The Law of the Sea Convention provided for the right of transit passage through all straits connecting high seas or exclusive economic zones, which are used in international navigation which do not have a corridor of high sea or EEZ running through it or the strait is created by an island belonging to the adjoining state, seaward of which there is an alternative route.<\/p>\n
The right of transit passage is wider than the right of innocent passage.\u00a0 It applies to military ships, submerged submarines and aircraft.\u00a0 They must proceed without delay and refrain from any threat or use of force against the adjoining states.<\/p>\n
Ships and aircraft must comply with international requirements on safety matters.\u00a0 The coastal states may regulate maritime safety, including traffic, international rules on environmental protection, prevention of illegal fishing and loading and unloading activities in the context of revenue, immigration, and public health laws.<\/p>\n
The customary status of transit passage has not been fully clarified.\u00a0 Some coastal states are not party to the Convention, and a customary right may need to be relied on in this context.<\/p>\n
The expanse of archipelagic baselined referred to above is subject to the principle of archipelagic sea lane passage in corridors designated by the state.\u00a0 This is similar to the right of transit passage reducing the jurisdiction of the archipelagic state in the interests of international navigation.<\/p>\n\n
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UNCLOS Historically there were high seas and territorial seas.\u00a0 States enjoyed certain rights in their territorial seas.0 The high seas were open to all. The Law of the Sea has developed considerably over the last 50 years.\u00a0 New areas and zones are recognised with reference to resources. The International Law Commission drafted the first Draft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13342"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31674,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13342\/revisions\/31674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}