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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on Maritime Delimitation: The Bangladesh v. Myanmar Case

2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 45; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00908320.2014.898920

1521-0642

Marcin Kałduński, Taduesz Wasilewski,

Maritime Security and History

This article considers the law of maritime delimitation as applied by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the 2012 Bangladesh v. Myanmar case. The dispute concerned the delimitation of the maritime boundary between the two states in the northern part of the Bay of Bengal. The decision demands a particular examination since it was the first delimitation dispute decided by the Tribunal. The article traces how the ITLOS applied and developed the methodology of maritime delimitation. It also analyzes the ascertainment of a true nature of international instruments as well as unilateral acts of states before international courts and tribunals.