The Revenge of John Selden: The Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Light of Hugo Grotius' Mare Liberum

Grotiana ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Logue
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Final Version ◽  
The Third ◽  
Hugo Grotius ◽  
Draft Convention ◽  
The Law ◽  
John Selden

AbstractOn April 30, 1982, the Eleventh Session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) endorsed the final version of the Draft Convention of the Law of the Sea by a vote of 130 to 4, with 17 abstentions.1 The Session met at UN Headquarters in New York from March 8 to April 30.2

The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of The Sea: The Seventh Session (1978)

1979 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard H. Oxman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Law

The seventh session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea met in Geneva from March 28 to May 19, 1978, and resumed in New York from August 21 to September 15, 1978.

scholarly journals The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: the 1976 New York Sessions

1977 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard H. Oxman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
The Third ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
State Practice ◽  
The Law

The law of the sea has changed, for good or for ill. The Revised Single Negotiating Text (hereinafter RSNT) issued in the spring of 1976 may prove to be the single most important document regarding the law of the sea since the 1958 Geneva Conventions in terms of its influence on state practice, whether by way of an ultimate treaty or otherwise. Important differences will exist regarding the extent to which portions of the text are declaratory of emerging customary international law and regarding the extent to which the text must be changed to be acceptable as a universal treaty or as customary law. Indeed, difficult questions of implementation of its principles in bilateral and other arrangements are already arising. Positions taken at multilateral conferences may differ from the positions taken in other contexts. But the text will not be ignored.

scholarly journals The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: The Ninth Session (1980)

1981 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard H. Oxman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Law

The ninth session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea met in New York from February 27 to April 4, and in Geneva from July 28 to August 29, 1980. In addition, the Drafting Committee met for 3 weeks in June in New York.

scholarly journals The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: The Eighth Session (1979)

1980 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard H. Oxman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Law

The eighth session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea met in Geneva from March 19 to April 27, 1979. It resumed in New York from July 16 to August 24, 1979, with the first three days devoted to informal consultations.

The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: The 1974 Caracas Session

1975 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Stevenson ◽  
Bernard H. Oxman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
International Trade ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Law

Will there be a timely and successful conclusion to the Law of the Sea Conference? This is the basic question governments and interested members of the public are considering as they review the results of the organizational session of the Conference at UN Headquarters in New York from December 3 to December 15, 1973, and the first substantive session in Caracas from June 20 to August 29, 1974. During this review they face ever more pressing problems arising from the strategic, economic, scientific, and environmental use and importance of the oceans and ocean resources, intensified by growing concern with international trade and with supplies and prices of food and basic raw materials.

scholarly journals The Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea: The Tenth Session (1981)

1982 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard H. Oxman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Law

The tenth session of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea met in New York from March 9 to April 24, 1981 and resumed in Geneva from August 3 to August 28, 1981. The Drafting Committee and its organs also met from January 12 to February 27 in New York and from June 29 to July 31 in Geneva.

Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea and the Ronald Reagan Administration in the United States

Istoriya ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11 (109)) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
German Gigolaev
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
Ronald Reagan ◽  
The United States ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
White House ◽  
Draft Convention ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Law

The USA, as well as the USSR, initiated the convocation of the III UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (1973—1982). However, after the Ronald Reagan administration came to the White House, American diplomacy significantly changed its policy toward the Conference, which eventually resulted in US refusal to support the draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was worked out during the Conference. This behavior was in line with policy course of the Reagan administration — more aggressive than that of their predecessors. The article considers the American policy regarding Law of the Sea negotiations in the first months of Reagan's presidency, during the Tenth Session of the III UNCLOS.

The Work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: Current Accomplishments and Challenges on the Verge of Its 20th Anniversary

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-70
Author(s):  
Paula M. Vernet
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
20Th Anniversary ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Law ◽  
Conditions Of Work

2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), in coincidence with its 43rd session. This session has been the last before the expiration of the term of office of its current members. Elections were held in June. During this five year period, the CLCS faced great challenges: the workload of the Commission increased dramatically, stays in New York became longer, conditions of work became an issue; the complexity of the Submissions required new interpretations and more time for their consideration; new revised Submissions were made and brought new alterations in the order of Submissions on the list waiting to be analysed. This article provides some views on the work carried out by the CLCS following the election of members of the Commission at the twenty-second Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, held in June 2012, up to December 2016, in an attempt to assess the accomplishments and challenges of the last five years.

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