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INLAND STATE [4 records]

Record 1 2020-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

The internal waters of a state comprise : all parts of the sea landwards of the base-lines from which the territorial sea is measured; ports and anchorages; river-mouths; the water-courses of national rivers; bays and gulfs or parts of them; inland seas; lakes and landlocked seas or parts of them.

CONT

For legal purposes the sea is divided into three different zones, each of which is subject to different rules. Moving outwards from land these three zones are (i) internal waters, (ii) territorial sea and (iii) high seas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Ensemble des eaux d'un État qui se trouvent soit à l'intérieur des terres de cet État, soit en mer du côté terre des lignes de fermeture et des lignes de base droites.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 2 2017-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

A land-locked sea has no connection with the open sea, and may be assimilated to a mere lake. This may lie within one... State or, like the Caspian Sea, between two States. In the latter case, there is a division of the waters between the two States concerned. The legal status of inland and land-locked seas is that of internal waters, that is to say they are under the full sovereignty of the coastal state. Foreign warships require special permission to enter inland seas, and merchant ships are required to satisfy any conditions which may be laid down by the territorial state.

OBS

closed sea: The term "enclosed sea" ... should not be confused with the term "closed sea." An enclosed sea was not a fully closed sea much as the Caspian Sea or the Aral Sea, which had no outlets to the open oceans. It was, instead, a small body of inland water, such as the Persian Gulf or the Baltic Sea, which had at least one outlet to the open sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Vaste étendue d'eau salée complètement enfermée dans les terres [...]

CONT

La mer Caspienne est une mer intérieure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
CONT

Los mares interiores o cerrados suelen ocupar extensas depresiones endorreicas: son lagos muy grandes, de aguas más o menos saladas, entre los cuales destacan el mar Caspio y el de Aral.

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Record 3 2014-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Constitutional Law
DEF

Jurisdiction shared by two or more states, especially over the physical boundaries (such as rivers or other bodies of water) between them.

CONT

It follows from the two rules of international law permitting the local State to exercise jurisdiction over foreign merchant vessels in its waters and the flag State to exercise jurisdiction over them in foreign waters that the two States may have concurrent jurisdiction over acts and events occurring on board foreign ships in inland waters, and subject to the qualifications mentioned elsewhere, in territorial waters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

[...] dans le cas où un territoire sert d'assise commune à deux ou plusieurs États : ce sont des hypothèses de compétences territoriales communes ou concurrentes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Political Systems
  • International Public Law
CONT

Access to sea of land-locked countries: [At the Geneva Sea Conference of 1958 the following principle was adopted]: In order to enjoy freedom of the seas on equal terms with coastal States, States having no sea-coast should have free access to the sea.

OBS

State which has no sea-coast

OBS

land-locked: Expression and observation reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Régimes politiques
  • Droit international public
DEF

Pays entièrement entouré de terre, et n'ayant pas d'accès direct à la mer.

OBS

État enclavé : C'est le cas de 29 États.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geografía física (Generalidades)
  • Derecho del mar
  • Regímenes políticos
  • Derecho internacional público
OBS

Categoría que a efectos económicos identifica la UNCTAD para analizar los problemas específicos de las naciones que no tienen salida al mar. En su gran mayoría están en el área del mundo menos desarrollado (Bolivia, Paraguay, Burkina Faso, Chad, Níger, Malí, etc.).

OBS

Estado sin litoral: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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