Argentina’s Sea Lion case could founder on Falklands sovereignty, a legal expert warns

Monday, November 2nd 2026 - 00:57 UTC

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Argentina’s case against the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands “could fall at the first hurdle”: the jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which cannot settle territorial sovereignty disputes, according to Australian law of the sea expert Donald R. Rothwell. The tribunal will hold hearings on Argentina’s request on November 10 and 11 in Hamburg. Read full article

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Monkeymagic
Argentina bases its claim on succession to Spanish rights (that don't exist) and on its illegal and murderous occupation of the islands between October 1832 and January 1833, when they were retaken by the United Kingdom;

thats better
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Steve Potts
Monkeymagic

And the fictitious Argentine governors and rulers between 1820-33

Falklands - The Myth of a Succession of Argentine Governors and Rulers: 1820-33
https://www.academia.edu/178187346/Falklands_The_Myth_of_a_Succession_of_Argentine_Governors_and_Rulers
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