Archipelagic Doctrine and Baselines (U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea [UNCLOS], Arts. 46–50; RA 9522)

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1. For purposes of UNCLOS Article 46, which description identifies an archipelagic State? Multiple Choice Easy
2. Under UNCLOS Article 48, what is the geographical starting point for measuring the breadth of an archipelagic State’s t… Multiple Choice Easy
3. Under Section 2 of RA 9522, which areas are treated using the UNCLOS regime-of-islands framework? Multiple Choice Easy
4. A proposed archipelagic baseline is 130 nautical miles long. Its designer argues that it qualifies because it is among … Multiple Choice Medium
5. An enclosed area proposed for Article 47 archipelagic baselines has a water-to-land ratio of 10 to 1, correctly calcula… Multiple Choice Medium
6. A proposed law would extend the main Philippine archipelagic baseline enclosure around distant outlying features using … Multiple Choice Hard
7. A vessel is in deep water enclosed by compliant Philippine archipelagic baselines, far from the nearest coast. A foreig… Multiple Choice Hard
8. Explain the function of RA 9522 as a baselines law. Does its exclusion of a claimed outlying feature from the main arch… Essay Medium
9. A mapmaker says that an archipelagic State may freely join any distant points it chooses so long as the resulting enclo… Essay Medium
10. A commentator argues that calling waters enclosed by Philippine archipelagic baselines “archipelagic waters” under UNCL… Essay Medium
11. Under UNCLOS Article 47(9), with whom must an archipelagic State deposit a copy of its baseline chart or coordinate lis… Multiple Choice Easy
12. Which may replace charts for identifying archipelagic baselines under Article 47(8)? Multiple Choice Easy