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Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2019

Rizal Abdul Kadir
Rizal Abdul Kadir*
Affiliation:
Dr. Rizal Abdul Kadir, Deputy Director-General, Maritime Institute of Malaysia; Adjunct Professor, National Defence University of Malaysia.
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After twenty-two years of negotiations, in Aktau on August 12, 2018, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, and Turkmenistan signed the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea. The preamble of the Convention stipulates, among other things, that the Convention, made up of twenty-four articles, was agreed on by the five states based on principles and norms of the Charter of the United Nations and International Law. The enclosed Caspian Sea is bordered by Iran, Russia, and three states that were established following dissolution of the Soviet Union, namely Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

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International Legal Documents
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International Legal Materials , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 399 - 413
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Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law 

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13 Id.

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16 Iran/Russia Joint Statement, supra note 14, Annex 1.

17 Id. Annex 2.

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19 Dunlap, supra note 4, at 121.

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