I. I. Resolución del Comité Jurídico Interamericano .................... v Inter-American Juridical Committee Resolution ................. vii II. II. Biografía del Dr. Keith Highet ................................................ ix Dr. Keith Highet's Biography.................................................. ix III. Keith Highet: Mi personaje inolvidable Prólogo del Dr. João Grandino Rodas........................... xiii Keith Highet: The person I’ll never forget Preface by Dr. João Grandino Rodas.............................. xv IV. Keith Highet: La grandeza de espíritu y excelencia del jurista Prólogo del Dr. Enrique Lagos ...................................... xvii Keith Highet: Greatness of spirit; Excellence as jurist Preface by Dr. Enrique Lagos ........................................ xxi V. Estudio de los derechos y deberes de los Estados de conformidad con la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de 1982 sobre el derecho del mar .................................................. 1 INDICE I. INTRODUCCIÓN ................................................................... 3 II. DEBERES DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES.............................. 7 A. Alta mar............................................................................. 7 B. Protección y preservación del medio marino..................... 8 C. Desarrollo y transferencia de investigación científica y tecnología marina.......................................... 10 D. La Zona ........................................................................... 10 E. Disposiciones en materia de solución de controversias .................................................................... 12 F. Disposiciones generales ................................................... 14 - ii - III. DERECHOS DE LOS ESTADOS RIBEREÑOS.................... 14 A. Declaración de las zonas marítimas .................................. 14 B. Líneas de base ................................................................... 15 C. Soberanía y derechos de soberanía.................................... 17 IV. DEBERES DE LOS ESTADOS RIBEREÑOS...................... 21 A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. V. Publicidad.......................................................................... 21 Derecho de paso ................................................................ 22 Zona económica exclusiva ................................................ 23 Plataforma continental ...................................................... 24 Alta mar............................................................................ 25 La Zona............................................................................. 25 Tecnología marina ............................................................ 25 Solución de controversias ................................................. 26 OTROS DERECHOS DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES CON CARACTERÍSTICAS GEOGRÁFICAS ESPECÍFICAS .......................................... 26 A. Estados con configuraciones costeras únicas ................... 26 B. Estados archipelágicos ...................................................... 27 C. Estados en situación geográfica desventajosa ................... 28 D. Estados sin litoral.............................................................. 28 VI. OTROS DEBERES DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES CON CARACTERÍSTICAS GEOGRÁFICAS ESPECÍFICAS .......................................... 29 A. Estados ribereños de estrechos.......................................... 29 B. Estados archipelágicos ..................................................... 30 C. Estados ribereños de mares cerrados o semicerrados..................................................................... 31 D. Estados ribereños de Estados sin litoral............................ 31 VII. OTROS DERECHOS Y DEBERES DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES CON CARACTERÍSTICAS GEOGRÁFICAS ESPECÍFICAS .......................................... 32 A. B. C. D. Estados en desarrollo ........................................................ 32 Estados del puerto ............................................................. 33 Estados del pabellón.......................................................... 33 Estados que operan cables o tuberías................................ 35 - iii - E. Estados que realizan investigación.................................... 35 F. Estados con zonas cubiertas de hielo................................. 36 VIII. CONCLUSIONES ................................................................. 37 ANEXO…….................................................................................... 40 VI. Review of the rights and duties of States under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention....................................................... 41 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. INTRODUCTION.................................................................. 43 DUTIES OF ALL STATES PARTIES............................... 47 A. B. C. D. E. F. III. High seas ..................................................................... 47 Protection and preservation of the marine environment ................................................................ 47 Development and transfer of marine scientific research and marine technology .................. 49 The area ....................................................................... 50 Dispute resolution provisions ..................................... 51 General provisions ...................................................... 52 RIGHTS OF COASTAL STATES...................................... 53 A. Proclamation of maritime zones................................... 53 B. Baselines....................................................................... 54 C. Sovereignty and sovereign rights.................................. 55 IV. DUTIES OF COASTAL STATES....................................... 59 A.. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. Publicity ....................................................................... 59 Right of passage............................................................ 60 Exclusive economic zone ............................................. 61 Continental shelf........................................................... 62 High seas....................................................................... 63 The area......................................................................... 63 Marine technology......................................................... 63 Settlement of disputes ................................................... 63 - iv - V. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS FOR STATES PARTIES WITH SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES ............................. 63 A. B. C. D. VI. States with particular coastal configurations ................. 63 Archipelagic States ........................................................ 64 Geographically disadvantaged States ............................ 65 Non-Coastal States ........................................................ 66 ADDITIONAL DUTIES FOR STATES PARTIES WITH SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES ....................... 66 A. States bordering straits ................................................. 67 B. Archipelagic States ....................................................... 67 C. States bordering enclosed or semi-enclosed seas ......... 68 D. States bordering land-locked States.............................. 68 VII. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES FOR STATES PARTIES WITH SPECIFIC FACTUAL CONTEXTS ..... 69 A. B. C. D. E. F. Developing States......................................................... 69 Port States .................................................................... 70 Flag States ................................................................... 70 Pipeline States ............................................................. 71 Researching States ....................................................... 72 States with ice-covered areas ....................................... 73 VIII. CONCLUSIONS................................................................. 73 ANNEX ........................................................................................ 76 OAS Cataloging-in-Publication Data Organization of American States. Inter-American Juridical Committee. Review of the rights and duties of states under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention: an informal guide / Inter-American Juridical Committee, Organization of American States (presented by Keith Highet); prologues by Grandino Rodas, President of the Inter-American Juridical Commission, and Enrique Lagos, Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs, OAS. 103 p. ; 7.25 " x 9.75". ISBN 0-8270-4178-0 1. Law of the sea. 2. Maritime law. 3. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982). I. Highet, Keith. II. Title. OEA/Ser.D/XIX.2