Interpretations of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea by International Courts and Tribunals

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. The Contribution of Benedetto Conforti to the International Law of the Sea

   • Giuseppe Cataldi

   Pages 1-13

3. The ‘General Rule of Interpretation’ in the International Jurisprudence Relating to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

   • Roberto Virzo

   Pages 15-38

4. The International Court of Justice and the Interpretation of UNCLOS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. La coutume, la CNUDM et la Cour internationale de Justice

      • Guillaume Le Floch

      Pages 41-57

   3. L’interprétation de l’article 121 de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer par la Cour internationale de Justice

      • Valérie Boré Eveno

      Pages 59-77

5. The International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea and the Interpretation of UNCLOS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Governance of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea: The Role of the Meeting of States Parties to the Law of the Sea Convention

      • Niels M. Blokker

      Pages 81-92

   3. The Contribution of the ITLOS to Strengthening the Regime for the Protection of the Marine Environment

      • Alexander Proelss

      Pages 93-106

   4. The Requirement of Urgency in the Jurisprudence of ITLOS Concerning Provisional Measures

      • Yoshifumi Tanaka

      Pages 107-124

   5. The Jurisdictional Debate in the Request for an Advisory Opinion Submitted by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

      • Miguel García García-Revillo

      Pages 125-137

   6. The Interpretative Value of the Principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind and the Interests and Needs of Developing Countries in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

      • Enrico Zamuner

      Pages 139-152

6. Arbitral Tribunals and the Interpretation of UNCLOS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. The Provisional Measures in The “Enrica Lexie” Incident Case

      • Andrea Cannone

      Pages 155-170

   3. Non-participation in Arbitral Proceedings Under Annex VII United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Arctic Sunrise and South China Sea Compared

      • Otto Spijkers

      Pages 171-189

   4. The Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration: The Influence of the Land Sovereignty Dispute

      • Mario Gervasi

      Pages 191-223

   5. The Law of Maritime Delimitation in the Croatia/Slovenia Final Award

      • Andrea Insolia

      Pages 225-265

7. The Interpretation of UNCLOS by Other International Tribunals and Bodies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 267-267

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   2. Les liens entre la CEDH et le droit de la mer dans la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme

      • Andrea Caligiuri

      Pages 269-283

   3. The European Court of Justice and the Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

      • Gabriela A. Oanta

      Pages 285-305

This book addresses current developments concerning the interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on the part of international courts and tribunals. It does so from different perspectives, by focusing on the jurisprudence of international and regional bodies, such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), as well as international arbitral tribunals and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body.

The various contributions offer in-depth analyses of issues ranging from the interaction between the sources of the International Law of the Sea, to various substantial, procedural and institutional aspects of the regulatory framework established by UNCLOS. The book also focuses on the reference by international courts and tribunals, in Law of the Sea cases, to both general principles and rules concerning interpretation codified in the Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties.

• UNCLOS
• Law of the sea
• International courts and tribunals
• Droit de la mer
• Benedetto Conforti
• International Court of Justice
• CNUDM
• Cour internationale de justice
• Délimitation maritime
• Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer
• Tribunaux arbitraux
• International tribunal of the law of the sea
• ITLOS
• SPLOS
• Protection of marine environment
• Common heritage of mankind
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Arbitral Tribunals
• Cour européenne des droits de l'homme
• WTO dispute settlement practice

“This book is valuable in offering interesting and informed opinions to anyone who is interested in the interpretation of UNCLOS, by international judicial bodies. … This book should be of great inspiration to scholars, policy makers and practitioners as it adds to the international law literature in a meaningful way.” (Yen-Chiang Chang, Chinese Journal of International Law, Vol. 18 (3), September, 2019)

• Department of Law, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy

  Angela Del Vecchio

• Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

  Roberto Virzo

Angela Del Vecchio, LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy 

Roberto Virzo, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy

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