Unit IV · Public International Law

UNCLOS: territorial sea, EEZ, continental shelf and high seas

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Statute sections

Act / instrumentSectionName
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 2–3 Sovereignty over the territorial sea; breadth of 12 nautical miles
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 55–57 Exclusive economic zone
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 76 Definition of the continental shelf
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 87 Freedom of the high seas

Landmark cases