Argentina has petitioned the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to stop Britain from pursuing energy projects 130 miles north of the Falkland Islands. British representatives countered that the Hamburg court lacks jurisdiction over sovereignty disputes and warned that stopping work would trigger severe financial fallout. The high-stakes Sea Lion oilfield project carries major financial implications, as drilling scheduled for next March could potentially double the islands' gross domestic product.
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The United Kingdom maintains that the maritime tribunal lacks proper jurisdiction to reso…: The United Kingdom maintains that the maritime tribunal lacks proper jurisdiction to resolve fundamental questions of territorial sovereignty.
Exploration in the Sea Lion oilfield is slated to begin in March, with actual extraction…: Exploration in the Sea Lion oilfield is slated to begin in March, with actual extraction projected for 2028.
British representatives are scheduled to present further legal arguments to the twenty-ju…: British representatives are scheduled to present further legal arguments to the twenty-judge panel on Wednesday.
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Britain should not be permitted to act as a 17th-century colonial power treating the waters around the Falkland Islands as a Dominium maris Britannici, Argentina has told an international tribunal.
Marcelo Kohen, representing Argentina at a hearing in Hamburg, mocked Britain for apparently believing in the historic doctrine that the British crown has sovereignty over expansive parts of the oceans.
Argentina has applied to the international tribunal for the law of the sea (Itlos) for a ruling that would force Britain to suspend the drilling for oil in the North Basin of the Falkland Islands ahead of further arbitration.
The Sea Lion oilfield is about 130 miles north of the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory over which Argentina has a longstanding sovereignty claim.
Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, reportedly shared among his cabinet a photograph of the Argentinian legal team in Hamburg, describing it as “tremendous”, adding that “we are working on the Falklands issue like no one else in history”.
Addressing the tribunal on the second day of hearings, Kohen said that the dispute over the archipelago of 700…
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