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Continental Shelf Area Between Iceland and Jan Mayen (Jan Mayen Continental Shelf)

European Court of Human Rights.  20 May 1981 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

International law in general — Sources — State practice — Draft treaty reflecting State practice — Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1980 — Provisions relating to islands and delimitation of the continental shelf

Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Continental shelf — Principles of delimitation — Islands — Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1980 — Joint development of continental shelf area by two States — Jurisdiction in particular parts of the area — Applicable legislation

Disputes — Conciliation — Function of Conciliation Commission — Search for equitable and acceptable settlement — Use of legal principles — Distinction between Commission and court of law Procedure

State territory — Parts of State territory — Continental shelf Principles for delimitation of continental shelf — Islands — Entitlement of island to continental shelf — Relation between continental shelf and economic zone — Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1980 — Relevance — Natural prolongation — Equidistance method — Role of equitable principles — Need to take acount of one State’s need for hydrocarbons — Greater resources and expertise of other State — Joint development of disputed area by the two States Terms of joint development — Jurisdiction within parts of the area — Applicable legislation — Disputes — Conciliation — Function of Conciliation Commission — Procedure — Distinction between Commission and court of law — Search for equitable and acceptable solution — Sources of international law — State practice — Draft Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1980

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1982

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