(a) Submarine Cables and Pipelines With respect to the freedom of use on the continental shelf, Article 79(1) stipulates that all States are entitled to lay sub

The coastal State exercises sovereign rights over the continental shelf for the purpose of exploring and exploiting its natural resources in accordance with Art

Procedures to Establish the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf on the law of the sea and LOSC, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, continenta

As we shall discuss later, the coastal State intending to claim a continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles is required to submit information on the limits of

Where the outer edge of the continental margin extends beyond 200 nautical miles, the limit of the continental shelf is to be determined on the basis of the geo

In light of the dictum of the Court and Article 76 of the LOSC, it may be argued that currently the distance criterion is the legal title over the continental s

This principle is distinct from the traditional principles in two respects. First, while the principles of sovereignty and freedom aim to safeguard the interes

Issues with respect to article 4 of Annex II to the Convention on the law of the sea, Annex II, continental shelf, Convention on the law of the sea

also based on the article 76 of UNCLOS III, Article76, Definition of the continental shelf The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and sub

Equitable Principles & the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf, Delimitation of the Continental Shelf, delimitation of the maritime boundary, Equitable Princ