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2. High Seas Treaty - Wikipedia

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   The High Seas treaty aims to address the regulatory gaps, [18] by promoting coherence and coordination with and among existing institutions, frameworks, and bodies. [19] The areas beyond national jurisdiction comprise the 'high seas' (water column) and the ‘area’ (seabeds), making up about two-thirds of the ocean.

3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea - Wikipedia

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   UNCLOS replaced the four treaties of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas. UNCLOS came into force in 1994, a year after Guyana became the 60th nation to ratify the treaty. [ 1 ] In 2023, agreement was reached on a High Seas Treaty to be added as an instrument of the convention, to protect ocean life in international waters.

4. UN adopts world's first treaty to protect high seas ... - AOL

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   The U.N. has adopted the world's first treaty to protect the high seas and preserve marine biodiversity in international waters, marking a milestone after nearly 20 years of effort, U.N. Secretary ...

5. Convention on the High Seas - Wikipedia

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   The Convention on the High Seas is an international treaty which codifies the rules of international law relating to the high seas, otherwise known as international waters. [1] The convention was one of four treaties created at the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS I ). [ 2 ]

6. International waters - Wikipedia

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   The high seas make up 50% of the surface area of the planet and cover over two-thirds of the ocean. [ 5 ] Ships sailing the high seas are generally under the jurisdiction of the flag state (if there is one); [ 6 ] however, when a ship is involved in certain criminal acts, such as piracy , [ 7 ] any nation can exercise jurisdiction under the ...

7. Mare clausum - Wikipedia

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   Mare clausum is an exception to mare liberum (Latin for "free sea"), meaning a sea that is open to navigation to ships of all nations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the generally accepted principle of international waters , oceans, seas, and waters outside national jurisdiction are open to navigation by all and referred to as "high seas" or mare liberum .

8. Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living ...

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   The Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas is an agreement that was designed to solve through international cooperation the problems involved in the conservation of living resources of the high seas, considering that because of the development of modern technology some of these resources are in danger of being overexploited.

9. International Seabed Authority - Wikipedia

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   In 2007, although the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted in favor of treaty ratification, the full Senate failed to ratify the treaty, with some Republicans arguing UNCLOS might threaten national security by interfering with ocean military operations and hinder seabed mining corporations by imposing environmental regulations. [56] [57]