests of the international community can be protected when MNCs turn their production processes green, by redirecting their investment into green technology, and try to alter the negative status quo.