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Mohit Gupta
- Aug 1, 2020
- 4 min
Challenges in Implementation of Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 due to COVID-19 and Plea of Force M
Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC) is considered a significant milestone in realizing the rights of seafarers. Before MLC there have...
Ankit Malhotra
- Jun 5, 2020
- 8 min
Understanding Innocent and Transit Passage
The right of innocent passage for foreign vessels within the territorial sea of a coastal State is defined as "navigation through the...
Sameer Gupta
- May 25, 2020
- 6 min
The Ayodhya Verdict and Supreme Court of India's Observation on Territorial Acquisition
Recently, the contemporary issues in the international vicinity have not appreciated the principles of territorial occupation and establishm
Ankit Malhotra & Bodhisattwa Majumder
- May 11, 2020
- 5 min
The Floating Quarantines: Maritime Implications of Coronavirus in Southeast Asia
The Coronavirus or COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) from Wuhan, People’s Republic of China (“China“) has engulfed as many as 213 countries across...
JTMS Intern Marcela Cecilia Gabriela Cruz Merma
- Mar 31, 2020
- 10 min
Can China and the Philippines Balance Cooperation and Sovereignty?
Introduction The South China Sea (SCS) dispute has its roots in the 1940s. Imperial Japan’s military had used the islands during World...
Jonghyun Lee, JTMS Intern
- Feb 6, 2020
- 9 min
Contested Territories and Symbolism: The Historical Significance of Land Disputes
One of the more peculiar and lesser-known controversies to originate from World War II involves two key players of the war. In 1945, the...
JTMS Intern In Yeong Choi
- Dec 13, 2019
- 7 min
Prescriptive Jurisdiction in the Law of the Sea: Cases of Contentions and Evolution
On December 2015, Panama in accordance with Article 287 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), invoked a case agai
Sameer Gupta & Sankalp Udgata
- Nov 21, 2019
- 6 min
Loss of Territory & Submerging Islands: An International Law Apprehension
The Mururoa Atoll. Photo Credit: NASA I. Introduction It is for the people to determine the destiny of the territory and not the...
JTMS Intern Gaia Gamberale
- Jul 9, 2019
- 11 min
Extraterritoriality, Environmental damage, and the Korean fine dust case
On April 5th, 2017 a heterogeneous group of exponents from the civil society, including NGOs and ordinary Korean citizens, filed a...
Constantinos Yiallourides
- Feb 13, 2018
- 8 min
Islands, Sovereignty and the Right to Return: An Analysis of the Chagos Islands ICJ Advisory Opinion
Abstract: Did the UK act illegally in splitting off the Chagos Islands from Mauritius prior to its independence in 1968? On 22 June 2017...
Sofiya Sayankina, JTMS Intern
- May 19, 2017
- 8 min
Drone Strikes in Violation of Territoriality: How Are They Justified?
The increasing number of drone strikes has brought targeted killings of supposed terrorists into a spotlight of debate on extrajudicial...
Sofiya Sayankina, JTMS Intern
- Oct 27, 2016
- 7 min
New approach: Why Russia and Japan might finally settle the island dispute
Photo: Putin and Abe during the meeting in Sochi, May 2016 (Source: Sputnik News) World War II has not only left a huge impact on modern...
JTMS
- Apr 19, 2016
- 1 min
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