Practice question
Part of an archipelagic State’s waters lies between two parts of an immediately adjacent neighboring State. That neighbor has traditionally exercised legitimate interests there and holds specific rights under an agreement. The archipelagic State claims drawing new compliant baselines automatically extinguishes both categories. Which response follows Article 47(6)?
- The existing traditional legitimate interests and agreement rights must continue and be respected
- All agreements end automatically on drawing baselines
- Only rights first asserted after the drawing survive
- The neighboring State automatically acquires all islands
- The location between the neighbor’s two parts is legally irrelevant
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Part IV, Articles 46–50: https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part4.htm; Article 47(6).
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