Coastal State’s Criminal Jurisdiction in Affairs of Foreign Ships in International Judicial Procedure

The marine environment and exploitation of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf under the rule of law of the coastal state are a function of the provisions of Convention of the Law of the Sea. Hence, the criminal jurisdiction of the coastal state on third-country flag state in the exclusive economic zone and the Free Seas is prohibited in most cases. Seizure of a foreign ship and the arrest of a foreign crew in offshore areas by the coastal state is State intervention in the administration of the flag state and exercises its sovereignty. Involvement of coastal state in dealing with illegal ship operations in offshore areas is limited to the provisions of articles 73 and 101 Convention of the Law of the Sea on marine living resources or piracy. Extension of the offshore jurisdiction of the coastal state in the use of un-living resources or the operation of oil platforms, where illegal activities by foreign ships and crew of foreign citizenship are not adapted to the provisions of the Convention on the Law of the Sea. Judicial procedure of the Arbitration Tribunal and International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on case of Arctic Sunrise ship also confirmed this theory.