In theory, the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone could follow a different line than the continental shelf. For practical…
U.S. President Harry S. Truman’s executive order on September 28, 1945, proclaiming that the resources on the continental shelf contiguous…
Coastal states can claim five key maritime zones. Proceeding seawards from the coast they are internal waters, territorial seas, the…
The rights coastal states have in certain maritime zones, notably internal waters, the territorial sea and contiguous zone, affords them…
Belgium claims for outer limit lines of the continental shelf and territorial sea, Belgium, Belgium Maritime claims, continental shelf, Maritime…
Australia claims on outer limits of its continental shelf, Australia, continental shelf, How far offshore is international waters Australia?, Maritime…
“Continental slope” or “slope,” as used in UNCLOS Article 76, means that part of the continental margin lying between the…
There are two definitions for “bank,” depending on its use in UNCLOS: (a)The word “banks” in UNCLOS Article 9, when…
An “artificial island” or “offshore installation,” or “installation (offshore),” as used in UNCLOS means a human-made edifice in the territorial…
Definitions Relating to the Continental Shelf on the LOSC and customary international law, adjacent coasts, basepoint or point, chart, continental…
Practice on Provisional Arrangements in maritime Disputed Areas, JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONES, United Kingdom-Argentina in the South West Atlantic case, argentina,…
Practice on Provisional Arrangements in maritime Disputed Areas, JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONES, Malaysia-Vietnam case, continental shelf, equidistant line, equidistant line between…
legal issues and marine laws of mainland China and Taiwan, China, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone, LOS Convention, Taiwan, Yellow…
Maritime delimitation may be defined as the process of establishing lines separating the spatial ambit of coastal State jurisdiction over…
International Law in the South China Sea, artificial islands, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, contiguous zone, continental…
The delimitation of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles is a comparatively new subject in the law of maritime…
Economic Factors as a RELEVANT CIRCUMSTANCES in delimitation process in law of the sea and customary international law, Cameroon/Nigeria case,…
Geological and Geomorphological Factors as a RELEVANT CIRCUMSTANCES in delimitation process in law of the sea and customary international law,…
Presence of Islands as a RELEVANT CIRCUMSTANCES in delimitation process in law of the sea and customary international law, 12-nautical-mile,…
DEVELOPMENT OF CASE LAW RELATING TO MARITIME DELIMITATION, 1977 Anglo-French Continental Shelf case, an equitable result, Bangladesh/India Arbitration, Bangladesh/Myanmar case,…
TREATY LAW CONCERNING MARITIME DELIMITATION, 1958 Convention on the Continental Shelf, 1977 Anglo-French Continental Shelf case, continental shelf, Delimitation of…
The exploration and exploitation of natural resources in the deep seabed is a new subject in the law of the…
It has been said that ‘the greatest museum of human civilization lies on the seabed’. Owing to the development of…
(a) Submarine Cables and Pipelines With respect to the freedom of use on the continental shelf, Article 79(1) stipulates that…
The coastal State exercises sovereign rights over the continental shelf for the purpose of exploring and exploiting its natural resources…
Procedures to Establish the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf on the law of the sea and LOSC, Commission on…
As we shall discuss later, the coastal State intending to claim a continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles is required…
Where the outer edge of the continental margin extends beyond 200 nautical miles, the limit of the continental shelf is…
In light of the dictum of the Court and Article 76 of the LOSC, it may be argued that currently…
The key concept of archipelagic waters is that a group of islands in mid-ocean, i.e. ‘midocean archipelagos’, should be considered…
The definition of an island is provided in Article 121(1) of the LOSC: An island is a naturally-formed area of…
the ILC came to wrestle with the codification of the law of the sea. The ILC, established by the UN…
Issues with respect to article 4 of Annex II to the Convention on the law of the sea, Annex II,…
also based on the article 76 of UNCLOS III, Article76, Definition of the continental shelf The continental shelf of a…
Legal Aspects of Inter-State Maritime Delimitation in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin, Are There Laws on the High Seas?, Can you…
MARITIME ZONE AND JURISDICTION, contiguous zone, continental shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), High Seas and Deep Ocean Floor, internal waters,…
Aegean Territorial Waters Conflict An Evolutionary Narrative, Aegean sea, continental shelf