Questions tagged [maritime-law]
Questions related to the laws governing maritime disputes, ranging from the Law of the Sea to admiralty law.
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What are the criteria to consider two countries sea neighbours? [closed]
What are the criteria for two countries to be considered sea neighbours?
For example: Why are India and Maldives neighbours but not India and Indonesia?
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What is the specific term for countries without direct access to the high seas?
Is there a term for countries with access to the sea but not to open international waters?
I'm thinking of Cuba, Germany, Italy, North Korea, etc. that are surrounded by exclusive economic zones of ...
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Is it common to have territorial claims that exceed by the limitations established by the UNCLOS?
China’s demands exceed the legal claims established by UNCLOS, even
though that treaty was ratified by Beijing. The PRC claims are based
in a map named ‘Map of Chinese Islands in the South China Sea,’
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What "whizzy new tools" in space are America and its allies using to track China’s military activity and illegal fishing? (The Economist) [closed]
Background and evidence of research effort
The non-paywalled part of the Economist's August 15, 2023 Keeping tabs on China’s murky maritime manoeuvres; America and its allies are using whizzy new ...
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Which countries has the RF designated as maritime warring parties in its war against Ukraine? [closed]
In a verbal exchange conveyed in this tweet (the original is in Russian, but it has English subtitles, which seem accurate), the Russian warship announces to a passing civilian ship
the country under ...
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What changes in the formal status of Russia's Baltic Fleet once Sweden joins NATO?
Now that Sweden has been accepted into NATO, the Baltic Sea is internal to NATO because its entire coast consists of NATO countries.
Kremlin spokesman has been reported to say that the RF would "...
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Does a country in a, nominal or actual, civil war lose credibility when it's unable to control its territorial waters? e.g. Taiwan, Gibraltar possibly [closed]
In every historical case since the establishment of the UN, when warships freely sail within the territorial waters of a country without prior approval, it was seen as a challenge to the authority and ...
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Does artificially extending ones coastline increase the exclusive economic zone (EEZ)?
Artificially islands do not increase a countries' exclusive economic zone (EEZ). What applies to land reclamation projects that are contiguous with existing land, such as with the Maasvlakte in ...
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How is Russia responding to non-military maritime traffic in the legally recognized shipping lane passing within Crimea’s territorial waters?
From the video BBC journalist reports from British warship as Russia “fires warning shots” - BBC News in June 2021 here are some screenshots and transcribed audio (mine but based on BBC's closed ...
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Where to find a summary of US FONOPS in the year 2020?
Where to find a summary with dates of FONOPS (especially in the South China Sea) conducted by the United States in 2020 and ideally in recent years?
Some information on previous years is contained in ...
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How do Micronesia, Guam and the Northern Marianas give the US "dominance in the Pacific", according to experts"?
The NBC News article Why is this tiny Pacific Ocean nation getting VIP treatment in Beijing? says:
David Panuelo, president of the Federated States of Micronesia — a nation of some 600 islands and ...
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Two countries jointly sharing territorial waters of an island; precedent or impossibility of?
This 27-July-2019 CNN report mentions:
The remote Pacific outcrop, called the Dokdo Islands in South Korea and the Takeshima Islands in Japan, made headlines Tuesday following an alleged violation ...
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Can avoiding the Strait of Hormuz (ideally with a canal south of Kumzar) prevent further escalation of the high tensions there?
In recent weeks the tensions in the Strait of Hormuz has been the highest in years [1], since Iran does not recognize any of the water in the Strait of Hormuz as being International Water, and given ...
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Why do certain states offer lax, open ship registries?
Some world states maintain an "open registry" of ships, allowing non-resident non-citizens to register their ships in that state and fly its flag (a "flag of convenience"), and additionally, do not ...
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Does Iran recognize any of the water in the Strait of Hormuz as being International Water?
The US is claiming that the United States Armed Services are going to ensure passage in the Strait.
"We are starting a concept called Sentinel in which we will have a series of countries engaged to ...
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Have countries that have signed but not ratified international conventions successfully used the arbitration provisions thereof?
This question is inspired by the recent event of Grace 1 being detained by Gibraltar. Interestingly the most aggrieved party (which may or may not have legal standing though), namely Iran, has signed ...
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Couldn't Carola Rackete of Sea Watch 3 have chosen another harbor? [closed]
From the BBC:
Carola Rackete was arrested at the Italian port of Lampedusa after a
two-week stand-off with police at sea.
Her vessel, Sea-Watch 3, was banned from docking, but it eventually
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Does China interfere with commercial shipping passing through the Taiwan Straits?
I have read that China considers the Taiwan Straits to be its "sovereign territory" which differs from international law that defines bodies of waters 12 miles or more offshore as international waters ...
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Is an act of piracy by a navy an act of war/aggression?
Under international law - is the ship flagged under one state, say Sweden, the territory or under the sovereignty of that state (A)?
And thus: does an act of piracy, specifically by the armed forces/...
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Unregistered vessel on international seas - legal status and consequences?
What is the legal status, and possible legal consequences of being an unregistered vessel on international seas?
Would being unregistered vessel mean, that other ships could treat me like a pirate, ...
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What actions against pirates are legal for private ships?
I've watched the film The Trouble with Pirates [IMDb] and the one thing that is most surprising to me is that those captured ships offered no resistance and were virtually defenseless. The pirate ...
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