At the international level, the following Conventions and
Protocols are in force and constitute, inter alia, the
legal context within which coastal States and ships act in the envisaged
circumstancesfootnote:
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in particular
article 221 thereof;footnote
- International Convention relating to Intervention on the High
Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (the Intervention Convention),
1969, as amended;
- Protocol relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of
Pollution by substances other than Oil, 1973;
- International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 1974), as amended, in particular chapter
V thereof;
- International Convention on Salvage, 1989 (the Salvage Convention);footnote
- International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response
and Co-operation, 1990 (the OPRC Convention);
- International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL
73/78);
- International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR
1979), as amended.
- Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of
Wastes and Other Matter, 1972
- Convention Relating to Civil Liability in the Field of Maritime
Carriage of Nuclear Material, 1971
- Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC),
1976
- International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution
Damage (CLC), 1969
- International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution
Damage (CLC), 1992
- International Convention on the Establishment of an International
Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage (FUND), 1992.