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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
CONTENTS
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PREAMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PART I.
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Article 1.
PART II.
Use of terms and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TERRITORIAL SEA AND CONTIGUOUS ZONE . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 2.
Legal status of the territorial
sea, of the air space over the
territorial sea and of its bed
and subsoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SECTION 2. LIMITS OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 3.
Breadth of the territorial sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 4.
Outer limit of the territorial sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 5.
Normal baseline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 6.
Reefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 7.
Straight baselines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 8.
Internal waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 9.
Mouths of rivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 10.
Bays
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Article 11.
Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 12.
Roadsteads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 13.
Low-tide elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 14.
Combination of methods for
determining baselines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 15.
Delimitation
of the
territorial sea between
States with opposite or
adjacent coasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 16.
Charts and lists of geographical coordinates . . . . . .
SECTION 3. INNOCENT PASSAGE IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA . . . . .
SUBSECTION A.
RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPS . . . . . . . . .
Article 17.
Right of innocent passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 18.
Meaning of passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 19.
Meaning of innocent passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 20.
Submarines and other underwater vehicles . . . . . . .
Article 21.
Laws and regulations of the
coastal State relating to
innocent passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 22.
Sea lanes and traffic
separation schemes in the
territorial sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Article 23.
Foreign nuclear-powered
ships and ships carrying
nuclear or other inherently
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