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The Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Disputed Maritime Areas: A Case Study of the South China Sea
- Asian Perspective
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 44, Number 4, Fall 2020
- pp. 651-675
- 10.1353/apr.2020.0028
- Article
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Abstract
Abstract:
The South China Sea (SCS) has a wealth of underwater cultural heritage (UCH). However, due to contested maritime delimitation, coastal states cannot refer to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage to prevent unauthorized interference with UCH and implement the principle of in situ protection. UCH located in the SCS is thus vulnerable to being destroyed or salvaged. This article focuses on the issue of UCH protection and management in the disputed SCS, which has far-reaching implications for other disputed maritime areas where littoral states are in dispute concerning how their overlapping maritime entitlements are to be determined.
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