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The Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration (Bangladesh and India) »

Daniela Arrese
Content type
Encyclopedia entries
Product
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]
Module
Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Subject(s)
Maritime boundaries — Arbitration
1 On 7 July 2014, an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the Law of the Sea Convention (‘UNCLOS’) delivered its Award in the Matter of the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration between the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India (‘Award’). The case had been initiated by Bangladesh in October 2009 after years of failed negotiations with India regarding the delimitation of their common maritime boundary in the Bay of Bengal, a bay situated in the north-eastern part of the Indian Ocean and bordered by India, Bangladesh, Myanmar,...