Abstract

This article investigates the effect of dispute settlement decisions under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and whether and how states, particularly great powers, comply with these decisions. State practice suggests that an overwhelming majority of the decisions by UNCLOS dispute settlement bodies have been implemented. Significantly, not only small states but also the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have complied with UNCLOS dispute settlement decisions even when they “lost” in the proceedings that were unilaterally initiated against them.

中文翻译：

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国际法院与国家合规：对海洋法案件的调查

摘要

本文研究了根据1982年《联合国海洋法公约》（UNCLOS）解决争端的决定的效果，以及国家（特别是大国）是否以及如何遵守这些决定。国家实践表明，《海洋法公约》争端解决机构的绝大多数决定已得到执行。值得注意的是，即使是小国，也包括联合国安全理事会常任理事国都遵守了《联合国海洋法公约》的争端解决决定，即使它们在单方面针对他们提出的程序中“失败”了。