International Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction: relativing freedom of navigation, sovereignty and the right to visit in high sea

Abstract

This paper will analyze the international normativity produced for the inspection of the transport of weapons of mass destruction by sea. Starting from the normative inflation and the emergence of new actors concerned with the issue, the question is: to what extent has terrorism forced the reconfiguration of the governing principles of navigation on the high seas? The research, anchored in the deductive method and in literary and normative sources, is divided into three sections. It is concluded that there is a different reassessment of the principles of the law of the sea. While multilateral arrangements do not contradict the conventional maritime regime, Security Council resolutions do so.

Keywords

• liberdade de navegação
• direito de visita
• armas de destruição em massa