Cloaking the cargo of sunken colonial vessels with flag State immunity creates pro tempore resolutions through procedural impediments that inevitably reward illegal acts, revitalize colonial policies and extend periods of unjust enrichment. Immunity should only be extended when conventional law requirements are met and applied in conformity with any rules applicable between the parties in light of present-day conditions. Absent immunity, States with verifiable links could argue merit-based claims in unbiased fora that could rely on modern legal principles, rather than those prevailing when the cargo sank, to adjudicate contemporary disputes. Merit-based resolutions would address the Pandora’s box resulting from the convergence of advances in underwater technologies and the socio-political shifts that occurred since the cargo sank. Historically inert pauses under water unique to other legal quagmires offer an inimitable opportunity, when immunity is restricted, to adhere to modern ethical principles and to halt the lingering effects of condemned regimes.

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主权豁免与沉没殖民船只货物之间的冲突

用船旗国豁免来掩盖沉没的殖民船只的货物，通过程序障碍创造临时解决方案，不可避免地奖励非法行为，振兴殖民政策并延长不当得利的时间。仅当满足常规法律要求并根据当前条件按照当事方之间适用的任何规则适用时，才应扩大豁免。如果没有豁免权，具有可验证联系的国家可以在公正的论坛上争论基于价值的主张，该论坛可以依靠现代法律原则而不是货物沉没时的普遍原则来裁决当代争端。基于绩效的决议将解决由于水下技术的进步和自货物沉没后发生的社会政治变化而产生的潘多拉魔盒。