Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
| Coming into Force | 10 September 1964 |
| Subject Terms | Territorial Sea-Contiguous Zone Convention,Frontiers,Sea,Environment,UNCLOS (Law of the Sea) |
| Date of Conclusion | 29 April 1958 |
| Registration Number | 7477 |
| Registration Date | 22 November 1964 |
| Citation | UNTS v. 516 (p.205) |
| Party Submitting the Application for Registration | ex officio |
| Type of Document | Multilateral |
| Depositary | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| Participants | Afganistán,Argentina,Australia,Austria,Bélgica,Bolivia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,Camboya,Canada,Ceylon,Colombia,Costa Rica,Croacia,Cuba,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Dinamarca,República Dominicana,Fiji,Finlandia,Ghana,Guatemala,Haiti,Hungria,Islandia,Iran,Ireland,Israel,Italia,Jamaica,Japón,Kenya,Latvia,Lesotho,Liberia,Lithuania,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Malta,Mauritius,México,Montenegro,Nepal,Holanda,New Zealand,Nigeria,Pakistán,Panamá,Portugal,Rumania,Senegal,Sierra Leone,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,Solomon Islands,South Africa,España,Swaziland,Suiza,Thailand,Tonga,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Uganda,Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Uruguay,Vatican City State,Venezuela,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of),Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of) |
No.
7477
AFGHANISTAN,
ARGENTINA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
BOLIVIA,
etc.
Convention
on
the
Territorial
Sea
and
the
Contiguous
Zone.
Done
at
Geneva,
on
29
April
1958
Official
texts:
English, French,
Chinese,
Russian
and
Spanish.
Registered
ex
officio
on
22
November
1964.
AFGHANISTAN,
ARGENTINE,
AUSTRALIE,
AUTRICHE,
BOLIVIE,
etc.
Convention
sur
la
mer
territoriale
et
la zone
contiguë.
Faite
à
Genève,
le
29
avril
1958
Textes
officiels
anglais,
français,
chinois,
russe
et
espagnol.
Enregistré
d'office
le
22
novembre
1964.
206
United
Nations
—
Treaty
Series
1964
No.
7477.
CONVENTION
1
ON
THE
TERRITORIAL
SEA
AND
THE
CONTIGUOUS
ZONE.
DONE AT
GENEVA,
ON
29
APRIL
1958
The
States
Parties
to
this
Convention
Have
agreed
as
follows
:
PART
I
TERRITORIAL
SEA
SECTION
I.
GENERAL
Article
1
1.
The
sovereignty
of
a
State
extends,
beyond
its
land
territory
and
its
internal
waters,
to
a
belt
of
sea
adjacent
to
its
coast,
described
as
the
territorial
sea.
1
In
accordance
with
paragraph
1
of
article
29,
the
Convention
came
into
force on
10
September
1964,
the
thirtieth
day
following
the
date of
deposit
of
the
twenty-second
instrument
of
ratification
or
accession.
Following
is
a
list
of
States
on
behalf
of which
the
instruments
of
ratification
or
accession
(a)
were
deposited
with
the
Secretary-General
of
the
United
Nations,
showing
the
respec
tive
dates
of
deposit
:
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
14
March
1960
Cambodia
....................
18
March
1960
(a)
Haiti
.......................
29
March
1960
Union
of
Soviet
Socialist
Republics
.
.........
22
November
1960
Malaysia
.....................
21
December
1960
(a)
Ukrainian
Soviet
Socialist
Republic
.........
12
January
1961
Byelorussian
Soviet
Socialist
Republic
........
27
February
1961
United
States
of
America
...........
. .
12
April
1961
Senegal
......................
25
April
1961
(a)
*Nigeria
......................
26
June
1961
Venezuela
....................
15
August
1961
Czechoslovakia
.................
'.
.
31
August
1961
Israel
......................
6
September
1961
Hungary
.....................
6
December
1961
Romania
.....................
12
December
1961
*Sierra
Leone
...................
13
March
1962
Madagascar
...................
31
July
1962
(a)
Bulgaria
.....................
31
August
1962
Portugal
......................
8
January
1963
South
Africa
....................
9
April
1963
(a)
Australia
.....................
14
May
1963
Dominican Republic
................
11
August
1964
-^
Uganda
......................
14
September
1964
(a)
For
declarations
and
reservations
made
upon
signature,
see
list
of
signatures
and
for
those
made
upon
ratification,
as
well
as
for
objections
to
certain
declarations
and
reservations,
see
pp.
277
to
282
of
this
volume.
^
*
By
communications
received
on
26
June
1961
and
13
March
1962,
respectively,
the
Govern
ments
of
Nigeria
and
Sierra
Leone
informed the Secretary-General
that
they
consider
themselves
bound
by
the
ratification
by
the
Government
of
the
United
Kingdom
of
Great
Britain
and
Northern
Ireland
of
the
Convention
on
the
Territorial
Sea
and
the
Contiguous
Zone,
done
at
Geneva
on
29
April
1958,
which
was
effective
for
their
territories
prior
to
the
attainment
of
independence,
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1964
2.
This
sovereignty
is
exercised
subject
to
the
provisions
of
these
articles
and
to
other
rules
of
international
law.
Article
2
The
sovereignty
of
a
coastal
State
extends
to
the
air
space
over
the
territorial
sea
as
well
as
to
its
bed and
subsoil.
SECTION
II.
LIMITS
OF
THE
TERRITORIAL
SEA
Article
3
Except
where
otherwise
provided
in
these
articles,
the
normal
baseline
for
measuring
the
breadth
of
the
territorial
sea
is
the
low-water
line
along
the
coast
as
marked
on
large-scale
charts
officially
recognized
by
the
coastal
State.
Article
4
1.
In
localities
where
the
coast
line
is
deeply
indented
and
cut
into,
or
if
there
is
a
fringe
of
islands
along
the
coast
in
its
immediate
vicinity,
the
method
of
straight
baselines
joining appropriate
points
may
be
employed
in
drawing
the
baseline
from
which
the
breadth
of
the
territorial
sea
is
measured.
2.
The
drawing
of
such
baselines
must
not
depart
to
any
appreciable
extent
from
the
general
direction
of
the
coast,
and
the
sea
areas lying
within
the
lines
must
be
sufficiently
closely
linked
to
the
land
domain
to
be
subject
to
the
r gime
of
internal
waters.
3.
Baselines
shall
not
be
drawn
to
and
from
low-tide
elevations,
unless
lighthouses
or
similar
installations
which
are
permanently
above
sea
level
have
been
built
on
them.
4.
Where
the
method
of
straight
baselines
is
applicable
under
the
provisions
of
paragraph
1,
account
may
be
taken,
in
determining
particular
baselines,
of
economic
interests^peculiar
to
the
region
concerned,
the
reality
and
the'im
portance
of
which
are
clearly
evidenced
by
a
long
usage.
5.
The
system
of
straight
baselines
may
not
be
applied
by
a
State
in
such
a
manner
as
to
cut
off
from
the
high
seas
the
territorial
sea
of
another
State.
6.
The
coastal
State
must
clearly
indicate
straight
baselines
on
charts,
to
which
due
publicity
must
be
given.
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