Canada's Claim to the Arctic: A Study in Overlapping Claims to the Outer Continental Shelf

摘要

Since its entry into force on 16 November 1994, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea has been "recognised as the pre-eminent source of international law of the sea by states, the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and other judicial bodies dealing with marine-related issues."~(168) Nearly 10 years after the entry into force of what has come to be known as the "Constitution of the Oceans," Canada became a party to the Convention, thus requiring it to submit to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) its claim to the outer-continental shelf in the Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans by December 2013.