The law of the sea - enforcement by coastal states, legislative history of article 220 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Paperback)

The present study considers the legislative history of article 220 in part XII of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. This article deals with the enforcement powers of coastal States of laws relating to the prevention, reduction and control of pollution from foreign vessels (which are voluntarily within a port or at a offshore terminal) when the violation has occurred within its territorial sea or exclusive economic zone.