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ICJ decisions similar to the Mediterranean and Islands Sea EEZ and the Continental Shelf problem;

In the 1977-78 Anglo-French Continental Shelf Case, the phrase "equal distance-special circumstances" was accepted as a unified rule. #Türkiye
#greece #EastMed

📌It has decided that the border of the continental shelf in the Channel should be the equidistant midline based on the coasts of the mainland countries of the two states. It has been stated that the islands cannot have a continental shelf.⤵️

#France is quiet.🤔
#Greece #EEZ

Libya-Tunisia Continental Shelf;ICJ stated that Article 6 of the Convention cannot be applied and accepted the existence of special conditions.
In 1984,the existence of special conditions was accepted in the determination of the maritime boundaries of the Gulf of Maine and LY-MT

In addition, it has been accepted that the Italian islands of Linosa, Lempedusa and Lampione, which are close to Tunisia, should be surrounded only within the width of their territorial waters and do not form an #EEZ. ⤵️
#Greece #Türkiye

In the delimitation case between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, the Arbitral Tribunal stated in its decision in 1985 that the principle of equal distance does not have a priority in practice, due to the large number of islands in front of the coast.

#EEZ #continentalshelf #Greece

The 12 NM issue is also included in the Truman Declaration and in the decision of the ICJ on the delimitation of the continental shelf in the North Sea Continental Shelf Case between DE,Denmark,and the NL.
12 miles cannot be applied in a closed-semi-enclosed sea like the Aegean!

#Romania v #Ukraine

In its Decision of 3 February 2009, the ICJ decided that the Snake Island, which is very close to Romania, cannot claim a continental shelf or #EEZ right on its own, as Ukraine claims.
#greece #EEZ #justice

Similarly,in the Eritrea-Yemen Dispute, the two countries, which for years could not agree on the rights of the islands and rock fragments in the north of the Bab el Mendez Strait and between Eritrea and Yemen,brought the issue to the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Like Aegean👇

ICJ invalidated Yemen's request for a wider continental shelf due to the islands.According to the decision,the distance between the lands of the two countries was taken into account,instead of the distance of the islands, while determining the maritime border between countries.

Land,Island and Sea Boundary Case Between El-Salvador and Honduras, dated 11.09.92.
Case of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Islands, France v Canada,08.06.92.
There are many ICJ decisions and practices that support Türkiye's theses,such as the Barbadosa-Trinidad-Tobago Decision of 2006

For this reason, the #Greek Regime, in relation to the Sea of ​​Islands, “territorial sea, Airspace, etc. says that they will not recognize the decisions of the Court of Justice on matters.

#Greece #EEZ #Airspace #continentalshelf