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Konvention om det öppna havet

Convention on the High Seas

Osapuolet

• AFGANISTAN

  Sitoutumispäivä: 28.04.1959 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• ALANKOMAAT

  Sitoutumispäivä: 18.02.1966 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• ALBANIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 07.12.1964 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  Article 9: The Government of the People´s Republic of Albania considers that, in virtue of well-known principles of international law, all Government ships owned or operated by a State, without exception, irrespective of the purpose for which they are used, are subject to the jurisdiction only of the State under whose flag they sail.
  Declaration:
  The Government of the People´s Republic of Albania declares that the definition of piracy as given in the Convention is not consistent with present international law and does not serve to ensure freedom of navigation on the high seas.

• AUSTRALIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 14.05.1963 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• BELGIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 06.01.1972 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• BOSNIA-HERTSEGOVINA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 01.09.1993 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 06.03.1992

• BULGARIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 31.08.1962 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Reservation made upon signature and confirmed upon ratifica tion:
  Article 9: The Government of the People´s Republic of Bulgaria considers that the principle of international law according to which a ship on the high seas is not subject to any jurisdiction except that of the flag State applies without restriction to all government ships.
  Declaration made upon signature:
  The Government of the People´s Republic of Bulgaria considers that the definition of piracy given in the Convention does not cover certain acts which under contemporary international law should be considered as acts of piracy and does not serve to ensure freedom of navigation on international sea routes.
  Declaration made upon ratification:
  The Government of the People´s Republic of Bulgaria considers that the definition of piracy given in the Convention does not cover certain acts which under contemporary international law should be considered as acts of piracy and does not serve to ensure freedom of navigation on international sea routes.

• BURKINA FASO

  Sitoutumispäivä: 04.10.1965 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• COSTA RICA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 16.02.1972 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• DOMINIKAANINEN TASAVALTA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 11.08.1964 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• ESPANJA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 25.02.1971 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  Spain´s accession is not to be interpreted as recognition of any rights or situations in connexion with the waters of Gibraltar other than those referred to in article 10 of the Treaty of Utrecht, of 13 July 1713, between the Crowns of Spain and Great Britain.

• ETELÄ-AFRIKKA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 09.04.1963 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• FIDZHI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 25.03.1971 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• GUATEMALA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 27.11.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• HAITI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 29.03.1960 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• INDONESIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 10.08.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Reservation:
  "The terms `territorial sea´ and `internal waters´ mentioned in the Convention, as far as the Republic of Indonesia is concerned, are interpreted in accordance with Article 1 of the Government Regulation in Lieu of an Act No. 4 of the Year 1960 (State Gazette 1960, No. 22) concerning Indonesian Waters, which, in accordance with Article 1 of the Act No. 1 of the Year 1961 (State Gazette 1961, No. 3) concerning the Enactment of All Emergency Acts and All Government Regulations in Lieu of an Act which were promulgated before January 1, 1961, has become Act, which Article word by word is as follows:
  "Article 1:
  "1.The Indonesian Waters consist of the territorial sea and the internal waters of Indonesia.
  "2.The Indonesian territorial sea is a maritime belt of a width of twelve nautical miles, the outer limit of which is measured perpendicular to the baselines or points on the baselines which consist of straight lines connecting the outermost point on the low water mark of the outermost islands or part of such islands comprising Indonesian territory with the provision that in case of straits of a width of not more than twenty-four nautical miles and Indonesia is not the only coastal state the outer limit of the Indonesian territorial sea shall be drawn at the middle of the strait.
  "3.The Indonesian internal waters are all waters lying within the baselines mentioned in paragraph 2.
  "4.One nautical mile is sixty to one degree of latitude."

• ISO-BRITANNIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 14.03.1960 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  "In depositing their instrument of ratification Her Majesty´s Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North ern Ireland declare that, save as may be stated in any further and separate notices that may hereafter be given, ratification of this Convention on behalf of the United Kingdom does not extend to the States in the Persian Gulf enjoying British protection. Multilateral conventions to which the United Kingdom becomes a party are not extended to these States until such time as an extension is requested by the Ruler of the State concerned."

• ISRAEL

  Sitoutumispäivä: 06.09.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• ITALIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 17.12.1964 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• ITÄVALTA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 10.01.1974 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• JAMAIKA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 08.10.1965 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• JAPANI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 10.06.1968 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• KAMBODZHA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 18.03.1960 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• KENIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 20.06.1969 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• KESKI-AFRIKAN TASAVALTA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 15.10.1962 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• KROATIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 03.08.1992 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 08.10.1991

• KYPROS

  Sitoutumispäivä: 23.05.1988 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• LATVIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 17.11.1992 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: 17.12.1992

• LESOTHO

  Sitoutumispäivä: 23.10.1973 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• MADAGASKAR

  Sitoutumispäivä: 31.07.1962 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• MALAWI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 03.11.1965 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• MALESIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 21.12.1960 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• MAURITIUS

  Sitoutumispäivä: 05.10.1970 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• MEKSIKO

  Sitoutumispäivä: 02.08.1966 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  Article 9: The Government of Mexico enters an express reservation with regard to article 9, since it considers that government ships, irrespective of the use to which they are put, enjoy immunity; it therefore does not accept the limitation imposed in the article in question, which provides that only ships owned or operated by a State and used only on government non-commercial service shall have immunity from the jurisdiction of other States on the high seas.

• MONGOLIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 15.10.1976 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -
  Varauma:

  a) . . .
  b) Subject to the following declaration in respect of article 15:
  The Government of the Mongolian People´s Republic considers that the definition of piracy given in article 15 of the Convention does not cover acts which under contemporary international law should be regarded as acts of piracy and thus does not adequately reflect the requirements that must be fulfilled in order to fully ensure freedom of navigation on international waterways.

• MONTENEGRO

  Sitoutumispäivä: 23.10.2006 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 03.06.2006

• NEPAL

  Sitoutumispäivä: 28.12.1962 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• NIGERIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 26.06.1961 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• PORTUGALI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 08.01.1963 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• PUOLA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 29.06.1962 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Article 9: "The Government of the Polish People´s Republic considers that the rule expressed in article 9 applies to all ships owned or operated by a State."
  Declaration:
  "The Government of the Polish People´s Republic considers that the definition of piracy as contained in the Convention does not fully correspond with the present state of international law in this respect."

• ROMANIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 12.12.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Article 9: The Government of the Romanian People´s Republic considers that the principle of international law according to which a ship on the high seas is not subject to any jurisdiction except that of the flag State applies to all government ships regardless of the purpose for which they are used.
  Declaration:
  The Government of the Romanian People´s Republic considers that the definition of piracy as given in article 15 of the Convention on the High Seas does not cover certain acts which under contemporary international law should be considered as acts of piracy.

• SAKSA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 26.07.1973 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• SALOMONSAARET

  Sitoutumispäivä: 03.09.1981 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• SENEGAL

  Sitoutumispäivä: 25.04.1961 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• SERBIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 12.03.2001 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 27.04.1992

• SIERRA LEONE

  Sitoutumispäivä: 13.03.1962 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• SLOVAKIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 28.05.1993 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 01.01.1993
  Varauma:

  Reservation:
  Article 9: The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic holds that under international law in force government ships operated for commercial purposes also enjoy on the high seas complete immunity from the jurisdiction of any State other than the flag State.
  
  Declaration:
  The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic maintains that the notion of piracy as defined in the Convention is neither in accordance with the present international law nor with the interest of safeguarding the freedom of navigation on the high seas.

• SLOVENIA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 06.07.1992 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 25.06.1991

• SVEITSI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 18.05.1966 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• SWAZIMAA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 16.10.1970 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• TANSKA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 26.09.1968 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• THAIMAA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 02.07.1968 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• TONGA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 29.06.1971 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• TRINIDAD JA TOBAGO

  Sitoutumispäivä: 11.04.1966 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• TSHEKKI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 22.02.1993 VS
  Voimaantulopäivä: 01.01.1993
  Varauma:

  Reservation:
  Article 9: The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic holds that under international law in force government ships operated for commercial purposes also enjoy on the high seas complete immunity from the jurisdiction of any State other than the flag State.
  
  Declaration:
  The Government of the Czechoslovak Republic maintains that the notion of piracy as defined in the Convention is neither in accordance with the present international law nor with the interest of safeguarding the freedom of navigation on the high seas.

• UGANDA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 14.09.1964 L
  Voimaantulopäivä: -

• UKRAINA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 12.01.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Article 9: The Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic considers that the principle of international law according to which a ship on the high seas is not subject to any jurisdiction except that of the flag State applies without restriction to all government ships.
  Declaration:
  The Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic considers that the definition of piracy given in the Convention does not cover certain acts which under contemporary international law should be considered as acts of piracy and does not serve to ensure freedom of navigation on international sea routes.

• UNKARI

  Sitoutumispäivä: 06.12.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Article 9: "The Government of the Hungarian People´s Republic is of the opinion that, according to the general rules of international law, ships owned or operated by a State and used on government service whether commercial or non-commercial, enjoy on the high seas the same immunity as warships."
  Declaration:
  "The Government of the Hungarian People´s Republic declares that the definition of piracy as given in the Convention is not consistent with present international law and does not serve the general interests of the freedom of navigation on the high seas."

• VALKO-VENÄJÄ

  Sitoutumispäivä: 27.02.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Article 9: The Government of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic considers that the principle of international law according to which a ship on the high seas is not subject to any jurisdiction except that of the flag State applies without restriction to all government ships.
  Declaration:
  The Government of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic considers that the definition of piracy given in the Convention does not cover certain acts which under contemporary international law should be considered as acts of piracy and does not serve to ensure freedom of navigation on international sea routes.

• VENEZUELA

  Sitoutumispäivä: 15.08.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962

• VENÄJÄ

  Sitoutumispäivä: 22.11.1960 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962
  Varauma:

  Article 9: The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers that the principle of international law according to which a ship on the high seas is not subject to any jurisdiction except that of the flag State applies without restriction to all government ships.
  Declaration:
  The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics considers that the definition of piracy given in the Convention does not cover certain acts which under contemporary international law should be considered as acts of piracy and does not serve to ensure freedom of navigation on international sea routes.

• YHDYSVALLAT

  Sitoutumispäivä: 12.04.1961 R
  Voimaantulopäivä: 30.09.1962