The Legal Regime of Maritime Boundary Agreements

Termination of Maritime Boundaries Due to a Fundamental Change of Circumstances

“…117 An arbitral tribunal reflected this distinction in the Guinea v Guinea-Bissau arbitration, 118 and treaties establishing maritime boundaries often do the same, using terms like 'sea frontier' or 'maritime frontier'. 119 The sovereignty of States extends towards the outer limits of territorial or archipelagic waters. 120 Therefore, lines delimiting such maritime zones could fall within the boundary concept and be subject to VCLT Article 62(2)(a).…”

The 1999 Eritrea–Yemen Maritime Delimitation Award And The Development of International Law

“…114 This approach is entirely acceptable, since it is one of the possible ways in which the third State issue may be dealt with, amongst those already identified in State practice. 115 How the Tribunal defined the area in which "the boundary line might be disputed by any third State", and in which the Tribunal had to avoid trespassing, is not said. One would risk suggesting that equidistance was the reference through which the Tribunal defined that area.…”