Document Type
Original Study
Abstract
The issue of the seas at the present time is one of the topics that are of interest to the international community in general and to specialized researchers in the field of international law in particular, given the industrial and economic development that the world has witnessed, the emergence of international trade, the development of maritime transport between the countries of the world, the facilitation of its procedures and means under international agreements, in addition to the discovery of wealth Natural seabeds and oceans that were not known before, so that they became an important economic resource for many countries, especially the coastal ones, and since the sea areas constitute the equivalent of 73% of the Earth’s surface, and the importance of these areas prompted the international community to consider the legal regulation of the seas as a branch of international law and known as law The International Maritime Organization, which regulates all areas of the seas and oceans and the rights and obligations of states, especially in the field of navigation for commercial ships and the exercise of their activities in a manner that guarantees the rights of all states, and in line with the requirements of international peace and security and ending the conflicts that were raging between countries around that region
Recommended Citation
Hussein, Taha Muhammad
(2023)
"Responsibility of merchant ships for prohibited activities on the high seas,"
Imam Ja'afar Al-Sadiq University Journal of Legal Studies: Vol. 3:
Iss.
2, Article 7.
Available at:
https://ijsu.researchcommons.org/ijsu/vol3/iss2/7