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Contracting Parties United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Trinidad and Tobago

Dates Signature: December 10, 1982 Ratification: April 25, 1986 Entry into force: November 16, 1994

Declarations, Reservations

Declaration under article 298 (February 13, 2009):
"… [The] Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, do hereby declare under paragraph 1 (a) of article 298 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea done at Montego Bay on the tenth day of December one thousand nine hundred and eighty-two, that the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago does not accept any of the procedures provided for in Part XV, section 2 of the Convention with respect to the categories of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of articles 15, 74 and 83 relating to sea boundary delimitation as well as those involving historic bays or titles."

Declaration under article 287 (October 17, 2007):
"The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago ... declare[s] that in the absence of or failing any other peaceful means, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago chooses the following means in order of priority for the settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:
a.The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea established in accordance with Annex VI;
b.The International Court of Justice."

 


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