The Legal Order of the Oceans

Basic Documents on the Law of the Sea

A.V. Lowe, Stefan Talmon, A.V. Lowe, Stefan Talmon

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9781841138237
• eBook ISBN: 9781847317162
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

This compendium of documents brings together, for the first time in an affordable format, the essential documents needed to gain a thorough knowledge of the laws of the sea. There has been a long felt need for such a collection to provide students, scholars and practitioners with a working library of the key materials. This collection integrates documents of the International Maritime Organisation (which are not available anywhere on the web in consolidated form), of regional fisheries organizations, security related documents, treaties concerning resource exploitation, environmental protection measures and much more, into the framework created by the Law of the Sea Convention. The book is aimed at teachers and practitioners in the area and can be used as a class room companion for law of the sea courses.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Editors’ Preface
• Abbreviations
• Convention and Statute on the International Regime of Maritime Ports
• Convention between the United States of America and the United Kingdom Respecting the Regulation of the Liquor Traffic
• Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits
• Treaty between the Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Venezuela Relating to the Submarine Areas of the Gulf of Paria
• US Presidential Proclamation No 2667 Policy of the United States with Respect to the Natural Resources of the Subsoil and Sea Bed of the Continental Shelf
• US Presidential Proclamation No 2668 Policy of the United States with Respect to Coastal Fisheries in Certain Areas of the High Seas
• International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
• Convention on the International Maritime Organization
• Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
• Convention on the High Seas
• Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
• Convention on the Continental Shelf
• Optional Protocol of Signature Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes Arising from the Law of the Sea Conventions
• International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties
• Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances Other than Oil
• UN General Assembly Resolution 2574 D (XXIV) (Moratorium Resolution) Question of the Reservation Exclusively for Peaceful Purposes of the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Underlying the High Seas Beyond the Limits of Present National Jurisdiction, and the Use of Their Resources in the Interests of Mankind
• UN General Assembly Resolution 2749 (XXV) (Declaration of Principles) Declaration of Principles Governing the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor, and the Subsoil Thereof, Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction
• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
• Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter
• Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG)
• International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978 Relating Thereto (MARPOL 73/78)
• International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
• Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention)
• Protocol for the Prevention and Elimination of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft or Incineration at Sea (Dumping Protocol)
• Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS Protocol)
• Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution Resulting from Exploration and Exploitation of the Continental Shelf and the Seabed and Its Subsoil (Offshore Protocol)
• Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (SPA and Biodiversity Protocol)
• Protocol on the Prevention of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (Hazardous Wastes Protocol)
• Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Preventing Pollution from Ships and, in Cases of Emergency, Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea (Prevention and Emergency Protocol)
• Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean (ICZM Protocol)
• Convention on Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (NAFO Convention)
• International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue
• Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control
• The United Kingdom and Argentine Exclusion Zones Notices During the Falkland Islands Conflict
• Agreement Concerning Interim Arrangements Relating to Polymetallic Nodules on the Deep Sea Bed between France, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982
• Provisional Understanding Regarding Deep Seabed Matters between Belgium, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States
• United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
• International Convention on Salvage
• Guidelines and Standards for the Removal of Offshore Installations and Structures on the Continental Shelf and in the Exclusive Economic Zone
• USA-USSR Joint Statement on the Uniform Interpretation of Rules of International Law Governing Innocent Passage
• UN Security Council Resolution 665 (1990)
• Arrangement between the Government of the United States and the Government of Panama for Support and Assistance from the US Coast Guard for the National Maritime Service of the Ministry of Government and Justice
• Supplementary Arrangement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Panama for Support and Assistance from the United States Coast Guard for the National Maritime Service of the Ministry of Government and Justice
• Amendment to the Supplementary Arrangement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Panama to the Arrangement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Panama for Support and Assistance from the United States Coast Guard for the National Maritime Service of the Ministry of Government and Justice
• UN General Assembly Resolution 46/215 Large-Scale Pelagic Drift-Net Fishing and Its Impact on the Living Marine Resources of the World’s Oceans and Seas
• Agenda 21, Chapter 17 Protection of the Oceans, All Kinds of Seas, Including Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Seas, and Coastal Areas and the Protection, Rational Use and Development of Their Living Resources
• Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention)
• Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention)
• OSPAR Decision 98/3 on the Disposal of Disused Offshore Installations
• OSPAR Decision 2007/1 to Prohibit the Storage of Carbon Dioxide Streams in the Water Column or on the Sea-bed
• OSPAR Decision 2007/2 on the Storage of Carbon Dioxide Streams in Geological Formations
• Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas
• Convention for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna
• Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
• Agreement on Illicit Traffic by Sea, Implementing Article 17 of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
• Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
• Council Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 on Port State Control of Shipping
• Rules of Procedure of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
• Rules of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
• Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Nodules in the Area
• Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
• Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
• Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
• Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean
• International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
• Guidelines for the Designation of Special Areas under MARPOL 73/78
• ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea
• Timor Sea Treaty between the Government of East Timor and the Government of Australia
• Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea
• Agreement Concerning Co-operation in Suppressing Illicit Maritime and Air Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the Caribbean Area
• Interdiction Principles for the Proliferation Security Initiative (Paris Principles)
• Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Liberia Concerning Cooperation to Suppress the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Their Delivery Systems, and Related Materials by Sea
• Guidelines on the Treatment of Persons Rescued at Sea
• Adoption of Mandatory Ship Reporting System in the Western European Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
• Strengthening Australia’s Offshore Maritime Security
• Directive 2005/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on Ship-Source Pollution and on the Introduction of Penalties for Infringements
• Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 2005
• Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, 2005
• Revised Guidelines for the Identification and Designation of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas
• Revised Pilotage Requirements for Torres Strait
• Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks
• Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Waters off the Coast of Somalia
• Ilulissat Declaration
• UN Security Council Resolution 1816 (2008)
• UN Security Council Resolution 1838 (2008)
• UN Security Council Resolution 1846 (2008)
• UN Security Council Resolution 1851 (2008)
• Code of Conduct Concerning the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden
• Appendix 1 Ratifications of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and its Implementation Agreements
• Appendix 2 Declarations and Statements under Articles 287, 298 and 310 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Appendix 3 Claims to Maritime Jurisdiction
• Index