CAS IR 573 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Estuary
10 May 2019
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Lecture 1: underlying reasons why laws have changed: Laws of the sea: utilization of the activities have changed from shipping and fishing to submarine navigation, storage of nuclear waste, dumping of sewage etc, with each category, we have new technology. Different fishing technology: political factors: rules were limited, laws of the sea were a british invention. International organizations have taken the lead on these conventions; 1958: 4 conventions were signed but they were insignificant as the practices changed. 1974: negotiations began for a new treaty under the auspicious of the un. 1982: unclos: un convention on the laws of the seas (every country except the us has ratified it). Us calls it customary law, so they abide by it. The general rule is that the father you get from the country, the lesser control you have of the coast. Different parts of the seas have different practices: internal waters:
