In theory, the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone could follow a different line than the continental shelf. For practical…
where no EEZ claim has been made, several states instead claim an exclusive fishery zone. A significant proportion of these…
The rights coastal states have in certain maritime zones, notably internal waters, the territorial sea and contiguous zone, affords them…
Extending beyond this point and reaching up to 200 nautical miles (370.4 km) from a country’s coast lies its Exclusive…
An “artificial island” or “offshore installation,” or “installation (offshore),” as used in UNCLOS means a human-made edifice in the territorial…
Practice on Provisional Arrangements in maritime Disputed Areas, JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONES, KOREA AND JAPAN case, Continental Shelf Boundary, East China…
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…
Historic Title and Historic Rights as a RELEVANT CIRCUMSTANCES in delimitation process in law of the sea and customary international…
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 LOSC devotes Part VII to the high seas. Under Article 86, the high seas are defined as: all parts…
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…
Historic Rights of countries on the EEZ, based on law of the sea and customary international law, EEZ, exclusive economic…
Residual Rights of countries on the EEZ based on law of the sea and customary international law, EEZ, exclusive economic…
Jurisdiction of Coastal States Over the EEZ, based on law of the sea, customary international law and LOSC, artificial islands,…
In short, unlike territorial sovereignty, the sovereign rights of the coastal State over the EEZ lack comprehensiveness of material scope.…
The EEZ is an area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, not extending beyond 200 nautical miles from the…
The key concept of archipelagic waters is that a group of islands in mid-ocean, i.e. ‘midocean archipelagos’, should be considered…
The straits under Part III of the LOSC contain two types of straits: straits to which the regime of transit…
The Right of Innocent Passage of Foreign Nuclear-Powered Ships and Ships Carrying Inherently Dangerous or Noxious Substances, Article 23 of…
The definition of an island is provided in Article 121(1) of the LOSC: An island is a naturally-formed area of…
First, the primary function of international law involves the spatial distribution of jurisdiction of States, and the same applies to…