Steven Groves

Senior Research Fellow

Steven Groves is the Bernard and Barbara Lomas Senior Research Fellow at The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and leader of The Heritage Foundation's Freedom Project. He has testified before Congress on international law, human rights, the United Nations and controversial treaties such as the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

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Groves, Steven. Accession to Convention on the Law of the Sea Unnecessary to Advance Arctic Interests . Heritage Foundation: Washington, D.C., June 26, 2014 (18p). [ More (8 quotes) ]
Groves, Steven and Dean Cheng. A National Strategy for the South China Sea . Heritage Foundation: Washington, D.C., April 24, 2014 (15p). [ More (3 quotes) ]
Groves, Steven. The U.S. Can Mine the Deep Seabed Without Joining the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea . Heritage Foundation: Washington, D.C., December 04, 2012 (18p). [ More (8 quotes) ]
Groves, Steven. "The Law of the Sea: Costs of U.S. Accession to UNCLOS ." Testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, June 14, 2012. [ More (11 quotes) ]
Groves, Steven. U.S. Accession to U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Unnecessary to Develop Oil and Gas Resources . Heritage Foundation: Washington, D.C., May 14, 2012 [ More (6 quotes) ]
Groves, Steven. Accession to U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Would Expose the U.S. to Baseless Climate Change Lawsuits . Heritage Foundation: Washington, D.C., March 12, 2012 (26p). [ More (9 quotes) ]
Groves, Steven. U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea Erodes U.S. Sovereignty over U.S. Extended Continental Shelf . Heritage Foundation: Washington, D.C., June 7, 2011 (1-13p). [ More (5 quotes) ]

"Don’t Open the Door to Law of the Sea Litigation" — Groves, Steven — Heritage Foundation — January 10, 2013

Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute warns of the dangers of litigation if the United States joins the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, more commonly known as the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).

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"Law of the Sea Ruling Trumps Ghanaian Judge" — Groves, Steven — Heritage Foundation — December 28, 2012

When a nation joins the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) it should be prepared to have its domestic court rulings overturned by an international tribunal. That hard lesson was recently learned by Ghana.

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"Why the U.S. Should Not Fund the Law of the Sea Bureaucracy" — Groves, Steven — Heritage Blog — May 17, 2012

The author advocates in favor of an amendment that would prevent the U.S. from providing funds for the International Seabed Authority.

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"The Top Five Reasons Why Conservatives Should Oppose the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea" — Baker Spring, Steven Groves and Brett D. Schaefer — Heritage Foundation — September 25, 2007

The authors offer five reasons why the Law of the Sea treaty "remains a threat to American interests."

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