Search results for: “subsoil”
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Internal Waters
Internal Waters Definition Internal waters may be defined as waters on the landward side of the baseline ("The Law of Sea", Robin Rolf Churchill, ?Alan Vaughan Lowe, 1988), which is used for measuring the width of territorial waters. Internal waters refer to rivers, canals, and […]
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Boundary
Definition of Boundary In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Boundary : An imaginary line that determines the territorial limits of a state. Such boundaries define the limitation of each state's effective *jurisdictio They are three-dimensional in nature […]
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Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988
Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…
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Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 5
Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Protocol: 1 “Convention”means the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972, as amended. 2 “Organization”means the International Maritime Organization. 3 “Secretary-General”means…
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Protection & Preservation of the Marine Environment
Protection & Preservation of the Marine Environment PART XII PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 192 General obligation States have the obligation to protect and preserve the marine environment. Article 193 Sovereign right of States to exploit their natural resources States have the sovereign right to exploit their…
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Archipelagic States
Archipelagic States Article 46 Use of terms For the purposes of this Convention: (a) “archipelagic State”means a State constituted wholly by one or more archipelagos and may include other islands; (b) “archipelago”means a group of islands, including parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands,…
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Straits used for International Navigation
Straits used for International Navigation SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 34 Legal status of waters forming straits used for international navigation 1. The regime of passage through straits used for international navigation established in this Part shall not in other respects affect the legal status of the waters forming such straits or the exercise…
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Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone
Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 2 Legal status of the territorial sea, of the air space over the territorial sea and of its bed and subsoil 1. The sovereignty of a coastal State extends, beyond its land territory and internal waters and, in the case of an archipelagic State,…
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South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty ARTICLE 1 USAGE OF TERMS For the purposes of this Treaty and its Protocols: a) “South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone”means the areas described in Annex 1 as illustrated by the map attached to that Annex; b) “territory” means internal waters, territorial sea and archipelagic waters, the seabed and…
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Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area 2
Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area Article 7 Environmental impact Assessment 1. Whenever an environmental impact assessment of a proposed activity that is likely to cause a significant adverse impact an the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area is required by international law or supranational regulations…
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Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region
Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region Article 1 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE 1. This Convention shall apply to the Eastern African region, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention area”as defined in paragraph (a) of article 2. 2. Except as may be otherwise provided in…
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Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine
Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine Article 1 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE This Convention shall cover the marine environment, coastal zones and related inland waters falling within the jurisdiction of the States of the West and Central African Region, from Mauritania to Namibia inclusive, which have become Contracting Parties to this…
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Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries Article 1 1. The area to which this Convention applies, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention area’, shall be the waters: (a) within those parts of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and their dependent seas which lie north of 36d* north latitude and between…
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Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Article I 1. The area to which this Convention applies, hereinafter referred to as “the Convention Area”, shall be the waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean north of 35d*00′ north latitude and west of a line extending due north from 35d*00′ north latitude and…
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Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution
Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution Article 1 GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE 1. For the purposes of this Convention, the Mediterranean Sea area shall mean the maritime waters of the Mediterranean Sea proper, including its gulfs and seas, bounded to the west by the meridian passing through Cape Spartel lighthouse, at the…