Right of innocent passage of ships carrying ultra-hazardous cargoes
For several years now, a significant number of coastal states have claimed a right to deny passage through their territorial seas, or even through their exclusive economic zones (EEZ), to ships carrying ultra-hazardous cargoes. The issue was particularly brought into the limelight with the trips of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Paris
OECD Publishing
2007
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| Collection: | OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | For several years now, a significant number of coastal states have claimed a right to deny passage through their territorial seas, or even through their exclusive economic zones (EEZ), to ships carrying ultra-hazardous cargoes. The issue was particularly brought into the limelight with the trips of the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, in the framework of a nuclear fuel recycling programme between the UK/France and Japan. But claims in this direction have been expressed since at least the negotiation of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention) |
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| Physical Description: | 14 p. 20 x 27cm |