Article 47(1) of the LOSC provides as follows : An archipelagic State may draw straight archipelagic baselines joining the outermost…
The key concept of archipelagic waters is that a group of islands in mid-ocean, i.e. ‘midocean archipelagos’, should be considered…
The coastal State has a right to adopt laws and regulations relating to transit passage through straits. Under Article 42(1),…
The straits under Part III of the LOSC contain two types of straits: straits to which the regime of transit…
The territorial sea is a marine space under the territorial sovereignty of the coastal State up to a limit not…
Legal Status of Internal Waters in the law of the sea and LOSC, Article 5(2) of the TSC, Article 8…
Concerning river mouths, Article 9 of the LOSC stipulates: If a river flows directly into the sea, the baseline shall…
The TSC and the LOSC contain no definition of historic bays. According to the Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal in the…
In this regard, the Arbitral Tribunal, in the 1910 North Atlantic Coast Fisheries case, stated: the geographical character of a…
Straight baselines can be defined as: a system of straight lines joining specified or discrete points on the low-water line,…
The normal baseline is the low-water line drawn along the coast. In this regard, Article 5 of the LOSC provides…
This principle is distinct from the traditional principles in two respects. First, while the principles of sovereignty and freedom aim…