Kerch Strait incident in the Light of Unclos

Abstract

The aim of the article is to give an international legal assessment to Kerch Strait incident of 25 November 2018. The article deals with such issues in detail: Description of events, Scope of the discussion, Rights of navigation in the Kerch Strait (Rights under UNCLOS and Rights under the 2003 Cooperation Agreement), Denunciation / Termination of the Agreement between Ukraine and Russian Federation on cooperation in the use of the Sea of Azov and the Strait of Kerch (2003), Other violations of UNCLOS and Conclusions.

Keywords

• Kerch Strait incident
• internal waters
• territorial sea
• freedom of navigation
• warships
• UNCLOS
• Agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation on cooperation in the use of the Sea of Azov and the Strait of Kerch (2003)