Tarptautinis jūrų teisės tribunolas- įsteigtas 1982 m. Jungtinių Tautų jūrų teisės konvencijos ir yra joje įtvirtinto kompleksiško ginčų sprendimų mechanizmo dalis. Naujos teisminės institucijos atsiradimo tarptautinėje teisėje poreikis analizuojamas pirmajame šio darbo skyriuje, kartu aptariant Tribunolo sudėtį ir struktūrą. Antrajame skyriuje nustatomos Tribunolo kompetencijos ribos. Aptariama Konvencijos privalomųjų ginčų sprendimo procedūrų pasirinkimo laisvė ir valstybių pareiškimų pagal Konvencijos 287 straipsnį turinys. Šioje vietoje atkreipiamas dėmesys į tai, kad bylos Tribunolui dažniausiai perduodamos atskiru šalių susitarimu nepaisant to, kokia privalomoji procedūra turėtų būti taikoma. Todėl faktas, kad Tribunolas nėra pasirinktas kaip privalomoji institucija iš Konvencijos kylančių ginčų sprendimui, neužkerta kelio ginčo nagrinėjimui šioje teisminėje institucijoje. Kitoje skyriaus dalyje analizuojama Tribunolo kompetencija skiriant laikinąsias apsaugos priemones bei sprendžiant sulaikytų laivų ir įgulų paleidimo klausimus. Nagrinėjamos laikinųjų apsaugos priemonių skyrimo sąlygos ir jų taikymas Tribunolo praktikoje. Atskleidžiamas aktyvus Tribunolo vaidmuo skatinant šalis bendradarbiauti. Taip pat apibrėžiama Tribunolo kompetencija spręsti sulaikytų laivų ir jų įgulų paleidimo bylas. Aptariamas laivo nacionalinės priklausomybės klausimas, kuris yra lemiamas Tribunolo jurisdikcijai pagal Konvencijos 292 straipsnį kilti. Toliau darbe kalbama apie Tribunolo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is a new court created by United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the judicial institution which is an integrate part of dispute resolution mechanism composed in this bilateral agreement. The first section of this paper discusses main reasons for establishing the new Tribunal, the composition of this judicial institution and the structure of it. The competence of the International Tribunal for the Law of the sea is enclosed in the second chapter. Primarily it is analyzing the choice of procedure under Article 287 of the Convention and the declarations of States under this article. At this point, it is noted that only one case, the M/V “Louisa” was instituted before the Tribunal on the basis of such declarations. And nevertheless, the fact that arbitration would be the only mandatory means available to the parties to a dispute, does not prevent them from agreeing to transfer the dispute to the Tribunal for adjudication. Further it is analyzing the competence of the Tribunal to deal with request for the prescription of provisional measures ant to deal with applications for the prompt release of vessels and crews. The requirement for prima facie jurisdiction and other conditions to be met for the grant of provisional measures are discussed in this paper, along with application of these requirements in Tribunal‘s practice. In this section also jurisdiction and the scope of the procedure under Article 292 of the Convention... [to full text]

This thesis seeks to systematically examine the contributions made by the dispute settlement bodies established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to the development of the law of the sea. The two main research questions to be answered are: (i) what kind of contribution have UNCLOS dispute settlement bodies made to the development of the law of the sea? and (ii) what are the factors that impact the performance of UNCLOS dispute settlement bodies in developing the law of the sea? To that end, Chapter 1 provides a working definition for the concept of 'judicial development of international law' in order to establish a framework for an assessment of the contributions of UNCLOS tribunals. Based on this working definition, Chapters 2, 3 and 4 examine the significance of UNCLOS tribunals' decisions in the development of three main areas of the law of the sea, respectively the law on fisheries, the law on the outer continental shelf and the law on marine environmental protection. Based on the findings of these chapters, Chapter 5 analyses the factors that help explain the contributions of UNCLOS tribunals to the law of the sea as identified in the preceding chapters. These factors include: (i) the jurisdictional scope of UNCLOS tribunals, (ii) the institutional design of UNCLOS, (iii) the interpretative method employed by UNCLOS tribunals in deciding their cases and (iv) the perception that UNCLOS tribunals hold regarding their roles. Chapter 6 concludes by taking stock of the contribution of UNCLOS tribunal in these areas and offering some final observations on the role of UNCLOS tribunals in the development of the law of the sea.