Useful Documents

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Maritime Boundary Delimitation:Relevant articles from UNCLOS and the Statutes of the ICJ

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) documents

Rules of Procedure of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf,17 April 2008

Modus Operandi of the Commission(CLCS/L.3),12 September 1997

Scientific and Technical Guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continetal Shelf(CLCS/11),13 May 1999

Annexes II-IV(CLCS/11/Add.1)3 September1999

Annexes II-IV, Corrigendum (CLCS/11/Add.1/Corr.1), 19 November 1999

Scientific and Technical Guidelines of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, Corrigendum (CLCS/11/Corr.1), 24 February 2000

Basic flowchart for the preparation of a submission of a coastal state to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS/22),22 May 2000

Outline of the Training Manual on the Preparation of a Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS/37), 26 February 2004

Other documents
The status of natural resources on the high-sea:An independent study conducted by Southampton Oceanography Centre & Dr A. Charlotte de Fontaubert (WWF/IUCN)May 2001