"Parts is Parts"
The LOSC has 17.
What are Parts?
With HQ in London, it regulates shipping.
What is the International Maritime Organization (IMO)?
What is a convention?
The LOSC has 171.
The products of UNCLOS I.
What are the 1958 Geneva Conventions?
As of 2026, the LOSC has 3.
What are implementing agreements?
They regulate specific species in specific parts of the high seas.
What are regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs)?
What is a treaty?
This agreement was adopted in Montego Bay, Jamaica, during the Reagan administration.
What is the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea?
LOSC dispute resolution provisions are found here.
What is Part XV?
All 21 wear robes in Hamburg, Germany.
What is the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)?
His 1945 proclamation shaped the continental shelf doctrine.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This coastal state enjoys the world's largest exclusive economic zone.
What is the United States of America?
Hugo G who wrote "The Free Sea" (probably not for free).
Who is Grotius?
The LOSC has 9.
What are Annexes?
This LOSC institution was impacted by Hurricane Melissa (October 2025).
What is the International Seabed Authority (ISA)?
Formed by state practice and a sense of legal obligation.
What is customary international law?
The one-article LOSC Part.
What is Part VIII?
We recommend (but don't establish) continental shelf outer limits.
What is the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)?
These are regarded as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law.
What are judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists?
A characteristic shared by North Korea, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Iran and the US (but not Cambodia as of 6 Feb 2026)?
What is LOSC non-party status?