152026560 INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA ( 3 Crd.Hrs )

The course aims to expose students to the historical development of the legal rules governing water bodies through a review of the three United Nations conferences in this regard, the results of each of these conferences, and the problems that accompanied the final drafting of the legal system that governs the relationship of states to water bodies. The course also aims to expose students to the current legal system of water bodies stemming from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of ??1982 in terms of their name, borders, and states' rights and duties on each of these areas. The course also focuses on some of the terms of agreement such as innocent and transit passage, as well as geographically affected countries, closed countries, and how they benefit from this legal system. Moreover, the course introduces the means established by the agreement to settle maritime disputes.