
The Tribunal was constituted in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). According to Wikipedia, the UNCLOS is 'a set of rules for the use of the world's oceans which cover 70% of the Earth's surface'. Seventy percent! When you think about it that's a reminder that whatever I've done in GIS so far, is really very little! The Convention came into force in 1994, and to date, 154 countries and the EU have joined the Convention. The United States has not joined.
The PCA had dealt with another Caribbean maritime dispute in 2006, between Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago, 'relating to the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf between them'.
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