Le régime juridique de la mer au large de la Palestine

This study analyses the legal regime of the “Gaza Sea” under international law since the accession of the State of Palestine to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on 2 January 2015. Following this accession, on 24 September 2019, the State of Palestine notified the United Nations Secretariat the coordinates of its maritime boundaries specifying the extension of its territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, and continental shelf. The paper focuses three fundamental issues: the legal regime of Palestine's maritime zones, the maritime delimitation disputes between Palestine and States with opposite or adjacent coasts and the legal regime of the living and mineral resources of the waters adjacent to the Gaza Strip. Nonetheless, the legal status of the sea off the coast of Palestine can only be assessed from the particular circumstances that regard the Palestinian territory as a territory under military occupation since 1967.