Modern international law of the sea 3TC

Nguyen Thi Hong Yen – Head of Public International Law Division, Hanoi Law University Email: nguyenhongyen@hlu.edu.vn 6.. Le Thi Anh Dao – Lecturer, Public International Law Division, Ha

HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

(FOR HLU INTERNAL USE ONLY)

HÀ NỘI - 2022

FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW DIVISION

Degree: Bachelor of Law (High quality training)

Course: The modern international law of the sea

Number of credits: 03

Type of Subject: Optional

1 LECTURERS AND ASSISTANTS’ INFORMATION

1 Ass.Pro.Dr Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan – Lecturer, Vice Dean of Post

Graduate Training Department, Hanoi Law University

Email: nguyenkimngan_luat@yahoo.com

2 Ass.Pro.Dr Nguyen Hong Thao - Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy of

Vietnam

Email: nghongthao2003@yahoo.com

3 Dr Hoang Ly Anh – Lecturer, Deputy Head of Department of

Research Management and Journal Administration, Hanoi LawUniversity

Email: lyanhqt@gmail.com

4 Dr Nguyen Toan Thang – Lecturer, General Director of Comparative

Law Institute, Hanoi Law University

Email: ngthang @hlu.edu.vn

5 Dr Nguyen Thi Hong Yen – Head of Public International Law

Division, Hanoi Law University

Email: nguyenhongyen@hlu.edu.vn

6 Dr Le Thi Anh Dao – Lecturer, Public International Law Division,

Hanoi Law University

Email: anhdao782003@yahoo.com

7 LLM Tran Huu Duy Minh - Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy of

Vietnam

Email: tran.hd.minh@gmail.com

8 LLM Nguyen Hai Duyen - Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Email: nguyenhaiduyen.94@gmail.com

9 LLM La Minh Trang - Lecturer, Public International Law Division,

Hanoi Law University

Email: laminhtrang@hlu.edu.vn

 Teaching Assistants

1 LLM Tran Thi Thu Thuy - Public International Law Division,

Hanoi Law University

Email: thuthuytran65.hlu@gmail.com

2 LLM Pham Thi Bac Ha - Public International Law Division,

Hanoi Law University

Email: phambacha0205@gmail.com

Office Division of Public International Law

Room No.310, Building A, Hanoi Law University

No 87 Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi

Working hour(s): 8h00 – 17h00 working days (except Saturday, Sunday orholidays)

2 PREREQUISITE COURSES

Public International Law

3 SUMMARY OF THE COURSE

The international law of the sea is the couthathich not only providesstudents with the basic knowledge about the boundaries and legal status ofmaritime spaces but also provides students in-depth legal knowledgerelated to exploiting and using sthe ea These are issues such as jointfishing cooperation, delimitation of sea between countries with opposite oradjacent coasts, protection of the marine environment Through thiscourse, students will also grasp the mechanism of solving disputesettlement by the provisions of The United Nations Convention on the Law

of the Sea 1982 and the practice of resolving maritime disputes betweenVietnam and other countries in the region

The course consists of 7 main groups of issues:

1 General theoretical issues on the international law of the sea;

2 Baseline in international law of the sea;

3 Maritimes space international law of the sea;

4 Delimitation in international law of the sea;

5 Joint exploitation in international law of the sea;

6 Protection of the marine environment in international law of the sea;

7 Dispute settlement mechanism under The United Nations Convention

on the Law of the Sea 1982

4 CONTENT OF THE COURSE

Unit 1: General theoretical issues on International Law of the Sea.

1.1 The concept of international law of the sea

1.2 History of international law of the sea

1.3 Sources of international law of the sea

1.4 Principles of international law of the sea

Unit 2: Defining baseline in international law of the sea.

2.1 The normal baseline

2.2 The straight baseline

2.3 Defining the straight baseline in special circumstances

2.4 Defining the baseline in practice

Unit 3: The maritime zones in international law of the sea.

3.1 The maritime zones which the coastal state has sovereignty

3.2 The maritime zones which the coastal state has the sovereign right 3.3 The high sea and the Area in international law of the sea

3.4 Specific maritime zones in international law of the sea

Unit 4: The maritime delimitation in international law of the sea.

4.1 The definition of maritime delimitation

4.2 The delimitation of the territorial sea

4.3 The delimitation of the continental shelf and the exclusive economiczone

4.4 The maritime delimitation in practice

Unit 5 Joint exploitation in international law of the sea

5.1 Definition of joint exploitation

5.2 Grounds for joint exploitation agreements

5.3 The role of joint exploitation

5.4 Some joint exploitation model in the world

5.5 Joint exploitation between Vietnam and other countries in the region

Unit 6 Protection of the marine environment in international law of the sea

6.1 Definition of protection of the marine environment

6.2 Protection of biodiversity and marine living resources

6.3 The control of marine environment pollution

6.4 Vietnamese law of protection of the marine environment

Unit 7 Dispute settlement mechanism under The United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea 1982

7.1 Definition of dispute in international law of the sea

7.2 General process and procedures for dispute settlement

7.3 Dispute settlement institutions

7.3.1 International Tribunal for Law of the Sea

7.3.2 Arbitral Tribunal and Special Arbitral Tribunal

5 OUTPUT STANDARDS OF THE COURSE AND MEET THE OUTPUT STANDARDS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM

5.1 The Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

a Knowledges

K1 Understand the concept and characteristics of international law of the

sea;

K2 Presenting the process of formation and development of international

law of the sea;

K3 Understand the content of different types of law sources of

international law of the sea;

K4 The sea areas are identified according to the provisions of the 1982

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea;

K5 Understand the basic legal issues of maritime delimitation;

K6 Understand the basic legal issues of joint exploitation at sea and

protecting sea environment;

K7 Understand the dispute settlement mechanism under the 1982 United

Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provisions

b Skills

S8 Forming and developing the capacity to collect information on issues

related to the international law of the sea;

S9 Improve skills in analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and commenting

on issues of international law of the sea;

S10 Form and develop comparative skills in the prog about issues of

international law of the sea

c Self-control ability and self-responsibility

T11 Actively raise awareness about the international law of the sea;

T12 Actively apply learned knowledge to properly assess and recognize

issues related to planning, environmental protection and settlement ofmaritime disputes between Vietnam and other countries in the region

5.2 The matrix demonstrating the compatibility of the CLOs with the TPLOs

1B1 Analysecharacteristics ofinternational law of

1C1 Evaluate the

improvement ininternational law

international law ofthe sea.

of the sea throughinternationalcodifyingconferences

1C2 Commentroles of thoseprinciples in the

2A2 Identify the

conditions fordefining thenormal baselineand the straightbaseline

2B1 Analyse

determining thenormal baseline and

baseline

2B2 Analyse the

conditions fordefining the normalbaseline and thestraight baseline

2C1 Evaluate the

advantages anddisadvantages ofeach definingbaseline method

3A2 Identify the

concept, thedeterminationand the legal

3B1 Distinguish

the nature ofsovereignty and thelegal status betweenthe territorial seaand the internalwaters

3B2 Distinguishthe concept of

3C1 Evaluate the

Vietnameseregulationsconcerning thedetermination andlegal status of theinternal waters,compare with theUNCLOS 1982

status of theterritorial seaaccording to theUNCLOS 1982.

3A3 Identify the

concept, thedeterminationand the legalstatus of themaritime zones

sovereign rights

of coastal statesaccording to theUNCLOS 1982

3A4 Identify the

concept, thedeterminationand the legalstatus of the highseas according tothe UNCLOS1982

3A5 Identify the

determinationand the legalstatus of the Areaaccording to theUNCLOS 1982

3A6 Identify the

concept, thedetermination ofthe archipelagicwaters according

exploitation in theArea

3C2 Comment the

legal status ofVietnam of theterritorial sea

3C3 Comment the

determination andlegal status ofVietnam of the theexclusive

economic zone andthe continentalshelf

3C4 Evaluate the

methods for theouter boundarydelimitation of thecontinental shelfaccording to theprovisions of theUNCLOS 1982and the 1958Geneva

Convention on theContinental Shelf

3A7 Identify the

concept,classification andthe legal status

internationalstraightaccording to theUNCLOS 1982

maritime zones inaccordance toUNCLOS 1982

territorial sea andthe right to travelthrough

archipelagic watersand the right totransit

3C7 Demonstrate

the process ofdeveloping andimprovement inregulations on thedetermination andlegal status ofmaritime zones,

interests andequality betweenstates

law of the sea.

4A1 Identify the

concept,conditions andprinciples ofmaritime

delimitation ininternational law

of the sea

4A2 Outlinecontents of thedelimitation ofthe territorial seabetween states

4B1 Compare the

provisions on thedelimitation of theterritorial sea of the

Convention on theTerritorial Sea andthe UNCLOS 1982

4B2 Analyze the

regulations of theUNCLOS 1982 ondelimitation theexclusive economic

4C1 Comments

the implementation

of regulations onmaritime

delimitation inpractice

4C2 Comments

delimitationprocess betweenVietnam and othercountries

4C3 Commenting

with the oppositecoast or adjacent.

4A3 Describe

the delimitation

of the exclusiveeconomic zone

continental shelfbetween stateswith opposite oradjacent coasts

zone and thecontinental shelf

4B5 Analyze

circumstancesaffecting the marinedelimitation

process

on the practice ofdelimiting the seaareas under thesovereignty

5A2 Presentjoint exploitationmodels in theworld

5B1 Analyze the

substantivedefinition of andgrounds for joint

exploitation 5B2 Analyze

substance of anumber of jointexploitation

agreements betweenViet Nam andneighboring

efficiency of thejoint exploitationactivity in theoverlapping

maritime zonesbetween Viet Nam

and other countries

environment,marineenvironmentalpollution andprotection ofmarine

environment 6A2 Present

fundamentalissues on theprotection ofmarine

environment andmarine livingresources under

international law 6A3 Presentfundamentalissues on thecontrol of marineenvironmentalpollution under

international law

6B1 Analyze

international lawregulations on theprotection ofbiodiversity andmarine livingresources

6B2 Analyze

international lawregulations on thecontrol of marineenvironmental

pollution 6B3 Analyze

Vietnamese laws onthe protection ofmarine environment

6C1 Assess the

importance ofprotection ofmarine

environment andthe role ofinternational law

in protectingmarine

environment

6C2 Assess the

international legalmechanism onmarine

environmentalprotection

6C3 Commenting

compatibilitybetweenVietnamese lawand internationallaw on marineenvironmentalprotection

means of disputesettlement under

7B1 Analyze the

procedures forsettling disputesunder The UnitedNations Convention

7C1 Assess the

effectiveness of theInternationalTribunal for Law

of the Sea since itsestablishment up

7A2 Present

disputeresolutionprocedures under

NationsConvention onLaw of the Sea1982

7A3 Present the

formation,organizationalstructure andjurisdiction ofthe InternationalTribunal for Law

of the Sea

7A4 Present the

structure andjurisdiction ofthe arbitraltribunal and thespecial arbitraltribunal

according to theprovisions of theUNCLOS 1982

on Law of the Sea1982

7B2 Compare the

similarities anddifferences betweenthe InternationalTribunal for Law ofthe Sea andInternational Court

of Justice of UnitedNations

7B3 Analyze the

role of theInternational

Tribunal for Law ofthe Sea in resolvingrelated disputes

to now

7C2 Providepersonal views onmethods to beapplied to resolvemaritime disputesbetween Viet Nam

countries

7C3 Assess the

performance of theArbitral Tribunal

on the law of thesea

6.2 Total learning objectives

1 Yoshifumi Tanaka, The international law of the sea,

Cambridge University Press, 2015

2 Hanoi Law University, Textbook on International law of the

Sea, 2019.

* Books

1 Nguyen Hong Thao, The International Tribunal for the Law of the

Sea, 2006

2 Hanoi National University, Vietnam’s maritime law policy and

sustainable development strategy, 2006

3 International sea and maritime law center, Hanoi National University,

Joint Exploitation in international law, 2009

4 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Border Committee,

Introduction of some basic issues on Vietnam’s sea law, 2004

* Treaties and Vietnamese legislative documents

1 Convention on the territorial and contiguous zone 1958

2 Convention on the high seas 1958

3 Convention on fishing and the living resources on the high seas 1958

4 Convention on continental shelf 1958

5 The United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982

6 Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam for the Exploration and Exploitation of Petroleum in aDefined Area of the Continental Shelf Involving the Two Countries 1992

7 Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and theKingdom of Cambodia on history water 1982

8 Agreement between the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and thePeople’s Republic of China on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea, theExclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Tonkin2000

9 The Fisheries Cooperation Agreement and additional protocolbetween the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the People’s Republic ofChina 2000

10 Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand andthe Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the delimitation

of the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf ofThailand 1997

11 Agreement between the Government of the Socialist Republic ofVietnam and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia concerning thedelimitation of the continental shelf boundary 2003

12 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea 2002(DOC)

13 The constitution of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 2013

14 Law on National Bounder 2003

15 Maritime code of Viet Nam 2015

16 Law of the sea of Viet Nam 2012

17 Law on Environmental Protection 2014

18 Law on Vietnam Coast Guard 2018

19 Statement by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Territorialsea, the Contiguous Zone, the Exclusive Economic Zone and theContinental Shelf 1977