Submission of states in respect of extended continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean

Dorota HARAKAĽOVÁ^[1]

https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2024.1.73-101

 

Abstract: The Arctic is gaining the position of an important strategic and geopolitical area and the extension of the legal continental shelf cannot be considered only as a “race for resources” in terms of economic benefits, but in the end it brings with it both political and socio-economic benefits. The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the current status of submissions to the Commission for the Limits of the Continental Shelf regarding the Arctic Ocean and the stage in which they currently are. It also approaches a legal definition of the continental shelf, the work of the Commission and compares the view of the Arctic states on particular seafloor highs.

Keywords: continental shelf, Arctic, Arctic Ocean, claims, CLCS

JEL: K33

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Submitted: 10. 7. 2023 | Accepted: 8. 3. 2024 | Published 15. 3. 2024

 

To cite this article (APA style):

Harakaľová, D. (2024). Submission of states in respect of extended continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. Medzinárodné vzťahy – Slovak Journal of International Relations, 22(1), 73 – 101. https://doi.org/10.53465/SJIR.1339-2751.2024.1.73-101

 

Publisher: University of Economics in Bratislava

ISSN online: 1339-2751

 

^[1] Ing. Mgr. Dorota Harakaľová, PhD., Department of International Law, Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, Dolnozemská cesta 1/b, 852 35 Bratislava, e-mail: . https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3006-6233