Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole

<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">With its demonstrative setting of a Russian Flag on the seabed in the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US&...

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Main Author: Nele Matz-Lück
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Language:English
Published: Göttingen University Press 2009-03-01
Series:Göttingen Journal of International Law
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Online Access:http://gojil.uni-goettingen.de/ojs/index.php/gojil/article/view/33
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description <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">With its demonstrative setting of a Russian Flag on the seabed in the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Arctic Ocean</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> outside the 200 nautical miles limitation of the continental shelf in 2007 the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Russian Federation</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> has fuelled discussions on claims concerning the outer continental shelf by Arctic rim-States. Although the planting of the flag on the ocean floor is irrelevant under international law, it reveals a political attitude that may make agreement and co-operation concerning the different demands more difficult. The disputes on the boundaries of the outer continental shelf cannot finally be settled by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf or by dispute settlement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea but only by agreement amongst the parties themselves.</span>
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spelling doaj-art-8c0034ffdc53475fa43c98251a48e0a02025-08-20T01:58:22ZengGöttingen University PressGöttingen Journal of International Law1868-15812009-03-0112Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North PoleNele Matz-Lück<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">With its demonstrative setting of a Russian Flag on the seabed in the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Arctic Ocean</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> outside the 200 nautical miles limitation of the continental shelf in 2007 the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US">Russian Federation</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: " lang="EN-US"> has fuelled discussions on claims concerning the outer continental shelf by Arctic rim-States. Although the planting of the flag on the ocean floor is irrelevant under international law, it reveals a political attitude that may make agreement and co-operation concerning the different demands more difficult. The disputes on the boundaries of the outer continental shelf cannot finally be settled by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf or by dispute settlement under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea but only by agreement amongst the parties themselves.</span>http://gojil.uni-goettingen.de/ojs/index.php/gojil/article/view/33ArcticLaw of the SeaContinental ShelfMaritime BoundariesMineral ResourcesCo-operation
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Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole
Göttingen Journal of International Law
Arctic
Law of the Sea
Continental Shelf
Maritime Boundaries
Mineral Resources
Co-operation
title Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole
title_full Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole
title_fullStr Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole
title_full_unstemmed Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole
title_short Planting the Flag in Arctic Waters: Russia’s Claim to the North Pole
title_sort planting the flag in arctic waters russia s claim to the north pole
topic Arctic
Law of the Sea
Continental Shelf
Maritime Boundaries
Mineral Resources
Co-operation
url http://gojil.uni-goettingen.de/ojs/index.php/gojil/article/view/33
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