Search results for: “warships”
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Protection & Preservation of the Marine Environment 5
Protection & Preservation of the Marine Environment Article 220 Enforcement by coastal States 1. When a vessel is voluntarily within a port or at an off-shore terminal of a State, that State may, subject to section 7, institute proceedings in respect of any violation of its laws and regulations adopted in accordance with this…
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High Seas 3
High Seas Article 111 Right of hot pursuit 1. The hot pursuit of a foreign ship may be undertaken when the competent authorities of the coastal State have good reason to believe that the ship has violated the laws and regulations of that State. Such pursuit must be commenced when the foreign ship or…
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High Seas 2
High Seas Article 98 Duty to render assistance 1. Every State shall require the master of a ship flying its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the ship, the crew or the passengers: (a) to render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being…
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Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone 3
Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Article 22 Sea lanes and traffic separation schemes in the territorial sea 1. The coastal State may, where necessary having regard to the safety of navigation, require foreign ships exercising the right of innocent passage through its territorial sea to use such sea lanes and traffic separation schemes as…
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International Convention on Salvage
International Convention on Salvage CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 Definitions For the purpose of this Convention: (a) “Salvage operation”means any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable waters or in any other waters whatsoever. (b) “Vessel”means any ship or craft, or any structure capable…
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Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment 2
Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment Article X SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION 1. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate directly, or through competent international and regional organizations, in the fields of scientific research, monitoring, assessment and combating of pollution in the Sea Area, and shall exchange data…
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Convention on the High Seas 2
Convention on the High Seas Article 12 1. Every State shall require the master of a ship sailing under its flag, in so far as he can do so without serious danger to the ship, the crew or the passengers, (a) To render assistance to any person found at sea in danger of being…
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Convention on the High Seas
Convention on the High Seas Article 1 The term “High Seas “means all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a State. Article 2 The high seas being open to all nations, no State may validly purport to subject any part of them…
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Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone 3
Convention on the Territorial Sea & the Contiguous Zone Article 20 1. The coastal State should not stop or divert a foreign ship passing through the territorial sea for the purpose of exercising civil jurisdiction in relation to a person on board the ship. 2. The coastal State may not levy execution against or…
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Geneva Convention (II) 3
Geneva Convention (II) Article 20 Parties to the conflict shall ensure that burial at sea of the dead, carried out individually as far as circumstances permit, is preceded by a careful examination, if possible by a medical examination, of the bodies, with a view to confirming death, establishing identity and enabling a report to…
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Geneva Convention (II) 2
Geneva Convention (II) Article 9 The provisions of the present Convention constitute no obstacle to the humanitarian activities which the International Committee of the Red Cross or any other impartial humanitarian organization may, subject to the consent of the Parties to the conflict concerned, undertake for the protection of wounded, sick and shipwrecked persons,…