Implemantation of The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea (UNCLOS ) by The Republic of Indonesia
“ Implemantation of The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea (UNCLOS ) by The Republic of Indonesia “ Written By DEDY LEAN SAHUSILAWANE,SH Judge Of Sorong District Court - Indonesia CHINA–ASEAN LEGAL RESEARCH CENTRE-SWUPL FEBRUARI 2018 Background As We knows The Republic of Indonesia has the largest waters territorial in the world and two-thirds of its territory is a water territorial , Indonesia geographically is a maritime country, which has a sea area of 5.8 million km² which consists territorial of sea with an area of 0.8 million km2, archipelago sea 2.3 million km2 and an exclusive economic zone of 2.7 million km2, Indonesia has 17,480 islands and coastline along 95,181 km. At the time Indonesia was proclaimed as an independent country on the 17 th August 1945, Indonesia is a country that consisting of thousands of islands scattered from Sabang in Sumatra Island to Merauke In Papua Island, and can be called as a country of islands. Indonesia as a count...