Last update:
December 4, 2017
Texts, instruments and final reports
Law of the sea — régime of the high seas & régime of the territorial sea
See also: régime of the high seas [Analytical Guide | Summary]; régime of the territorial sea [Analytical Guide | Summary]
Dates of consideration by the Commission
- 1949–1956
Texts, instruments or final reports adopted by the Commission
- Articles concerning the Law of the Sea, 1956
- Articles concerning the Law of the Sea with commentaries, 1956
Instruments concluded under the auspices of the United Nations on the basis of prior drafts prepared by the Commission
- Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958
- Status (courtesy of the United Nations Treaty Collection)
- Convention on the High Seas, 1958
- Status (courtesy of the United Nations Treaty Collection)
- Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, 1958
- Status (courtesy of the United Nations Treaty Collection)
- Convention on the Continental Shelf, 1958
- Status (courtesy of the United Nations Treaty Collection)
- Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, 1958
- Status (courtesy of the United Nations Treaty Collection)
- Official Records of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, 1958
- Historic Archive materials (courtesy of the Audiovisual Library of International Law)