48 Years of Impactful Scholarship
Banner_Library2.jpg

ILJ Online

ILJ Online is the online component of Fordham International Law Journal.

Posts tagged Matt Salavitch
The United States Has Declared the Boundaries of Its Extended Continental Shelf: What Comes Next?

In December, 2023, the United States announced the boundaries of its extended continental shelf (ECS), which represents the outermost maritime zone over which it exercises sovereignty. The United States, however, is not a party to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the major treaty regime governing the law of state territorial waters. As a result, it's unilateral declaration raises a number of questions including the status of its extended continental shelf boundaries under customary international law and treaty law and whether as a non-signatory party, the United States's ECS boundaries can receive binding finality under UNCLOS. This post explores theses outstanding questions following the United State's announcement.

Read More