Falklands: Argentina's New Legal Dispute Over the Sea Lion Oil Project
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Argentina challenges UK oil exploitation in Malvinas
Argentina submitted a request to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, seeking provisional measures against the United Kingdom to halt British exploitation of hydrocarbon resources on the continental shelf to the north of the disputed archipelago known to the UK as the Falkland Islands and to Argentina as the Malvinas. The request also seeks to bar the UK from using information obtained during any such exploration to the detriment o…
With 21 permanent members, including Argentina's Frida Armas, the court will conduct hearings in November for the lawsuit against the Sea Lion project
Argentina’s Sea Lion case could founder on Falklands sovereignty, a legal expert warns
Argentina’s case against the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands “could fall at the first hurdle”: the jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which cannot settle territorial sovereignty disputes, according to Australian law of the sea expert Donald R. Rothwell. The tribunal will hold hearings on Argentina’s request on November 10 and 11 in Hamburg.
A total of 21 judges are members of the International Tribunal for the Rights of the Sea, which on 10 and 11 November will head the hearings for the unprecedented lawsuit filed by the government of Javier Milei against Britain. Read more
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