Law of the Sea

Law of the sea is a body of international law governing the rights and duties of states in maritime environments. It concerns matters such as navigational rights, sea mineral claims, and coastal waters jurisdiction. While drawn from a number of international customs, treaties, and agreements, modern law of the sea derives largely from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), effective since 1994, which is generally accepted as a codification of customary international law of the sea, and is sometimes regarded as the "constitution of the oceans".Law of the sea is the public law counterpart to …

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MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 26 July 2024 English

Since the end of the Second World War, the US’s engagement in South Asia has undergone changes in response to evolving geopolitical dynamics in the region and the global landscape. …

such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Furthermore, the document stresses


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 18 July 2024 English

The Philippines is also pursuing a more robust collaboration with other regional powers such as South Korea and India with whom it shares a common vison of the Indo-Pacific.5 The …

including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which ‘…clarified the limits of each


DPG: Delhi Policy Group · 17 July 2024 English

award issued by the tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the arbitration instituted by the Republic of the Philippines against the People’s

VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in the arbitration instituted by the


World Bank Group · 16 July 2024 English

Submarine cables enable international connectivity and are essential for high-speed internet access. This paper tests their potential to improve the affordability of internet access by supporting a price drop through …

Foreign Relations Committee on the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention. 5connectivity (i.e., connecting


CFPPR: Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research · 12 July 2024 English

Kasawari Gas Explorations and the Amplification of Malaysia’s South China Sea Dilemma The focal point of contention between Malaysia and China in the South China Sea in recent years undeniably …

downplay its response 18 Rob McLaughlin, “The Law of the Sea and PRC Gray-Zone Operations in the South China including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.”113 Through these seemingly contradictory to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).118 By advocating for an ASEAN-based tion%20Roadmap_0.pdf McLaughlin, Rob. “The Law of the Sea and PRC Gray-Zone Operations in the South China


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 11 July 2024

countries’ (presumably also Indonesia’s) exclusive economic zone rights under the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty. Also softening its rebuttal’s blow, Indonesia reiterated its willingness, as a “neutral


CIGS: Canon Institute for Global Studies · 1 July 2024 English

Reception of Modern European International Law 4 : Passive Acceptance of International Law In the period of Japan’s reception of modern European international law, the salient feature was the passive …

Justice (ICJ), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), and arbitral tribunals cannot entertain under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),44 there are no provisions that clearly on the Pandemic’ from the Perspective of the Law of the Sea – With a Focus on Port State Jurisdiction [Kaiyoho of international law?86 By focusing upon the law of the sea issues,87 there are several relevant treaties incident, see Atsuko Kanehara, ”Covid-19 and the Law of the Sea: Japan’s Port State Jurisdiction in Relation


The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment · 27 June 2024 English

The report provides an analysis of climate change litigation trends as of 2024, focusing on the increase in cases, the geographical spread, and the key actors involved. The conclusions highlight …

May 2024 the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea issued its advisory opinion, finding that Justice, the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea and the UNFCCC’s dispute resolution bodies) made to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), in 2022. These three legal requests under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); and to clarify the specific legal


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 26 June 2024 English

Climate change presents states with new obligations. Chile and Colombia are asking what those are.

turned to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) to seek clari�cation regarding parties’ obligations to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in preventing, reducing, and controlling


EU: European Union · 25 June 2024 English

The aim of this paper is to map out and analyse the way in which EU environmental law applies – and the degree to which it applies – the polluter …

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