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LEGAL CONTEXT
has submitted for her claims on continental margin extension beyond
200nm on 08th May 2009 to the Commission on the Limits of the
Continental Shelf and waiting for the recommendation. It is estimated
that Sri Lanka’s claim will not be taken up for consideration before 2025.
Figure 8.3 – Continental Shelf Claimed by Sri Lanka
The High Seas
International law has long considered areas of the ocean beyond
national jurisdiction to be the High Seas. On the High Seas, all nations
have certain traditional freedoms including the freedom of surface and
submerged navigation, the freedom to fly over the water, harvest fish,
lay submarine cables and pipelines, conduct scientific research and
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