Selasa, 1 Maret 2022

HUKUM LAUT INTERNASIONAL

State’s territorial waters and Rights of Passage

1. To what extent can a coastal state exercise its sovereignty and jurisdiction in internal
waters, territorial sea, and archipelagic waters?
2. What is the definition and scope of each following rights of passage:
a. innocent passage
b. transit passage
c. archipelagic sea lanes passage

Internal Waters
Definition  “Waters which lie landward of the baseline from which the territorial sea and
other maritime zones are measured”
Legal Status: full territorial sovereignty
“Internal waters are subject to the sovereignty of the State and that it is by virtue of its
sovereignty that the coastal state may regulate access to its ports” (Nicaragua Case,1986)
Access to Ports
“All ports used for international trade are open to all merchant vessels, but this is a practice
only, based upon convenience and commercial inter est” (De La Fayette,1996)