Ocean states : : archipelagic regimes in the law of the sea / / Mohamed Munavvar.

• Superior document: Publications on Ocean Development
• VerfasserIn: Munawwar, Muhammad, 1923-2000,
• Place / Publishing House: Dordrecht, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Martinus Nijhoff,, [1995]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Publications on Ocean Development
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Abbreviations
• INTRODUCTION
• 0.1. The Scope, Purpose and Methodology of the Study
• 0.2. The Archipelagic Concept
• Notes
• CHAPTER 1: ARCHIPELAGOS: THE PROBLEM
• 1.0. Introduction
• 1.1. Geographical Background
• 1.1.1. Islands
• 1.1.2. Atolls
• 1.1.3. Archipelagos
• A. Coastal Archipelagos
• (i) The Norwegian Skjaergaard
• (ii) The Canadian Arctic Archipelago
• (iii) The Mergui Archipelago
• (iv) The Bijagos Islands
• B. Archipelagic States
• (i) Bahamas
• (ii) Fiji
• (iii) Indonesia
• (iv) The Maldives
• (v) The Philippines
• C. Midocean Archipelagos of Continental States
• (i) Faeroe Islands
• (ii) The Galapagos Islands
• (iii) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Laccadive Islands
• 1.2. Archipelagic Claims and Reasons for their Claims
• 1.2.1. Coastal Archipelagos
• A. Geographical Factors
• B. Economic Factors
• C. Historic Factors
• 1.2.2. Archipelagic States
• A. Geographical Factors
• B. Historical Factors
• C. Economic Factors
• D. Social and Political Factors
• E. Environmental and Ecological Factors
• 1.2.3. Midocean Archipelagos of Continental States
• 1.3. Interests of other States in the Waters of Archipelagos
• 1.3.1. Navigational Interests
• 1.3.2. Interests of Neighbouring States
• 1.4. Conclusion
• Notes
• CHAPTER 2: DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCHIPELAGIC CONCEPT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
• 2.0. Introduction
• 2.1. History of the Question of Archipelagos in International Law of the Sea: Pre UNCLOS III
• 2.1.1. State Practice
• A. State Practice Concerning Coastal Archipelagos
• B. State Practice Concerning Midocean Archipelagos of Continental States
• C. State Practice of Archipelagic States
• 2.1.2. The International Court of Justice.
• 2.1.3. Studies and Proposals by International Bodies and International Law Publicists
• A. Institut de Droit International
• B. International Law Association
• C. American Institute of International Law
• D. Harvard Research in International Law
• E. The Hague Codification Conference of 1930
• F. International Law Commission
• G. International Law Publicists
• 2.1.4. The First and Second United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea
• A. The First Conference, Geneva, 1958
• B. The Second Conference, Geneva, 1960
• 2.2. The Question of Archipelagos at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
• 2.2.1. Archipelagic Proposals in the Seabed Committee
• 2.2.2. The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III)
• 2.3. Conclusion
• Notes
• CHAPTER 3: DEFINITION OF ARCHIPELAGOS AND ARCHIPELAGIC STATES
• 3.0. Introduction
• 3.1. Definition of Archipelagos
• 3.1.1. The Natural Features
• A. A Group of Islands
• B. Parts of Islands
• C. Interconnecting Waters
• D. Other Natural Features
• 3.1.2. Criteria Determining the Cohesiveness of the Features
• A. Geographical Cohesion
• B. Economic Cohesiveness
• C. Political Cohesiveness
• D. Historical Criterion
• 3.2. Coastal Archipelagos
• 3.2.1. Definition
• A. Fringe of Islands
• B. Along the Coast
• C. Immediate Vicinity
• D. Close Link Between the Land and the Sea
• 3.2.2. Straight Baselines
• A. Baselines Should not Depart to any Appreciable Extent from the General Direction of the Coast
• B. Economic Interests Peculiar to the Region Concerned
• C. Low-tide Elevations
• D. Non-exclusion of the Link Between the Territorial Sea of Another State and the High Seas or an Exclusive Economic Zone
• 3.3. Archipelagic States
• 3.3.1. Definition
• 3.3.2. Archipelagic Baselines
• A. General.
• B. Rules Governing the Construction of Archipelagic Baselines
• (i) Location of basepoints
• (ii) The inclusion of main islands
• (iii) The requisite water-land ratio
• (iv) Length of baselines
• (v) General configuration of the archipelago
• (vi) Low-tide elevations
• (vii) Non-exclusion of the link between the territorial sea of another state and the high seas or an exclusive economic zone
• (viii) Public notification of baselines
• C. Baseline Options of Archipelagic States
• i. Single baseline system
• ii. Multiple baseline systems
• iii. Non-archipelagic straight baseline system
• 3.4. Midocean Archipelagos of Continental States
• 3.5. Conclusion
• Notes
• CHAPTER 4: THE NATURE, STATUS AND THE REGIME OF ARCHIPELAGIC WATERS
• 4.0. Introduction
• 4.1. Waters of Coastal Archipelagos
• 4.1.1. Juridical Nature
• 4.1.2. Legal Regime
• 4.2. Archipelagic Waters
• 4.2.1. Geographical Limits
• 4.2.2. Juridical Status
• 4.2.3. Regime of Archipelagic Waters
• A. Non-navigational Rights
• i. Existing agreements
• ii. Rights of immediately adjacent neighbouring states
• iii. Existing submarine cables
• B. Navigational Rights
• i. The right of innocent passage
• ii. Archipelagic sea lanes passage
• a. Right of archipelagic sea lanes passage
• b. Establishment of sea lanes and air routes
• c. Non-designation of archipelagic sea lanes
• d. Duties of ships and aircraft during their passage and duties, laws and regulations of the archipelagic state
• e. Differences between archipelagic sea lanes passage and transit passage
• 4.3. Waters of Midocean Archipelagos of Continental States
• 4.4. Conclusion
• Notes
• CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION
• 5.1. Coastal Archipelagos
• 5.2. Midocean Archipelagos of Continental States
• 5.3. Ocean States and the Archipelagic Concept
• Notes
• Appendix I
• Appendix II
• Bibliography.
• Publications on Ocean Development.