La  Comisión de Límites de la Plataforma  Continental y la plataforma continental más  allá de las 200 millas marinas. El caso argentino

Ada Inés Sánchez Echevarría; M. Eugenia Goya

doi:10.26422/RJA.2023.0402.san

Ada Inés Sánchez Echevarría Universidad Católica Argentina
M. Eugenia Goya Universidad Austral

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26422/RJA.2023.0402.san

Keywords: law of the sea, continental shelf, continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, maritime delimitation, National Commission on the Outer Limit of the Continental Shelf, article 76 UNCLOS, interplay between Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and international tribunals

Abstract

This article analyses the legal notion of continental shelf, including its extension beyond 200 nautical miles. Furthermore, it examines the role of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf as the body created by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to serve as an intermediary between the aspirations of coastal States, on the one hand, and the interests of the international community as a whole, on the other, over the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles. Additionally, it studies the procedure set up by article 76 of UNCLOS for the establishment of the outer limit of the continental shelf. Finally, it considers Argentina’s work towards obtaining a favourable recommendation by the CLCS on its presentation, and the establishment of the outer limit of Argentina’s continental shelf.

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Ada Inés Sánchez Echevarría, Universidad Católica Argentina

Abogada (Universidad Católica Argentina) con doctorado en Ciencias Jurídicas (Universidad Católica Argentina, tesis en desarrollo) y maestría en Relaciones Internacionales (Universidad de Buenos Aires, tesis en desarrollo). Ha sido docente en el curso de posgrado “Temas y debates actuales del derecho internacional público” (Universidad Católica Argentina) y profesora adscripta de Derecho Internacional Público (Universidad Católica Argentina). Asimismo, se ha formado en la Universidad de Leiden, en la Academia de Derecho Internacional de La Haya y en la Universidad de Genève, entre otras. Es autora de diversas publicaciones de su especialidad.

M. Eugenia Goya, Universidad Austral

Abogada con especialización en Derecho Internacional Público (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Maestría en Relaciones Internacionales (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Programa de Gobernabilidad, Gerencia Política y Gestión Pública (Universidad de San Andrés). Becaria del Instituto del Servicio Exterior de la Nación (2019- 2020). Profesora titular a cargo de Derecho Consular y Diplomático (Licenciatura en Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Austral, 2022). Actualmente se desempeña en la Dirección General de Consejería Legal, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de la Nación.

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The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles. The Argentine Case

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