Legal
and Technical Aspects of Maritime Boundary Delimitation
Session 1 (0900-0930)
Historical background to
the Law of the Sea Convention
·
The
evolution of the law of the sea
·
Coastal State rights versus the freedom of the seas
·
Codification
efforts
·
The
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC)
·
Supplements
to the LOSC
Session 2 (0930-1045)
Baselines and Technical
Issues in the Law of the Sea
· Baselines and basepoints
· Vertical datums and the low water line
· Types of Baseline:
§ Normal
§ Reefs
§ Straight
§ Mouths of rivers
§ Bays
§ Ports and roadsteads
§ Combination of methods
§ Archipelagic
· Publicising baseline claims
· Coordinates and datums
· The use (and abuse) of nautical charts
· “Straight” lines
Break
Session
3 (1100-1200)
Maritime Zones of Jurisdiction
under Sovereignty and Sovereign Rights
· Zones under Sovereignty
- Internal Waters
- Territorial Sea
- Archipelagic
Waters
· Special Zone
· Zones under Sovereign Rights
- Exclusive Economic
Zone
- Continental Shelf
· International zones
- The High Seas
- The Area (Deep
Seabed)
Lunch
Session
4 (1330-1430)
The Delimitation of Maritime
Boundaries
·
Why
delimit? – the purpose and value of maritime delimitation
·
Delimitation
principles of the 1958 and 1982 Conventions
·
Emerging
principles from the International Court of Justice and other tribunals
·
Relevant
and irrelevant circumstances
·
Methods
of boundary delimitation
- equidistance lines (strict/simplified/modified)
- parallels and meridians
- perpendiculars
- alternatives
·
The
role and treatment of islands
· State practice in
maritime boundary delimitation
·
Global
state-of-play
Break
Session
5 (1445-1600)
Maritime Boundary Disputes
·
Causes
of dispute:
·
Disputed
coastal territory
·
Contested
island sovereignty
·
Competing
jurisdictional claims
·
Disputed
over the weight accorded to insular features
·
Baseline-related
disputes
·
Treaty
interpretation issues
·
Resource
and security issues
·
Concerns
over extended continental shelf claims
·
Technical
disputes
Session
5 (1600-1700)
Maritime Boundary
Dispute Resolution
Legal and Technical Aspects of Maritime
Boundary Delimitation
Session 1 (0900-0930)
Historical background to the Law of the Sea Convention
·
The evolution of the law of the
sea
·
Coastal State rights versus the freedom of the seas
·
Codification efforts
·
The United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea (LOSC)
·
Supplements to the LOSC
Session 2 (0930-1045)
Baselines and Technical Issues in the Law of the
Sea
· Baselines
and basepoints
· Vertical
datums and the low water line
· Types
of Baseline:
§ Normal
§ Reefs
§ Straight
§ Mouths
of rivers
§ Bays
§ Ports
and roadsteads
§ Combination
of methods
§ Archipelagic
· Publicising
baseline claims
· Coordinates
and datums
· The
use (and abuse) of nautical charts
· “Straight”
lines
Break
Session 3 (1100-1200)
Maritime Zones of Jurisdiction under Sovereignty
and Sovereign Rights
· Zones under Sovereignty
- Internal Waters
- Territorial Sea
- Archipelagic Waters
· Special Zone
· Zones under Sovereign Rights
- Exclusive Economic Zone
- Continental Shelf
· International zones
- The High Seas
- The Area (Deep Seabed)
Lunch
Session 4 (1330-1430)
The Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries
·
Why delimit? – the purpose
and value of maritime delimitation
·
Delimitation principles of the 1958
and 1982 Conventions
·
Emerging principles from the International
Court of Justice and other tribunals
·
Relevant and irrelevant circumstances
·
Methods of boundary delimitation
- equidistance lines (strict/simplified/modified)
- parallels and meridians
- perpendiculars
- alternatives
·
The role and treatment of islands
· State practice in maritime boundary delimitation
·
Global state-of-play
Break
Session 5 (1445-1600)
Maritime Boundary Disputes
·
Causes of dispute:
·
Disputed coastal territory
·
Contested island sovereignty
·
Competing jurisdictional claims
·
Disputed over the weight accorded
to insular features
·
Baseline-related disputes
·
Treaty interpretation issues
· Resource and security issues
· Concerns over extended continental shelf claims
· Technical disputes
Session 5 (1600-1700)
Maritime Boundary Dispute Resolution
·
Negotiation, mediation and conciliation
·
Arbitration and litigation –
the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
·
Alternatives to Delimitation: Joint
Development Zones and Cooperative Mechanisms
·
Case study
Clive Schofield, 18/4/05.
·
Negotiation,
mediation and conciliation
·
Arbitration
and litigation – the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
·
Alternatives
to Delimitation: Joint Development Zones and Cooperative Mechanisms
·
Case
study
Clive
Schofield, 18/4/05.
