Natural prolongation principle

The natural prolongation principle or principle of natural prolongation is a legal concept introduced in maritime claims submitted to the United Nations.

The phrase denotes a concept of political geography and international law — that a nation's maritime boundaries should reflect the 'natural prolongation' of where its land territory reaches the coast. Oceanographic descriptions of the land mass under coastal waters became conflated and confused with criteria which are deemed relevant in border delimitation.^[1] This concept was developed in the process of settling disputes where the borders of adjacent nations were located on a contiguous continental shelf.

An unresolved issue is whether a natural prolongation defined scientifically without reference to equitable principles shall be construed as a "natural prolongation" for the purpose of maritime border delimitation or maritime boundary disputes.^[2]

History

The phrase natural prolongation was established as a concept in the North Sea Continental Cases^[3] in 1969.^[4]

The relevance and importance of natural prolongation as a factor in delimitation disputes and agreements has declined during the period in which international acceptance of UNCLOS III has expanded.^[5]

The Malta/Libya Case^[6] in 1985 is marked as the eventual demise of the natural prolongation principle being used in delimiting between adjoining national maritime boundaries.^[7]

See also

• Equidistance principle
• Appendage

Notes

1. ^ Highet, Keith. (1989). "Whatever became of natural prolongation," in Rights to Oceanic Resources: Deciding and Drawing Maritime Boundaries, (Dorinda G. Dallmeyer et al., editors), pp. 87–100. at Google Books
2. ^ Capaldo, Giuliana Ziccardi. (1995). Répertoire de la jurisprudence de la cour internationale de justice (1947–1992). p. 409. at Google Books.
3. ^ North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v Denmark; Federal Republic of Germany v Netherlands) [1969] ICJ Reports 4 at 42.
4. ^ Highet, pp. 89–90. at Google Books
5. ^ Kaye, Stuart B. (1995). Australia's maritime boundaries, pp. 12, 172.
6. ^ Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v Malta) (Judgment) [1985] ICJ Reports 13 at 29
7. ^ Highet, pp. 91–95. at Google Books

References

• Capaldo, Giuliana Ziccardi. (1995). Répertoire de la jurisprudence de la cour internationale de justice (1947-1992). Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 10-ISBN 0792329937/13-ISBN 9780792329930; 10-ISBN 0792335147/13-ISBN 9780792335146; 10-ISBN 0792335155/13-ISBN 9780792335153; OCLC 30701545
• Dorinda G. Dallmeyer and Louis De Vorsey. (1989). Rights to Oceanic Resources: Deciding and Drawing Maritime Boundaries. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 10-ISBN 079230019X/13-ISBN 9780792300199; OCLC 18981568
• Francalanci, Giampiero; Tullio Scovazzi; and Daniela Romanò. (1994). Lines in the Sea. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 10-ISBN 0792328469; 13-ISBN 9780792328469; OCLC 30400059
• Kaye, Stuart B. (1995). Australia's maritime boundaries. Wollongong, New South Wales: Centre for Maritime Policy (University of Wollongong). 10-ISBN 0864183925/13-ISBN 9780864183927; OCLC 38390208

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