Analysis Of Preliminary Position Of Arbitration Regarding The Azov-Kerch Water Area
Journal: The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Year: 2021

The article shows the results of preliminary hearing in the case of violation of the rights of the coastal state to use the Azov-Kerch water area, initiated by Ukraine in 2016 against the Russian Federation. In the absence of a joint statement of the parties on the choice of the judicial authority, the dispute was referred to Arbitration in accordance with Annex VII of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). In the Memorandum forwarded, Ukraine claims that Russia violates the freedom