The Legal Status of Historic Waters in the Law of the Sea

Mirabbasi, Seyed Bagher; Keykhosravi, Mahdi

doi:10.22059/jplsq.2017.201862.1219

Authors

¹ Professor, Public and International Law Department, Faculty of law and political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² MA. in International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran and Lecturer of Hakim Sabzevari University

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2017.201862.1219

Abstract

The doctrine of historic waters was introduced in the early twentieth century in international law of the sea. After more than a century of its implementation in between states, the doctrine is now witnessing progress. Regulations of the Conventions on the Territorial Sea and the contiguous zone as well as the Convention on the Law of the sea, do not address the matter of historic waters. However, in today’s international law, a large number of states are seeking to expand their jurisdictional ambit based on the doctrine of historic waters. But the lack of clear and specific rules concerning the issue at hand, has led to differences on an international level. The fundamental question in this regard is that how the concept of historic waters fits in the international law of the sea? Conducted studies seem to indicate that if the claimant state’s continued sovereignty over historic waters has been sustained within a lengthy duration in comparison to its jurisdiction over the State’s internal waters, and provided that other states do not object the mentioned sovereignty, the claimed zone will be considered as the Claimant State’s internal waters. Furthermore, the same rule also applies in the case of historic waters and territorial sea.

Keywords

20.1001.1.24238120.1396.47.4.3.9

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Public Law Studies Quarterly

The Legal Status of Historic Waters in the Law of the Sea

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Volume 47, Issue 4
January 2018
Pages 895-918

The Legal Status of Historic Waters in the Law of the Sea

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References

Volume 47, Issue 4January 2018Pages 895-918

Volume 47, Issue 4
January 2018
Pages 895-918