International Law Flashcards
High Seas
The portion of the oceans that is open to all and under no state’s sovereignty.
Territorial Seas
A belt of coastal waters and their resources under the sovereign control of the coastal state.
Non-Appropriation
The doctrine is that no state may subject any part to its sovereignty.
Partition
To create separate areas or divisions under the control of different governments.
Cannon-Shot Rule
Used to define a state’s territorial seas – the band of ocean extending from a state’s shore over which it may claim sovereignty.
International Waters
Bays, rivers, harbours, and lakes over which a state has complete sovereignty.
Innocent Passage
A doctrine that allows international navigation of territorial seas on the condition that no fishing or illegal activities occur.
Continental Shelf
The gently sloping crust of the Earth extends from a coastal state into the ocean and is submerged by no more than 200m of water.
Transit Passage
A regime that allows uninterrupted navigation and overflight in and above international straights narrower than 24 miles.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
A 200-mile coastal marine zone in which a coastal state has exclusive control of resource exploitation and environmental management.
Doctrine of Hot
A State has the right to pursue a foreign State’s vessel that has broken a law inside its territorial waters and under its jurisdiction.