The Polar Code (Comments in Foreign Legal Sources)

Abstract

The paper addresses the content of a new International document - the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters- in the context of foreign teachings on the subject. Special attention is devoted to the legal significance of the Polar Code and its relation to other sources of the Law of the Sea, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982.

Keywords

• полярный кодекс
• международный кодекс для судов, эксплуатируемых в полярных водах
• конвенция об охране человеческой жизни на море
• солас
• конвенция о защите морской среды
• марпол
• конвенция оон по морскому праву
• the polar code
• the international code for ships operating in polar waters
• international convention for the safety of life at sea
• solas
• international convention for the prevention of pollution from ships
• marpol
• un convention on the law of the sea