> if all nations signed and followed UNCLOS [0] guidelines I guess a large part of the problem here is that the actual land boundaries of such "nations" are no

> if all nations signed and followed UNCLOS [0] guidelines I guess a large part of the problem here is that the actual land boundaries of such "nations" are not so clear. In that particular case, any claim about north Cyprus should be considered semi-legitimate (to say it mildly), as there's no international consensus on the validity of this occupation. Notice moreover that, even if you agree in a common set of nation boundaries, the UNCLOS guidelines are still ambiguous. The definition of "internal waters" is meaningless, depending on an unclear separation between "archipelago states" and non-archipelago states. Would you say that Greece is an archipelago state? the UNCLOS does not give an answer, and the definition of internal waters is thus different.