The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights?

dc.contributor.advisorBradfield, Graham
dc.contributor.authorMubima, Nancy Napol
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-07T13:22:24Z
dc.date.available2022-03-07T13:22:24Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-03-07T10:41:53Z
dc.description.abstractThe United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) 1982 has been acclaimed as a constitution for the seas and a solution to several contentious issues that previous conferences on the law of the sea had been unable to settle. During the nine years of negotiation of the LOSC, the case of landlocked States was discussed extensively and, in an attempt to redress landlocked States' natural disadvantages, several rights were ultimately granted to this group of States by the Convention. The dissertation firstly identifies the rights conferred by the Convention on landlocked States in general and analyses the nature of these rights and their relevant provisions in the Convention. Thereafter, with a special focus on African landlocked countries, the dissertation seeks to determine the extent to which these particular States have been able to exercise the rights to access the sea, to participate in the exploitation of the living resources of their neighbouring coastal States' EEZs and to share in the revenue derived from exploitation activities in the Area. The dissertation attempts to determine whether African landlocked States have been able to exercise these rights and enjoy the resulting benefits or whether they have failed to do so and, as a result, perceive these rights to be illusory. With the help of case studies, the obstacles and factors that influence the exercise of each of these rights are examined. A study of the various initiatives put forth by the African Union (AU) and other regional and international bodies to enable the African landlocked States better exercise these rights, and if possible, make them a reality concludes the dissertation.
dc.identifier.apacitationMubima, N. N. (2021). <i>The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights?</i>. (). ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35979en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMubima, Nancy Napol. <i>"The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights?."</i> ., ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35979en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMubima, N.N. 2021. The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights?. . ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35979en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Mubima, Nancy Napol AB - The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) 1982 has been acclaimed as a constitution for the seas and a solution to several contentious issues that previous conferences on the law of the sea had been unable to settle. During the nine years of negotiation of the LOSC, the case of landlocked States was discussed extensively and, in an attempt to redress landlocked States' natural disadvantages, several rights were ultimately granted to this group of States by the Convention. The dissertation firstly identifies the rights conferred by the Convention on landlocked States in general and analyses the nature of these rights and their relevant provisions in the Convention. Thereafter, with a special focus on African landlocked countries, the dissertation seeks to determine the extent to which these particular States have been able to exercise the rights to access the sea, to participate in the exploitation of the living resources of their neighbouring coastal States' EEZs and to share in the revenue derived from exploitation activities in the Area. The dissertation attempts to determine whether African landlocked States have been able to exercise these rights and enjoy the resulting benefits or whether they have failed to do so and, as a result, perceive these rights to be illusory. With the help of case studies, the obstacles and factors that influence the exercise of each of these rights are examined. A study of the various initiatives put forth by the African Union (AU) and other regional and international bodies to enable the African landlocked States better exercise these rights, and if possible, make them a reality concludes the dissertation. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Marine and Environmental Law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights? TI - The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35979 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/35979
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMubima NN. The rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights?. []. ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Public Law, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35979en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Law
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.subjectMarine and Environmental Law
dc.titleThe rights of African landlocked States under the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea: real or illusory rights?
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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