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872: 338:(1982) that was driven both by objective factors (a dramatic increase in sea and air traffic, concerns about pollution and accidents in straits, and the general desire of coastal states to increase the territorial waters to 12 miles) and the common interest of the United States and USSR in opening sea and air passage through the international straits. Although during the planning of the conference it was declared that it will concentrate on exploitation of the 330:
done since 1949. Regarding the straits, the convention introduced a non-suspendable innocent passage for the international straits as the straits connecting high seas to a territorial sea of a foreign state. Otherwise, the international straits were governed by the same innocent passage provisions as
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De Vattel was the first to highlight the difference between the straits that "serve as a mean of communication between two seas" and the one without such function. The passage of ships through the former cannot be prohibited as long as it does not adversely affect the security of the coastal state.
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early in the 17th century recognized the right of the owner of the shore to appropriate the water expanses that can be seen from the shore, and an obligation of the owner to allow innocent (unarmed) navigation through these waters. Grotius also suggested the right for the owner to collect fees for
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in the 19th century, the ability to navigate along the shortest route became a significant economic factor, spurring development of special regimes for transit, similar to high seas. At the same time, a distinction was made between the wartime and peacetime navigation.
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choosing to keep 3-mile territorial waters thus preserving the high seas regime at the centerline of the strait. In this case only innocent passage is possible in the territorial waters;
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the international strait is defined geographically by being a connection between two areas of high seas, it does not have to be a route heavily used by the international shipping;
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of bordering country or countries overlap. Worldwide, more than 200 straits might satisfy the criteria of an international strait. Notable international straits include
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Priestnall, Graham (1997). "The Regimes of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage and Straits' Transit Passage – Similarities and Differences".
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regime with no previous legal precedents. This regime provided the coastal states with much less enforcement ability in the straits.
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warships have the right of innocent passage through such strait that cannot be denied or subject to conditions in the peacetime.
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principle in the traits where there is no high seas lanes due to overlapping territorial waters. Some work was also done by the
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Some experts suggest a broader definition of the "international strait". In particular, the following list is proposed:
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had shown the limits of innocent passage: the rules of this regime makes the warships participating in the
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where a high seas corridor remains. The territorial waters part of such strait is governed by the
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regime prevails in such straits for both ships and aircraft with few exceptions, even when the
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straits where a high seas alternatives are of "similar convenience", typically due to the
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between 1910 and 1915. Like the IDI's declarations, these efforts were stopped by the
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A major effort on codification of the legal regime for the straits was made by the
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The interest in the rights of navigation through straits dates as far back as the
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Navigational rights and freedoms in the international law and practice
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vulnerable in a case of encounter with the navy of a coastal state.
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International Straits: Concept, Classification and Rules of Passage
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are governed by a non-suspendable innocent passage regime;
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Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
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Index

International straits
waterway
high seas
exclusive economic zones
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
transit passage
territorial waters
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Strait of Magellan
Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Dover
Danish straits
Strait of Hormuz
UNCLOS III
international waters
innocent passage
coastal state
straits formed by islands
archipelagic straits
archipelagic sea lanes passage
dead end straits
Peloponnesian War
BC
Grotius
Puffendorf
de Vattel
Denmark
Danish belts
sunds

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