Law of sea.pptx

This will help you understand basic terms related to the law of the sea.

1. Law of the Sea Asif Abbas 0212-Mphil-Chem2022 Government College University Lahore

2. Law of Sea Define rights and liabilities of nations with respect to the world’s ocean. Rights and liabilities related to Business Environment Maritime resources Boundaries

3. United nation Convention on the law of the sea, 1982 (UNCLOS) Formed after third UN conference on the law of sea (UNCLOS III) held between 1973 and 1982. Signed on: 10 th December 1982 at Montego Bay, Jamaica Effective from 16 th November 1994 There was a condition that this Convention would come into force 1 year after 60 countries would bring their domestic laws in conformity with this convention. Guyana was the 60 th country to ratify it on 18 th November 1993.

4. Continue.. UCLOS (Convention)-has 320 Articles divided into 17 parts and 9 annexures. UNCLOS covers all the legal aspects which were covered by Geneva Convention the law of sea, 1958 and 1960 (2 conventions which were result of 1 st and 2 nd Conference on the law of seas)

5. Father of the International L aw responsible for the concept of ‘’freedom of the seas’’

6. What was the need of such law? The sea is full of resources, and by 1960’s it was realized by the world that we now had technology to extract those resources, the sea floor was full of various resources , iron, manganese, copper, nickel cobalt.

7. Maritime Law Maritime law, also known as admiralty law, is a body of laws, conventions, and treaties that govern private maritime business occurring on open water.

8. Baseline and Measurement Baseline: The line along the coast from which the territorial sea and other maritime zones are measured.

9. Internal water Waters on the landward side of the baseline pf the territorial sea from the base line o f the territorial sea from part of the internal waters of the state.

10. Innocent passage Ships of all states enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the other state.

11. Contiguous zone The contiguous zone is a band of water extending from the outer edge of the sea of territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles from the baseline, within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing infringement of its customs, immigration or sanitary laws within its territory.

12. Exclusive economic zone An exclusive economic zone extend from the outer limit of the territorial sea to a maximum of 200 nmi from the territorial sea baseline, thus it includes the contiguous zone

13. Continental shelf The continental shelf of the coastal state compromises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas. A distance of 200nmi from baseline where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance

14. Extended Continental S helf Extends from the end of EEZ for at most another 150 nmi . The countries need to submit a continental shelf report showing the continental shelf area of their country to Commission on the limits of the Continental s helf (CLCS)

15. High sea The ocean surface and the water column beyond the EEZ are referred to as the high sea. It is considered as ‘’the common heritage of all mankind’’ and is beyond any national jurisdiction.

16. Major aspects of UNCLOS Sets up a dispute resolution body ITOS (International Tribunal for the law of the sea) Jurisdiction over any dispute relating to interpretation and application of the Convention On all matters provided in an agreement which conforms jurisdiction to tribunal.

17. International Seabed Authority (ISBA) UNCLOS Sets up International Seabed Authority (ISBA ) that provides the details of national jurisdiction.