The Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration. The Influence of the Land Sovereignty Dispute
This chapter aims at answering the question of the contribution of the Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration to the interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). In applying to an Arbitral Tribunal convened pursuant to Part XV UNCLOS in 2011, Mauritius alleged that the United Kingdom was not entitled to unilaterally declare the Marine Protected Area in the Chagos Islands and that, in any event, the Area was incompatible with the UNCLOS.