About ISA The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is an autonomous international organization established under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the 1994 Agreement relating to the Implementation of UNCLOS (1994 Agreement). ISA is …
About The Maritime Anti Piracy Act was passed by the Parliament in 2022 to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which provides a framework for combating piracy and armed robbery at sea. …
Context Recently, the UN member states agreed on a historic treaty for protecting marine life in international waters that lie outside the jurisdiction of any country, marking the culmination of over a decade of negotiations to protect the high seas …
What’s in the news? The United Nations inked the first ‘High Seas Treaty’ in a bid to protect the ocean bodies of the world that lie outside the national boundaries and form almost two-thirds of the world’s oceans. The treaty …