Military Activities in the EEZ: Legal Issues - Centre for International ...

Option for other States ?
• States parties that have not made declarations under article
298 could provoke a “dispute” on military activities in the EEZ
and invoke the compulsory binding dispute settlement system
in UNCLOS
• An arbitral or judicial decision would strictly speaking be
binding only on the parties to the dispute, but the decision
would carry great weight as an “authoritative interpretation” of
UNCLOS