2674

Researcher: 
Mitchell
Treaty Name and Text
Agreement Name: 
Convention On The High Seas
Possible Sources (additional): 
ECOLEX-1942; RS-I:385; SMTFE-1; Fletcher, CIESIN, Burhenne, Rummel-Bulska, UNEP96; tre-0210.txt; reg-021.txt
Treaty Text: 
Convention On The High Seas
Signature/Entry into Force/Termination
Date IEA was signed: 
1958-04-29
Signature Year: 
1958
Place IEA was signed: 
Geneva
Date IEA entered into force: 
1962-09-30
Treaty Type
Membership eligibility (multilateral, bilateral, etc): 
Multilateral (3 or more governments)
Agreement Type Level 3: 
Convention
E (environment) Code (agreement is environmental or not): 
Environmental
Source for E (environmental) code: 
Text: Art.2: Freedom of fishing; Art.24: Every State shall draw up regulations to prevent pollution of the seas by the discharge of oil from ships or pipelines or resulting from the exploitation and exploration of the seabed and its subsoil, taking account of existing treaty provisions on the subject. Art.25.1. Every State shall take measures to prevent pollution of the seas from the dumping of radio-active waste, taking into account any standards and regulations which may be formulated by the competent international organizations.
Text used for E (environmental) coding: 
Text: Art.2: Freedom of fishing; Art.24: Every State shall draw up regulations to prevent pollution of the seas by the discharge of oil from ships or pipelines or resulting from the exploitation and exploration of the seabed and its subsoil, taking account of existing treaty provisions on the subject. Art.25.1. Every State shall take measures to prevent pollution of the seas from the dumping of radio-active waste, taking into account any standards and regulations which may be formulated by the competent international organizations.
Specific words used to code agreement as E (environmental): 
exploration of the sea/fish/organization/pollut/ship/waste
Lineage
Lineage: 
Law of the Sea
Sequence in lineage: 
300.000
Secretariat and auspices
Secretariat: 
United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Org Auspices: 
United Nations
Legacy
Hidden fields
Version: 
2007.10
AmendProtToB: 
2674
AmendProtToC: 
2674
AmendProtToType: 
Agreement
Inclusion Auto-Generated: 
MEA - Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Subject: 
Ocean/Pollution/Wastes/Species/Fauna/Fish/Organization
Category: 
ENV/FISH
UNEP2005pg: 
48
Lang1: 
EN.txt
Deletable
Treaty Text (legacy)
Core Filename: 
1958-HighSeas
URL to text of IEA: 
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1963/12.html
Data entry notes: 
replaced by UNCLOS
Date text posted to IEA: 
200502
Member Code: 
AFG,ALB,ARG,AUS,AUT,BLR,BEL,BOL,BIH,BGR,BFA,KHM,CAN,CAF,COL,CRI,HRV,CUB,CYP,CZE,DNK,DOM,FJI,FIN,FRA,DEU,GHA,GTM,HTI,VAT,HUN,ISL,IDN,IRN,IRL,ISR,ITA,JAM,JPN,KEN,LVA,LSO,LBR,MDG,MWI,MYS,MUS,MEX,MNG,NPL,NLD,NZL,NGA,PAK,PAN,POL,PRT,ROU,RUS,SEN,SLE,SVK,SVN,SLB,ZAF,ESP,LKA,SWZ,CHE,THA,TON,TTO,TUN,UGA,UKR,GBR,USA,URY,VEN,YUG,
Members: 
Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Canada, Central African Republic, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Vatican City, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia,
OrigMEAgrees: 
0
Related Accord Relationship: 
O
Related Accord Date: 
1958-04-29
Related Accord Name: 
Convention on the High Seas