9.2 The core functions of the Division are as follows: (a) Promoting better understanding and wider appreciation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention), the ...

Land-locked States shall have the right of access to and from the sea for the purpose of exercising the rights provided for in this Convention including those relating to the freedom of the high ...

The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea makes clear that one of the freedoms of the high seas is the freedom of navigation. While the Convention is generally silent as to what ...

The adoption of the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, 1982 was the result of the world's most ambitious law reform movements. The Convention is a comprehensive instrument functioning as a ...

It is highly debatable whether the Law of the Sea Convention is equipped for dealing with the current challenges of sea level rise and maritime limits, and it may be argued that its rule of ambulatory ...

Tanzania signed the Agreement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine ...

The Group of Asia-Pacific states at the United Nations (UN) last weekend agreed to nominate Vietnam for the position of Chair ...

In 1982, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea required nations that signed the pact to stipulate in their domestic laws ...