Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea

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The Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea are a set of mid-20th-century international treaties that first comprehensively codified key rules governing maritime zones, navigation rights, and coastal state jurisdiction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf codification of international law
law of the sea treaty regime
multilateral treaty
adoptedAt United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED
adoptionCity Geneva NERFINISHED
adoptionCountry Switzerland NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 1958-04-29
adoptionYear 1958
aim to clarify rights and duties of coastal and flag states
to codify customary international law of the sea
alsoKnownAs 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED
1958 Law of the Sea Conventions NERFINISHED
bindingOn states parties
category United Nations treaties
treaties concluded in 1958
composedOf Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas NERFINISHED
Convention on the Continental Shelf NERFINISHED
Convention on the High Seas NERFINISHED
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone NERFINISHED
convenedBy United Nations NERFINISHED
draftedBy International Law Commission NERFINISHED
enteredIntoForceYear 1964
geographicalScope worldwide
inForceStatus partially superseded
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalField international law
law of the sea
legalNature treaty series
predecessorOf United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED
regulates breadth of the territorial sea
conservation of living resources of the high seas
contiguous zone
continental shelf exploration and exploitation
flag state jurisdiction
freedom of navigation on the high seas
innocent passage of ships
subjectMatter coastal state jurisdiction
continental shelf regime
fisheries on the high seas
high seas freedoms
maritime zones
navigation rights
supersededBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED
timePeriod mid-20th century

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United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea relatedInstrument Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea