INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO CASE CONCERNING THE DETENTION OF THREE UKRAINIAN NAVAL VESSELS (UKRAINE V. RUSSIAN FEDERATION): PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDER (ITLOS)

摘要

On May 25, 2019, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued a provisional measures order to the Russian Federation to release two Ukrainian warships, a naval auxiliary ship, and their servicemen. This case adds to the jurisprudence concerning the Tribunal's institutional authority to issue a provisional measures order under Article 290(5) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).