Practice question
A coastal State designates a lawful offshore installation safety zone in its EEZ consistent with UNCLOS. A foreign freighter has an available safe route outside it but deliberately enters the zone, asserting that navigation freedom cancels every installation-related safeguard. Which is best?
- Navigation freedom automatically invalidates all safety zones
- The ship must respect duly established safety zones while retaining navigation rights elsewhere under the Convention
- The coastal State gains sovereignty over the entire ocean
- The freighter becomes coastal State property
- All foreign navigation in the EEZ must permanently stop
Legal references
- UNCLOS, Articles 58 and 60(4)-(7): https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf
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