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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

North Sea Continental Shelf Cases

Alex G Oude Elferink

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
November 2023

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 03 October 2024

Subject(s):
Equity — Customary international law — Continental shelf — Maritime boundaries

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v Denmark; Federal Republic of Germany v Netherlands) (‘North Sea Continental Shelf Cases’), decided in 1969, were the first cases concerning the delimitation of maritime zones seaward of the territorial sea. Some thirty cases have followed since then (Maritime Delimitation Cases before International Courts and Tribunals). The judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the North Sea Continental Shelf Cases looks in detail at the role of equidistance in the delimitation process and...
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