territorial sea
Let an agent explain the territorial sea, relay UNCLOS rules, baselines, innocent passage and related zones from international law sources, describe the neutral waters alias as related, present disputes neutrally with attribution, and distinguish the territorial sea from internal waters, contiguous zones, EEZs, the high seas and archipelagic waters.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the territorial sea, relay UNCLOS rules, baselines, innocent passage and related zones from international law sources, describe the neutral waters alias as related, present disputes neutrally with attribution, and distinguish the territorial sea from internal waters, contiguous zones, EEZs, the high seas and archipelagic waters.
The belt of sea adjacent to a coastal state s land territory and internal waters, extending up to 12 nautical miles from baselines under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, over which the state has sovereignty, including the airspace, seabed and subsoil, subject to the right of innocent passage for foreign ships; beyond it lie the contiguous zone to 24 nautical miles and the exclusive economic zone to 200 nautical miles. The registry alias neutral waters refers to the waters of neutral states in armed conflict or loosely to international waters, a related but different concept. Maritime boundary disputes are attributed to the parties.
What it is for: Defining coastal state sovereignty at sea.
It can be explain UNCLOS rules; relay baselines and passage rights; describe related zones; present disputes with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Full sovereignty
Innocent passage
Measured from baselines
Codified in UNCLOS
What it looks like
Not visible; shown on nautical charts as a line 12 nautical miles offshore.
Physical character
maximum breadth: 12 nautical miles - UNCLOS Article 3
UNCLOS adopted: 1982 year - in force 1994
nautical mile: 1852 m
How it is recognised
Sovereign sea belt up to 12 nautical miles
Territorial waters, territorial sea, neutral waters
Internal waters lie landward of baselines; the contiguous zone extends to 24 nm; EEZs give resource rights to 200 nm; the high seas are beyond national jurisdiction
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is defined by -
is contrasted with -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
territorial sea
internal waters
archipelagic waters
contiguous zone
exclusive economic zone
Standards and regulation
UNCLOS 1982
Hague Convention XIII of 1907 on neutral rights in naval war
National maritime zone laws
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing of maritime disputes
Confusing territorial sea and EEZ rights
Treating neutral waters as a UNCLOS zone
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the territorial sea is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the territorial sea, and how does it differ from internal waters, contiguous zones, EEZs, the high seas and archipelagic waters? definition
- Is the question about law, navigation, fishing or a specific dispute? boundary
Neutral waters
Neutral waters.
Neutral waters
Neutral waters.
- What are neutral waters in the law of naval warfare, and how do they relate to the territorial sea? definition
- Which entry fits law of neutrality? action
Law UNCLOS rules.
Regulation.
Baselines
Baselines.
Baselines
Baselines.
- How are normal and straight baselines drawn? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Passage
Innocent passage.
Passage
Passage.
- What is innocent passage, and when is passage not innocent? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Disputes Disputes.
Attribution.
Cases
Maritime disputes.
Cases
Cases.
- How are maritime boundary disputes resolved by ITLOS, the ICJ and arbitration, with parties positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the cannon-shot rule and three-mile limit evolve into 12 nautical miles? provenance
- Which entry fits cannon shot rule? action
Context Navigation.
Context.
Charts
Nautical charts.
Charts
Charts.
- How are maritime limits shown on nautical charts? provenance
- Which entry fits nautical chart? action
Straits
International straits.
Straits
Straits.
- What is transit passage through international straits? provenance
- Which entry fits transit passage? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should neutral waters be moved to the law of neutrality?
- How should international law sources be linked?
- How should disputed baselines be recorded?