Treaty text
Move from the four pillars and treaty articles into the specific paragraphs that create an obligation.
From treaty text to real-world action
Treaty Explorer is a free guide to how the High Seas Treaty can be put into practice, one step at a time.
It helps UN delegates and other ocean stakeholders trace how BBNJ treaty requirements map to technical functions, practical workflows, and existing systems that could help carry them out.
Open Treaty ExplorerA treaty says what must happen. It often does not say how. Who submits what? To whom? In what order? Using which systems?
Treaty Explorer turns the treaty’s legal text into clear steps that people can follow, plan around, and build on. It separates what the treaty requires from possible implementation choices and connects each proposal to supporting evidence.
Pick a provision
Choose an article or select the treaty paragraphs you want to understand, including provisions across the four BBNJ pillars.
See the workflow
The Explorer assembles the tasks connected to those provisions into a proposed workflow, showing the actions, sequence, responsible actors, and audiences.
Inspect each step
Explore the information people need, supporting sources, relevant systems, and technical requirements such as permissions, identifiers, notifications, confidentiality, and tracking.
Compare implementation options
See alternative interpretations and sourced ways a requirement could be carried out. Unresolved choices and evidence gaps remain visible rather than being presented as settled answers.
Functions and workflows
See how requirements such as receiving information, publishing notices, managing access, sending alerts, and tracking records translate into connected operational steps.
Actors and audiences
Understand who takes an action, who receives the information, and which subsidiary bodies, institutions, communities, or users depend on the result.
Tools and systems
Explore comparable platforms, databases, repositories, and channels that may support a function, including how information already moves between systems.
Evidence and open questions
Trace proposed workflows to published studies and other sources, while keeping alternative interpretations, design choices, and gaps explicit.
Government delegates and officials working to put the treaty into practice
Scientists and research institutions affected by the treaty’s rules
Ocean organizations, technical teams, students, and anyone seeking to understand how global ocean law works in practice