Doctrine of hot pursuit

Maritime law. Public international law. law of the sea

1. Doctrine of hot pursuit Adv. SURYA K S [email protected] https://www.youtube.com/c/suryaslecturesonlaw

2. Article 23 of the Geneva Convention on the High Seas, 1958 codified the concept of hot pursuit . Article 111 of UNCLOS 1982. Hot pursuit is an exception of flag state jurisdiction. A vessel which is committed a violation of laws of any foreign state while in the sovereign territorial waters, that state can pursued on to high seas and seized.

3. Requisites of hot pursuit The State which is exercising its right under the doctrine must have sufficient and valid reason to believe that the foreign vessel has transgressed the law of the State . The pursuit must be started when the foreign vessel is within the internal waters, territorial sea, archipelagic waters, contiguous zone or Exclusive Economic Zone of the State .

4. The pursuit can be commenced only after the foreign vessel has been given an auditory or visual signal to stop, which has been heard or seen by the foreign vessel . The right can be exercised only by authorized government vessels or warships which are identifiable and clearly marked . The right comes to an end when the offending vessel enters the territorial sea of its own jurisdiction or any third State.

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