The Relationship between the Shipowners and the Detaining State - The role of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

• Author: Prof. Dr. Syméon KARAGIANNIS
• Pages: 23-33

İnönü Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi Cilt: 5 Sayı:1 Yıl 2014 23

Les rapports entre armateurs et États détenant des navires

Le rôle du Tribunal international du droit de la mer

(The Relationship between the Shipowners and the Detaining State - The role

of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea)

Prof. Dr. Syméon KARAGIANNIS

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ABSTRACT

Although still not sufficiently well-known by ship-owners, the

procedure under Article 292 of the UN Law of the Sea Convention covers

a most substantial part of the overall activity of the International Tribunal

for the Law of the Sea. This procedure enables ship-owners to obtain the

prompt release of their vessels detained by coastal States for alleged

illegal fishing in their EEZ as well as the prompt liberation of the detained

crews upon the posting of a reasonable bond. The main objective of

Article 292 procedure is for the Tribunal to appreciate the reasonableness

of such a bond by the ship-owner is actually. Yet, despite the efforts of the

Tribunal, many crucial questions regarding this procedure remain

unanswered (criteria of the reasonableness, possibility for the detaining

State to confiscate the ship ad son on).

Keywords: fishing vessels; detention of vessels; ship-owners;

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; release of detained vessels

and crews

Mots clés: navires de pêche ; détention de navires ; armateurs ;

Tribunal international du droit de la mer ; libération d’équipages

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