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Thread #100168   Message #2016532
Posted By: beardedbruce
04-Apr-07 - 05:18 PM
Thread Name: BS: Sailors kidnapped by Revolutionary Guard
Subject: RE: BS: Sailors kidnapped by Revolutionary Guard
"Territorial Waters
Passage of ships through territorial waters is governed by balancing the rights of maritime powers to innocent passage and the rights of Coastal States to their security and territorial integrity. These rights are both customary and codified in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). "

http://www.lcnp.org/disarmament/nwfz/submission%20on%20NWF2.htm

"Non-compliance by warships with the laws and regulations

of the coastal State

If any warship does not comply with the laws and regulations of the coastal State concerning passage through the territorial sea and disregards any request for compliance therewith which is made to it, the coastal State may require it to leave the territorial sea immediately."

http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part2.htm