Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Lapland, 2014) issued under title: Passage rights in international law: a case study of the territorial water

The focus of this publication is the uniqueness of the Baltic Sea from a legal perspective, and the regulatory voids that result from the multiple layers of reg

Read also Alexander Lott's blog on the recent Award of the Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal in the dispute concerning the Kerch Strait incident. Hybrid Threats and t

An account of the legal regime of straits and the allocation of rights and duties relating to transit passage.

The importance of straits, particularly those used in international navigation, has been long recognized in international law. One of the important debates duri