Ocean Science and Technology Conference, held in Seoul, Korea, May 2012 Proceedings edited by Prof. Harry N. Scheiber, LOSI and Director Moon Sang Kwon, KIOST
Assistant Editor: Emily A. Gardner
The EEZ Regime:
Reflections after 30 Years
Robert Beckman and Tara Davenport
Robert Beckman is the Director, Centre for International Law (CIL) and Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of
Singapore (NUS), Singapore; Tara Davenport is a Research Fellow,
Centre for International Law (CIL), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
All rights reserved by the authors. This paper was presented at the tenth in a series of annual international conferences organized and sponsored or co-sponsored by the Law of the Sea Institute, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, USA. The May 2012 conference was jointly sponsored and co-organized in collaboration with the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST, formerly KORDI), and hosted by KIOST on May 21-24, 2012 in Seoul, Korea. This was the third LOSIKIOST collaboration in conferences and publications.
The EEZ Regime: Reflections after 30 Years Robert Beckman and Tara Davenport1
Abstract: This paper will analyze the “specific legal regime” in Part V of UNCLOS to determine whether it has created a certain and predictable regime which has withstood the test of time. It will first review the key provisions in the EEZ regime and how they balance the rights, jurisdiction and duties of coastal states with the rights and duties of other States. It will also examine the extent to which activities in the EEZ are governed by the high seas principles on jurisdiction. It will then examine some of the controversies which have arisen