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Revisiting Ocean Boundary Disputes in the South Pacific in Light of the South China Sea Arbitration: A Legal Perspective
The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law ( IF 1.393 ) Pub Date : 2018-11-13 , DOI: 10.1163/15718085-12333079
Lili Song 1 , Morsen Mosses 1
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This article examines three ocean boundary disputes in the South Pacific in light of the South China Sea arbitration. First, we consider whether the Matthew and Hunter Islands, over which France and Vanuatu have made competing claims, are full-fledged islands or rocks and argue that they are likely to be rocks. Second, we discuss the dispute between Fiji and Tonga over the Minerva Reefs. Based on public information that generally suggests the Minerva Reefs are lowtide elevations, we submit that Tonga’s historic claim to the maritime area around the Minerva Reefs is inconsistent with the principle of ‘the land dominates the sea’. Third, we examine Tonga’s historic claim to the maritime area within a rectangle boundary defined in Tonga’s 1887 Royal Proclamation and submit that the main difficulty for Tonga to establish such claim is to prove that it has effectively exercised sovereignty over the relevant area.

中文翻译:

从南海仲裁看南太平洋海洋边界争端的法律视角

本文以南海仲裁案为背景,考察了南太平洋的三个海洋边界争端。首先,我们考虑法国和瓦努阿图对其提出竞争性主张的马修群岛和亨特群岛是否是成熟的岛屿或岩石,并认为它们很可能是岩石。其次,我们讨论斐济和汤加之间关于密涅瓦礁的争端。根据普遍表明密涅瓦礁是低潮高地的公开信息,我们认为汤加对密涅瓦礁周围海域的历史性主张不符合“陆地主宰海洋”的原则。第三,
更新日期:2018-11-13
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