Page 12 - MDSL Final

MARITIME DOCTRINE OF SRI LANKA
The Baseline 110
Internal Waters 111
Archipelagic Waters 111
The Territorial Sea 112
The Contiguous Zone 112
The Exclusive Economic Zone 113
The Continental Shelf 114
The High Seas 115
The Area 116
Key Features of the United Nations Convention on
the Law of the Sea 1982 116
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against
the Safety of Maritime Navigation – 1988 119
The International Ship and Port Facility Security Code 120
Rules of Engagement 120
Hot Pursuit 121
Sovereign Immunity 121
Legal Basis for the Sri Lanka 121
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of
Maritime Navigation Act, No 42 of 2000 122
Maritime Zones Law No. 22 of 1976 122
Historic Waters 123
The Boundary Agreements 124

CHAPTER 9
CONCEPTS AND APPLICATION OF
MARITIME POWER 1 2 6

Concepts of Maritime Power 126
Employment of Maritime Power 127
Sea Control 128
Sea Denial 131
Disputed Sea Control 131
Fleet in Being 132
Maritime Power Projection 132
The Maritime Domain 134
Maritime Domain Awareness 134

ix To Nurture a Stable Environment at Sea