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Innocent passage (Law of the sea)

LC control no.sh 96003759
Topical headingInnocent passage (Law of the sea)
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Variant(s)Free navigation in coastal waters of third states
Innocent passage (Maritime law)
Navigation of foreign ships through territorial seas
Right of innocent passage (Maritime law)
See alsoLaw of the sea
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Territorial waters
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Found inWork cat.: The notion of innocence in the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea, 1978.
90-31910: The right of innocent passage and the evolution of the international law of the sea, 1990: t.p., etc. (the current regime of "free" navigation in coastal waters of third states; generally accepted that the right of innocent passage is confined to maritime surface navigation conducted for inoffensive and exclusively peaceful purposes and excludes overflight and submerged navigation)
The international law dict., 1987: p. 213, etc. (innocent passage, continuous and expeditious navigation of a foreign ship through the territorial sea of a state, without prejudice to the peace, good order, or security of the coastal state. Innocent passage involves the traversing of the territorial sea of another state without entering the state's internal waters)
Ency. of public international law, 1995: v. 2, p. 994 (innocent passage; right of innocent passage is one of the longest established and best known rights in international law)
UNBIS (Innocent passage)
Web. 3 (innocent passage)