DOI: 10.5176/2251-2853_2.1.56
Authors: EDWARD O. OKUMAGBA
Abstract:
The high seas are posing new challenges for mankind. This is hinged on the availability of new technology not only to delimit the continental shelf and other maritime zones, but also because the huge amount of hydrocarbon and other mineral resources which has brought States to negotiate a leeway out of dispute, and sometimes failing agreement, have resorted to arm struggle. Whether in negotiating or, deciding which principle to adopt in the delimitation of maritime boundary, both States and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as well as the International Tribunal of the Law of the Seas (ITLOS) have had to grapple with the principle suitable for delimitation of maritime boundaries.
Keywords: Maritime Boundary, Delimitation, Maritime Zones, Equidistance principle, Equitable Solutions, Hydrocarbon, UNCLOS II.
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