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HISTORY OF MARITIME LAW
 
International maritime law is a set of rules governing relations between nations in connection with their marine activities, and in particular, by establishing the legal status and appropriate use of maritime space for the purpose of the peaceful use of this space and the resources within it. Maritime trade was the basis for the establishment of rules of law within the sphere of navigation. The laws developed as a result of a conflict with the local maritime customs and with piracy on the high seas. It forced ship-owners and merchants to meet and form some normal course of relations. In seaports, these customs reflected the interactions between the ship owners and the merchants, captains and crews of vessels.   See More...
 
THE MODERN LAW OF THE SEA
 
Modern international maritime law is used to regulate the relationships between nations of various socio-economic systems because of the sovereign equality of all nations, their mutual respect and peaceful coexistence. The basic rules of modern international maritime law were formulated during activity of the First, Second and Third United Nations Conferences on Maritime Law.

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TitleDivision for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea  ( Institutional Contact )
Short Institution Name DOALOS
DescriptionThe Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations serves as the secretariat of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and provides information, advice and assistance to States with a view to providing a better understanding of the Convention and the related Agreements, their wider acceptance, uniform and consistent application and effective implementation. The Division monitors all developments relating to the Convention, the law of the sea and ocean affairs and reports annually to the General Assembly of the United Nations on those developments, and assists the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS) in reviewing such developments.
Keywords LAW OF THE SEA; DOALOS; UNDOALOS
Type of Institution Funding organization
Address
United Nations DC2-0462
New York   NY
USA   10017
Web Address (URL)http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
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