January 17th, 2008 at 11:38am
On January 16, Peru asked the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) to adjudicate its ongoing maritime dispute with Chile. Peru claims that the zones in dispute have never been delimited by a treaty or other type of agreement, and thus should be determined by the ICJ in accordance with customary international law.
Two principal areas are disputed. The first is the maritime boundary between the two countries in the Pacific Ocean. The second is a zone within 200 miles of the Peruvian coast, over which Peru claims sovereign rights but which Chile considers part of the high seas.
More on the story is available here.
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March 26th, 2007 at 06:44pm
In United States v. Bravo, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 6618, the First Circuit found that jurisdiction under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act does not include a nexus requirement. As such, a United States district court could properly hear a drug case involving an unmarked vessel in international waters, even though there had been no showing that the drugs being transported in the vessel would affect the United States. Moreover, the court found that the Coast Guard’s actions in boarding the vessel were in compliance with international law, given that Colombia had been unable to confirm the ship’s claim that it was a registered Colombian vessel. The court noted that the Fourth Amendment does not apply to actions by United States authorities against aliens in international waters.
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