Abstract

Ireland was one of the earliest states to proclaim, in 1959, straight baselines around parts of its coast. This exercise was fundamentally flawed because the linking points of the baselines specified by coordinates at the time had no chart data attached, so that, for example, the extent of the claimed Irish territorial sea (or other zones) could not then be accurately determined. This deficiency around the Irish coastline was belatedly rectified with respect to the straight baselines on the north, west, and south coasts by a statutory instrument of 2016. Furthurmore, the lack of published closing lines on the east coast respecting the three major bays was recently remedied by a statutory instrument of 2019 indicating the closing lines of the same. Despite these welcome clarifications, ambiguities and possible legal problems still relate to Irish baselines.

摘要

爱尔兰是最早在 1959 年宣布在其部分海岸周围设置直线基线的国家之一。这种做法存在根本缺陷，因为当时坐标指定的基线连接点没有附上图表数据，因此无法准确确定声称的爱尔兰领海（或其他区域）的范围。2016 年的一项法定文书对爱尔兰海岸线周围的这一缺陷在北部、西部和南部海岸的直线基线方面进行了较晚的纠正。此外，最近在东海岸缺乏关于三个主要海湾的公开封闭线由 2019 年的法定文书纠正，表明其收盘线。尽管有这些受欢迎的澄清，