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Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was placed in parliament today to make the existing law a more time-befitting one.

Dr. Daniel E. Smith III and Denita L. Jones Share: The challenges of environmental compliance can be complex for any facility at any specific location on the globe. For example, consider the ACME manufacturing facility located in Anytown, USA. ACME must identify local, state, and federal environmental compliance requirements and may also need to mitigate potential common law tort liability risks associated with its facility. These multijurisdictional requirements and risks can sometimes overlap, and it is not uncommon for them to be vague or even conflict with one another. But what if th...

China’s New Coast Guard Law and Implications for Maritime Security in the East and South China Seas Introduction The Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress passed the China Coast Guard (CCG) Law (海警法) on Jan. 22, and the law is scheduled to take effect on Feb. 1. The new law hasn’t attracted tons of attention, but it violates the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The change builds on other shifts that have militarized China’s maritime law enforcement apparatus. In 2013, China created the CCG Bureau (中国海警局), which unites the p...

China Ship Armed With Autocannon Enters Japanese Waters, Harasses Fishing Vessel On 2/16/21 at 8:02 AM EST Two Chinese coast guard ships—including one armed with an "autocannon"—entered Japan's territorial waters for the second successive day Tuesday and harassed a Japanese fishing vessel, according to reports from Tokyo. The Chinese government vessels joined two other China Coast Guard ships that had entered and remained in the contiguous zone adjacent to the waters of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands on Monday, said Japan Times. The energy-rich Senkakus in the East China Sea are un...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela said Monday that two Guyanese fishing vessels captured...