Coastal States in the South China Sea and Submissions on the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf
The purpose of this article is to examine the outer continental shelf submissions made by the coastal states of the South China Sea and their potential impact on legal and political developments in the South China Sea. In accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea of 1982 and the guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, coastal states are to establish the outer limits of their continental shelf where it extends beyond 200 nautical miles. Meeting this obligation is complicated in enclosed or semienclosed seas where there
are maritime disputes such as in the South China Sea.
Keywords: South China Sea; continental shelf
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Faculty of Law,Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam 2: Department of Oriental Languages,Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Publication date: 01 July 2011
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