Practice question
A vessel sails under two States’ flags and switches between them according to convenience to resist other States’ inquiries. It invokes navigation freedom as conclusive entitlement to claim whichever nationality suits the moment. What does Article92(2) provide?
- It may not claim those nationalities against another State and may be assimilated to a ship without nationality
- It automatically gains every nationality worldwide
- Switching flags always creates complete immunity
- No legal consequence can follow flag switching
- A shipmaster can repeal the Convention
Legal references
- UNCLOS Articles92,94,97–98: https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part7.htm
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