Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15291/geoadria.235

From sundering seas to arenas for cooperation: applying the regime of enclosed and semi-enclosed seas to the Adriatic

Clive Schofield ; Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), Australia
Ian Townsend-Gault ; Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada

Abstract

The law of the sea provides the international legal basis for the coastal states of the Adriatic Sea to claim zones of maritime jurisdiction off their shores and divide the Adriatic Sea between them. The same international law of the sea obligates the Adriatic littoral states to cooperate in a variety of ways, notably by establishing a special regime applicable to enclosed and semi-enclosed seas such as the Adriatic. This paper explores the maritime jurisdictional claims allowed under international law and claimed in the Adriatic in particular. The implementation of the regime of enclosed and semi-enclosed seas in the Adriatic context is then explored.

Keywords

maritime cooperation; maritime claims; semi-enclosed sea; oceans governance; law of the sea

Hrčak ID:

84928

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/84928

Publication date:

1.6.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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