The announcement shows just how shrewdly the U.S. has gamed the international system. Since 1982, a United Nations agreement ...

9.2 The core functions of the Division are as follows: (a) Promoting better understanding and wider appreciation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the Convention), the ...

In his testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, John Bellinger argues that the Law of the Sea Convention is beneficial to the United States military, especially ...

Land-locked States shall have the right of access to and from the sea for the purpose of exercising the rights provided for in this Convention including those relating to the freedom of the high ...

Tensions have prevailed over aggressive Chinese assertions in the waters. Beijing's claims overlap with exclusive economic ...

PM Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto emphasized the importance of peace, stability, and security in the ...

The adoption of the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, 1982 was the result of the world's most ambitious law reform movements. The Convention is a comprehensive instrument functioning as a ...

New research found U.S. operations to challenge China’s excessive claims in the South China Sea fell short of expectations.

notably absent from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea that established the governance structure. Mining projects within countries' exclusive economic zones have the potential to move ...

The government of the Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest over the “escalatory actions” of Chinese government vessels ...