International Waters Law and Legal Definition
International waters refer to water bodies transcending international boundaries. International waters are also known as trans-boundary waters. Water bodies include oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands.
Earlier maritime law in the U.S. was only applied to American tidal waters but now it extends to all waters navigable within the U.S for interstate or foreign commerce. Maritime laws provide a legal framework for issues and accidents that take place on international waters.
Legal Definition list
- International Voyage
- International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants [UPOV, 1961]
- International Understanding
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- International Treaties (Trademark)
- International Waters
- International Whaling Commission [IWC]
- Internationalization of Curricula
- Internationally Recognized Worker Rights
- Interned Alien
- Internet
Related Legal Terms
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate Course [Education]
- Ally [International Law]
- American College of Forensic Examiners International [ACFEI]
- American Society for International Law [ASIL]
- Amnesty International
- Arctic Waters
- Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International
- Bank for International Settlements
- Broadly Diversified International Equity Funds
