Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundaries

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Announces the Death of Judge Soji Yamamoto (September 19, 2013)

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Kathleen A. Doty

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Sustainable Fisheries and the Obligations of Flag and Coastal States: The Request by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission for an ITLOS Advisory Opinion

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19
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Michael A. Becker
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The Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India)

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17
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13
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Shashank Kumar
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The World Court Awards Sovereignty Over Several Islands in the Caribbean Sea to Colombia and Fixes a Single Maritime Boundary between Colombia and Nicaragua

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3
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Pieter Bekker
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Transit Passage Rights in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Threats to Block the Passage of Oil Tankers

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Once again, tensions are mounting in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. In response to Western powers’ import bans on Iranian oil and warnings of other sanctions against Iran because of its nuclear program, Iran has threatened to block the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. The United States in turn has increased its naval presence in the Strait of Hormuz, ostensibly in an exercise of its “transit rights of passage” under the law of the sea.

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16
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Nilufer Oral
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Fishing in Troubled Waters - Somalia’s Maritime Zones and the Case for Reinterpretation

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9
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Thilo Neumann and Tim Rene Salomon
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Israel-Lebanon Offshore Oil & Gas Dispute – Rules of International Maritime Law

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Tensions between Lebanon and Israel have been running high during the last months due to a legal dispute over rights to newly discovered natural oil and gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea. Formally at war for years, and without diplomatic relations, Israel and Lebanon have never agreed on a delimitation of their maritime boundaries.

Rising Conflict Between Israel and Lebanon

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15
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31
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Martin Wählisch
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Mauritius Brings UNCLOS Arbitration Against The United Kingdom Over The Chagos Archipelago

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8
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Peter Prows
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