United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Article-by-Article Commentary

2617 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entered into force in 1994. By now, it has been ratified by 168 parties, including all Member States of the EU and the EU itself. The convention defines the rights and duties of states with regard to the use and protection of the ocean. UNCLOS consolidates customary international law and various conventions previously adopted by the international community. As a framework agreement, this treaty, the most comprehensive one ever concluded, is often referred to as the constitution for the seas.


The commentary employs a systematic methodology, whereby each provision is examined and analysed element by element. The issue of the suitability of the convention to deal with the challenges facing the modern law of the sea, such as the exploration and exploitation of non-mineral resources or the protection of the marine environment in general, occupies a central focus of this work.

• Reihe: Beck international
• ISBN: 9783406603242
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.03.2017
• Genre: Recht/Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht
• Verlag: C.H.Beck
• Sonstige Bearbeitung von: Richard Barnes
• Sonstige Bearbeitung von: Alexander Proelß, Philipp Ambach, Kai Ambos, Alexander Heinze, Amber Rose Maggio, Eike Blitza, Oliver Daum, Kristin Bartenstein, Felix Beck, Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Marco Benatar, Eike Blitza, Laura Boone, Ciarán Burke, Richard Caddell, Dorothée Cambou, Hong Chang, Aldo Chircop, Detlef Czybulka, James Devaney, Erik van Doorn, Dorota Jadwiga Englender, Pablo Ferrara, Erik Franckx, Douglas Guilfoyle, Shotaro Hamamoto, James Harrison, Anja Höfelmeier, Sookyeon Huh, Aline Jaeckel, Karen Janssens, Bing Bing Jia, Daniel-Erasmus Khan, Doris König, Rainer Lagoni, Gwénaëlle Le Gurun, Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas, Amber Rose Maggio, Helena Mampaey, Till Markus, Carmino Massarella, Nele Matz-Lück, Cameron Miles, Elisa Morgera, Kentaro Nishimoto, Killian O'Brien, Daniel Owen, Irini Papanicolopulu, Lindsay Parson, Alexander Proelss, Rosemary Rayfuse, Valentin J. Schatz, Nkeiru Scotcher, Tullio Scovazzi, Andrew Serdy, Jule Siegfried, Christopher Staker, Tim Stephens, Clive R. Symmons, Stefan Talmon, Christian J. Tams, Yoshifumi Tanaka, Thuy Van Tran, Tullio Treves, Kai Trümpler, Kishor Uprety, Silja Vöneky, Patrick H.P. Vrancken, Frank Wacht, Ingo Winkelmann