International Law, customary law U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas
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International Law, customary law U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/clos indx.htm signatory ratification accession http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/table_s ummary_of_claims.pdf Limits and Boundaries: • claims versus agreements domestic laws, decrees/orders, regulations and registered claims • UNCLOS pertains to limits not boundaries • boundary-making principles: equidistance/median, shelf margin, depth line, other • land boundaries versus maritime boundaries state sovereignty versus all-purpose maritime fisheries/joint development zone The Basics
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The Basics. International Law, customary law U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/closindx.htm signatory ratification accession http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/table_summary_of_claims.pdf - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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International Law, customary law U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seashttp://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/closindx.htm
signatory ratification accession http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/table_summary_of_claims.pdf
Limits and Boundaries: • claims versus agreements domestic laws, decrees/orders, regulations and registered claims• UNCLOS pertains to limits not boundaries• boundary-making principles: equidistance/median, shelf margin, depth line, other• land boundaries versus maritime boundaries state sovereignty versus all-purpose maritime
fisheries/joint development zone territorial sea, EEZ, continental shelf
Boundary Instruments:• Agreements: treaties, conventions, exchanges of notes, • Adjudication : Intl. Tribunal for the LOS, ICJ,• Arbitration: Arbitral Tribunals per Annexes VII , VIII• http://www.un.org/Depts/los/settlement_of_disputes/choice_procedure.htm
The Basics
Maritime RegimesBaselines: natural and straightInternal waters
Sovereignty Sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve and manage
RESOURCES
Maritime Claims Reference Manual: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html/20051m.htm
UNCLOS State Practice: http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/
Boundaries and Sovereignty Encyclopedia: http://base.us-state.osis.gov
