Jurisdiction and Characterisation of Disputes under UNCLOS in Mixed Disputes in Light of the Dispute Concerning Coastal State Rights in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov, and Kerch Strait
Journal: Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae Sectio iuridica
Year: 2021

This article examines the practice of UNCLOS tribunals in determining their jurisdiction over mixed disputes. It argues that tribunals have developed a substantially uniform approach in deciding on jurisdictional objections related to territorial sovereignty issues. Tribunals have assumed implied powers regarding ancillary territorial sovereignty issues intrinsically connected to maritime law disputes and determined the ancillary nature of the territorial sovereignty issues based on the nature a