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UNCLOS allows countries to regulate travel through territorial waters for national security concerns.
by adrr 2y ago
UNCLOS allows countries to regulate travel through territorial waters for national security concerns.
- eesmith 2y agoThe US and Denmark are both signatory to a similar convention to the Copenhagen Convention of 1857, says the latter's Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_t... says the US isn't signatory to UNCLOS. My reading of article 19 of UNCLOS says Denmark and/or Sweden can't place a new universal insurance requirement for innocent passage, because it is not on the list of activities which are "prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State." Article 235 says there can be 'procedures for payment of adequate compensation, such as compulsory insurance or compensation funds' for 'the protection and preservation of the marine environment' but that's the only mention of insurance I see. I don't think an insurance company would pay out for deliberate acts of sabotage. It's all to easy to set up an insurance company which would go bankrupt in that case, requiring oversight. Clearly of Denmark were to set up the only insurance company which could meet all the criteria, then we are back to having Sound Dues.