There is a renewed push in Washington to ratify an international agreement on oceanic conduct and maritime resources ... exclusive economic zones. Under UNCLOS, coastal states are afforded ...

These provisions should be read together with article 58(2) of UNCLOS ... an offence under the 1988 Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation ...

The International Law Association, grouping scholars around the world, has supported the vulnerable islands, saying in a 2018 resolution that any maritime zones determined under Unclos ”should ...

China's coast guard sailed within a few dozen miles of the Philippines' Palawan Province while continuing to patrol waters off Luzon island.

NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 27 February) – The passage of Republic Act 12064, signed by President Marcos Jr. on November 8, 2024, declares the maritime zones under the jurisdiction of the ...

(UNCLOS has no strict numerical definition of the shelf's edge.) Deep-sea mining is one reason to expand the claim, according to maritime law expert Prof. James Kraska. “The US continental shelf ...

The National Maritime Council (NMC) has lauded Slovenia for its firm affirmation of the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award ...

China’s Military Exercises Raise Alarms China has announced a four-day live-fire military exercise in the Gulf of Tonkin, warning ships to stay away from the designated zone. The drills, which will ...

While historically the delimitation of maritime ... to UNCLOS. All coastal states, as of right, can claim an EEZ of up to 200 nautical miles offshore, subject only to overlapping zones of other ...

Philippine Coast Guard An EEZ is a 200-nautical-mile (230-mile) zone where a country is entitled to natural resources under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).