Law & Political science

Law & Political science

THE STUDY OF PROMPT RELEASE OFFORREIGN DETAINED VESSELS BASED ONUN CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA, THEDECISIONS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL OF THE LAW OF THE SEA (ITLOS) AND INTERNAL LAW OF IRAN

Abstract
Right to detain any vessel is granted to the coastal states by UN
Convention in the Law of the Sea (1982). On the contrary, the right to
put forward an application for the prompt release is granted to the flag
states . This matter can also be found in the General Principals of Law.
Therefore not only the members of the convention are committed to
abide by but also each country is obliged to do so. In this line some
cases were raised to International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea
(ITLOS) and decisions were made. The present paper is an attempt to
study the different aspects of such prompt release and its securities
based on the 1982 convention, ITLOSs decisions and General
principals of law. The obtained result can be applied to the next cases
of ITLOS and countries future relations .
At last, the terms of prompt release and reasonable bond are
brought to light in short based on Iranian internal law in relation
to the International law.