United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

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The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an international treaty that defines nations’ rights and responsibilities in the world’s oceans, including maritime boundaries, resource exploitation, navigation, and environmental protection.

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Generate an image of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is an international treaty that defines nations’ rights and responsibilities in the world’s oceans, including maritime boundaries, resource exploitation, navigation, and environmental protection.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations convention ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
law of the sea treaty ⓘ
administeredBy United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations ⓘ
adoptionDate 1982-12-10 ⓘ
adoptionPlace Montego Bay, Jamaica ⓘ
alsoKnownAs UNCLOS III Convention ⓘ
annexCount 9 ⓘ
articleCountApproximate 320 articles ⓘ
concludedUnder United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea III ⓘ
definesConcept archipelagic waters ⓘ
contiguous zone ⓘ
exclusive economic zone ⓘ
international seabed area ⓘ
territorial sea ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1994-11-16 ⓘ
establishes Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf ⓘ
International Seabed Authority ⓘ
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ⓘ
governs conservation of living marine resources ⓘ
innocent passage of foreign ships ⓘ
peaceful settlement of disputes concerning the law of the sea ⓘ
protection and preservation of the marine environment ⓘ
rights of coastal states over maritime zones ⓘ
rights of land-locked states to access the sea ⓘ
transit passage through straits used for international navigation ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
maximumBreadthOfContiguousZone 24 nautical miles ⓘ
maximumBreadthOfExclusiveEconomicZone 200 nautical miles ⓘ
maximumBreadthOfTerritorialSea 12 nautical miles ⓘ
negotiationPeriod 1973–1982 ⓘ
openedForSignature 1982-12-10 ⓘ
shortName Law of the Sea Convention ⓘ
UNCLOS ⓘ
subjectMatter continental shelf ⓘ
deep seabed mining ⓘ
exclusive economic zones ⓘ
high seas ⓘ
law of the sea ⓘ
marine environmental protection ⓘ
marine scientific research ⓘ
maritime boundaries ⓘ
navigation rights ⓘ

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Referenced by (306)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arctic Ocean → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Arctic region → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea → shortName → UNCLOS ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea → shortName → Law of the Sea Convention ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea → concludedUnder → United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea III ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea → alsoKnownAs → UNCLOS III Convention ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone → legalBasis → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
English Channel → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
North Sea → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Baltic Sea → subjectTo → Helsinki Convention ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Antarctic Treaty System → relatedTo → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean → isGovernedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
North Pole → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
South China Sea → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Lomonosov Ridge → relevantTo → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Arabian Sea → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Korea Strait → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
International Seabed Authority → foundedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
International Seabed Authority → legalBasis → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
European continental shelf → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf → establishedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf → legalBasis → Annex II to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
World Ocean → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Chukchi Sea → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Oman → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea → foundingInstrument → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea → legalBasis → Part XV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea → associatedInstrument → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Singapore Strait → subjectTo → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
southwest Pacific Ocean → hasLegalFramework → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Life Below Water → relatedTo → Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Canary Islands waters → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
1997 Protocol to MARPOL → relatedTo → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Mare Liberum → hasImpactOn → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
United States territorial waters → relatedTo → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Spratly Islands → hasLegalContext → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Cuba (maritime boundary) → regulatedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Mozambique Channel → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Norwegian waters → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Council of the International Seabed Authority → legalBasis → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Paracel Islands → relatedInternationalLaw → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Alpha–Mendeleev Ridge complex → relevantTo → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Australian Exclusive Economic Zone → legalBasis → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Somali Sea region → governedBy → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Amerasian Basin → isRelevantTo → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone → legalBasis → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone → legalBasis → United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ