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UNCLOS and territorialization of the seas: the case of Indian and Pacific Oceans

2017

The 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone created by the 1982 UNCLOS regime generates conflict in areas where the distance between opposite national coasts is less than 400 nautical miles and in marginal seas surrounded by many states and with islands. This is the case of the marginal seas in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. In particular, the EEZ regime has proved troublesome in the South China Sea, leading some authors to ask whether it has actually strengthened or undermined peace and cooperation. Does the problem really lie with UNCLOS? My purpose hereby is to explain that, in truth, UNCLOS is a milestone in the process of territorialization of the seas . The EEZ regime represents the…

UNCLOSSouth chinabusiness.industryterritorializationMilestonebordersInternational tradeExclusive economic zonelcsh:History of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesNautical mileConventionIndian oceanGeographyOceanographySovereigntyUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sealcsh:AZ20-999yerritorylcsh:H1-99lcsh:Social sciences (General)businessIndian OceanJournal de Ciencias Sociales
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