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Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)

2005

Maritime

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Maritime Law Enforcement And Compliance In Indonesia: Problems And Recommendations, Dirham Dirhamsyah Jan 2005

Maritime Law Enforcement And Compliance In Indonesia: Problems And Recommendations, Dirham Dirhamsyah

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Like most coastal states, Indonesia is faced with a need to protect, conserve, and manage its marine and coastal resources. Twenty-six and a half per cent of the Indonesian Gross National Product was derived from the utilisation of coastal and marine resources in 2002.1 Fish and other marine resources make a significant contribution to the supply of food, employment, and foreign exchange. More than 60% of animal protein consumed by the population is derived from the fisheries sector; and per capita consumption was estimated to be 21.7 kg per year in 2002.2 Employment in the primary fishing sector …


Capacity Building For Maritime Security Cooperation: What Are We Talking About?, Sam Bateman Jan 2005

Capacity Building For Maritime Security Cooperation: What Are We Talking About?, Sam Bateman

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This paper discusses the notions of "maritime security" and "capacity building" in the context of capacity building for maritime security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. What constitutes capacity for providing maritime security at the national, sub-regional and regional levels? What capabilities does a country require to ensure its security against maritime threats, including the threat of maritime terrorism and the risk that its maritime transportation system may be used for terrorist purposes? How do all these capabilities fit together to provide security against both conventional and non-conventional threats? Can we put capabilities for conventional (or traditional) security threats into one box …


Cooperative Mechanisms And Maritime Security In Areas Of Overlapping Claims To Maritime Jurisdiction, Clive Schofield Jan 2005

Cooperative Mechanisms And Maritime Security In Areas Of Overlapping Claims To Maritime Jurisdiction, Clive Schofield

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This chapter outlines progress in the delimitation of maritime boundaries and some of the problems relating to overlapping claims to maritime jurisdiction. It is contended that the incomplete nature of the maritime political map of the world is problematic, in particular because lack of delimitation inevitably equates to jurisdictional uncertainty and this is highly likely to be detrimental to maritime security. Alternatives to maritime boundary delimitation - cooperative mechanisms in areas of overlapping jurisdiction - are then addressed, including their emerging applicability to maritime security issues as well as the Southeast Asian experience.