Territorial sea 1. Concept of a territorial sea The concept of a territorial sea has a long history. Those who opposed the idea of a closed sea (mare clausum) in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries did so relying on, inter alia, the argument that states should not be allowed to claim sovereign rights over a...
November 21, 2024
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April 26, 2022July 25, 2022Baselines, the territorial sea and the contiguous zone, International Laws of The Sea
Law on Drawing Baselines
Law on drawing baselines 1. Background to the law The seas and oceans of the world had long been subject to the freedom-of-the-seas doctrine. This was a principle put forth in the seventeenth century with a view mainly to limiting national rights and jurisdiction over the seas and oceans to a narrow belt of sea...
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April 26, 2022July 25, 2022Evolution of the law of the sea, International Laws of The Sea
Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III)
Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) 1. Second UN Conference on the Law of the Sea Since the four Geneva Conventions had not resolved some important issues within the law of the sea, the UN decided to convene a second conference, UNCLOS II, in 1960, soon after the conclusion of...
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April 26, 2022July 25, 2022Evolution of the law of the sea, International Laws of The Sea
Four Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea of 1958
Four Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea of 1958 1. Four Conventions a)Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone This Convention recognised formally for the first time in international law the right of coastal states to claim a territorial sea off their coastlines. Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention read...
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April 23, 2022July 25, 2022Evolution of the law of the sea, International Laws of The Sea
First UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I)
First UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS I) Aftermath of the Second World War The conduct of the belligerent powers during the Second World War demonstrated the need for a more orderly system of using the seas and oceans for various purposes. During the war, the rights of neutrals were largely disregarded...
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April 23, 2022July 25, 2022Evolution of the law of the sea, International Laws of The Sea
Pre-UN Development of the Law of the Sea
Pre-UN development of the law of the sea Introduction We know that as early as the fourth millennium BC there were maritime trade routes connecting Mesopotamia with the Indus Valley. It is also known that commercial contacts between the Mediterranean basin and lands to the east existed as early as the Old Kingdom epoch in...