Table of Contents
- 1 Can a ship or ships of other states enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea?
- 2 Can warships enter EEZ?
- 3 Is the Chinese navy off the coast of Alaska?
- 4 Can a US military aircraft enter a foreign country without permission?
- 5 Does the MSC provide crew lists to foreign authorities?
Can a ship or ships of other states enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea?
Subject to this Convention, ships of all States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea.
Can warships enter EEZ?
On August 1, 1977, North Korea declared a “military zone” extending 50 miles from the starting line of the territorial waters in the East Sea to the boundary line of the economic sea zone in the West Sea for the purpose of safeguarding its EEZ and to defend the “nation’s interests and sovereignty.”13 Foreign military …
Are warships allowed innocent passage?
All ships, including warships, regardless of cargo, armament or means of propulsion, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea in accordance with international law, for which neither prior notification nor authorization is required (at 1446).
What is the right of involuntary entrance?
Right of involuntary entrance is the right of any foreign merchant vessel to enter the territorial waters of a state in case of emergency such as lack, of provision, unseaworthiness of the vessel, inclement weather, pursuit of pirates, or other force majeure.
Chinese warships first operated off Alaska’s coast in 2015, when they entered US territorial waters while sailing through the Aleutian Islands. The US Navy at the time acknowledged that the Chinese ships conducted a legal transit. The Aleutians stretch from mainland Alaska west across the North Pacific.
Can a US military aircraft enter a foreign country without permission?
Although military aircraft are generally not allowed to enter the national airspace or land of the sovereign territory of another nation without authorization, this is subject to the rights of transit passage, archipelagic sea-lane passage, and assistance entry.
What are the norms of international law on vessel and warship immunity?
Customary norms of international law concerning State-owned vessel and warship immunity are reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property, the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Immunity of State-Owned Vessels, and the LOSC.
Can a coastal state impose ADIZ on a foreign aircraft?
The U.S. does not recognize the right of a coastal State to impose ADIZ procedures upon foreign aircraft that do not intend to enter national airspace.
Although MSC vessels owned by the U.S., and U.S. flagged vessels bareboat or time chartered by the MSC are not to provide crew lists to foreign authorities, the Master may provide a shore party list for crew members going ashore to the host nation if requested.