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The US recognizes unclos as customary sea law despite not having ratified it
by seydor 3y ago
The US recognizes unclos as customary sea law despite not having ratified it
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago>> the US, which the people supposedly behind this venture call out specifically, is not a party to UNCLOS. > The US recognizes unclos as customary sea law despite not having ratified it I'm guessing here that means the US doesn't enforce the law. US Gov vessels would abide by it but private vessels can do what they please. Correct?
- seydor 3y agoit accepts all but one part of the law as customary international law when it comes to nautical disputes, which should mean it applies to all sorts of vessels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_United_N...
- dragonwriter 3y ago> I'm guessing here that means the US doesn't enforce the law. No, it means the US (but for the one bit it disagrees with) treats the Convention as redundant with international law that exists without need of a formal treaty, and enforces it on that basis.