The legal regime of the maritime zones around Svalbard: An analysis in light of recent developments in international law

• Main Author: Stikbakke, Øystein Røhnebæk
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: folkerett; havrett; havrettskonvensjonen; Svalbardtraktaten; UNCLOS; law of the sea; Svalbard; public international law; Bear Island; Hope Island; Svalbard Archipelago; Hope island; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/87820; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-90461

The topic of this thesis is the legal regime of the maritime zones around the archipelago of Svalbard under international law. Three questions are discussed in the thesis: First, whether Spitsbergen, Bear Island and Hope Island of the Svalbard archipelago are entitled to an Exclusive Economic Zone (...