On the applicability of the sector principle to the delimitation of the Arctic Ocean seabed

Occupation: Leading research fellow, sector of International Law, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 3

Pages

152-162

Abstract

Shows the process of formation of the international legal regime of the Arctic, the role of the customary rules of International Law on the Sectoral delimitation of rights to Polar possessions is considered.

Characterized by a change from a 1997 Arctic Legal policy of Russia, considered according to its National Interests fragmented the application of article 76 of the UNCLOS, in isolation from the applicable customary rules of International Law and the suggestions of scholars about the new legal qualification of the Arctic Ocean seabed (by the consideration of it as a "Common Heritage of Humanity").

The conclusion is made that it is necessary to comply with the customary legal rules in an integral set of applicable treaty and customary rules that make up the modern regime of the Arctic Ocean seabed and that unite the coastal Arctic states in solving the problem of delimitation of the Arctic shelf.

Keywords

the Arctic Ocean, the legal regime, international custom, district of gravity, delimitation, delineation, the Arctic sector, the continental shelf

Received

16.12.2019

Publication date

31.03.2020

Number of characters

40379

Cite

GOST	Zhudro I. On the applicability of the sector principle to the delimitation of the Arctic Ocean seabed // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2020. – Issue 3 C. 152-162 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S013207690008080-0-1 (circulation date: 27.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013207690008080-0
MLA	Zhudro, Ivan S "On the applicability of the sector principle to the delimitation of the Arctic Ocean seabed." Gosudarstvo i pravo 3 (2020):152-162. DOI: 10.31857/S013207690008080-0
APA	Zhudro I. (2020). On the applicability of the sector principle to the delimitation of the Arctic Ocean seabed. Gosudarstvo i pravo (3), pp.152-162 DOI: 10.31857/S013207690008080-0

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