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Iran’s Legal Strategy in Hormuz
Geography remains Iran’s greatest wartime advantage and a key strategic asset in the ongoing 2026 conflict. The country’s rugged terrain, extensive coastline, and strategic depth in the Persian Gulf shape the course of the war, constraining conventional military options while enhancing Iran’s ability to leverage the Strait of
#Iran #LawOfTheSea #NavalWarfare #UNCLOS
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/irans-legal-strategy-in-hormuz/
To pass the Strait of Hormuz, there is no avoiding territorial waters of either Iran or Oman. Iran would be within their rights to engage a US (or Israeli) naval asset in their territorial waters.
Closing a strait to civilian traffic of non-combatants is another matter and unlikely to be legal. Dr Mark Chadwick: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/news-articles/2026/03/expert-blog-what-legal-right-does-iran-have-to-close-the-strait-of-hormuz
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Gendering the Law of the Sea
Over the past two years, international courts have entered the climate arena with unusual force. Advisory opinions from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights signal a decisive shift in State obligation against climate change.
Yet somethi
The #ADF can hardly claim "international waters" (a #UNCLOS definition) in the South China Sea at the _very same_ time it encourages US / Israel aggression in the middle east (clearly breaching the UN Charter).
#Australia, we either rely on international law, or you undermine it. There's no middle path.
In local dialect:
If international law is buggered, then we're fucked.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-06/adf-helicopter-evasive-action-chinese-military/106426388
📌 Law for Palestine participated in the #conference on Accountability and the Enforcement of #internationallaw in #palestine, convened in #thehague by the co-chairs of the #HagueGroup
🔹 L4P called on states to move beyond rhetorical condemnation and take concrete legal measures to uphold international #law, including under the #UN Convention on the #LawoftheSea, the #genocide Convention, the #apartheid Convention, and the #GenevaConvention
L4P report (prime source) 👇🏾
Law for Palestine Calls for Concrete International Action at The Hague Conference The Hague, 4 March 2026 Law for Palestine (L4P) participated in the Conference on Accountability and the Enforcement of International Law in Palestine, convened in The Hague by the co-chairs of the Hague Group, with almost 40 states in attendance. The conference […]
🗨️ We all look forward to any kind of implementation, right? - #law
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#rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has welcomed the entry into force of the Agreement under the #UnitedNations Convention on the #LawoftheSea on the #conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement)
FAO welcomes new treaty on safeguarding #marine biological #diversity in #internationalwaters 👇🏽
Major political geography event: #BBNJ aka "#HighSeasTreaty" takes effect today, meaning new laws governing environmental protection in intl. waters are now binding on 81 countries that have so far ratified it, including #Brazil, #China, #Japan, #France, #Germany.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166762
#geography #oceans #maritime #lawofthesea #internationalwaters #geopolitics @geography @geopolitics #worldpolitics #internationallaw
Almost two decades in the making, an international agreement to protect and sustainably use marine life in international waters and the international seabed is due to come into force on Saturday, marking a major step forward in efforts to ensure the health of ocean ecosystems for decades to come.
📢 First minister of #scotland on Thursday said that his government was not informed of the #US operation to use a Scottish airport in Wednesday's seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the #NorthAtlantic
🔹 John Swinney said that he agreed with the enforcement of sanctions, however, he added that his government must be "fully sighted" on interventions around Scotland’s waters
#lawofthesea #news
#uk #russia #us #eu #politics
📰 Report Burak Bir for Anadolu JAN-08
#rewatch 📲 The #US government is seizing oil tankers and stealing Venezuela's crude
🔹 Donald Trump boasted that the #USA will "keep" the #oil and the #ships
Ben Norton explains how #washington is blatantly violating #internationallaw in its imperialist war on #venezuela
Video: Geopolitical Economy Report DEC-26
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Turning the Tide on Trawls
Bottom trawling, a fishing method that tows heavy, weighted nets and trawl doors along the seabed to catch demersal species, does more than destroy and flatten benthic habitats: by repeatedly resuspending carbon-rich sediments, it accelerates remineralization and weakens the ocean’
#ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAdvisoryOpinion #InternationalTribunalForTheLawOfTheSea #LawOfTheSea
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