Tag: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

• Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 02:24 UTC

  A partial win in Hamburg could help Milei in 2027, an analysis suggests

  

  Argentina has slim chances of persuading the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands by invoking its sovereign rights, but it could secure a partial victory on environmental grounds that would help President Javier Milei ahead of the 2027 election, according to an analysis by an international law academic published on The Conversation.

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• Wednesday, October 21st 2026 - 01:46 UTC

  Argentina and the UK to face off in Hamburg on November 10 over Falklands oil

  

  The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will hold hearings on November 10 and 11 on Argentina’s request for an order requiring the United Kingdom to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands. The dates were set by the tribunal’s president, Judge Maurice K. Kamga, in an order dated October 20.

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• Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 18:45 UTC

  London says it will abide by any law of the sea provisional measures as it moves to shield its companies

  

  The British government said on Tuesday that any provisional measures ordered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea are binding and that the United Kingdom complies with its international obligations, on the same day Argentina asked that tribunal to halt the Sea Lion oil project in Falklands waters. In parallel, London announced it will use its protection of trading interests legislation to shield British companies from Argentine sanctions.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:10 UTC

  ARA Libertad is in the high seas; great reception in Mar del Plata on 9 January

  

  The Argentine Navy flagship ARA Libertad set sail for Mar del Plata on Wednesday four days after a UN court ordered its release from the Tema port in Accra, Ghana, following a 77 day embargo (since 2 October) due to a claim by vulture fund NML Capital.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:33 UTC

  Ghanaian government confirms the release of ARA Libertad

  

  The Ghanaian government confirmed on Tuesday it would comply with the UN Law of the Sea court decision to release the Argentine navy flagship ARA Libertad, impounded in Tema since October 2, over a debt dispute between a US hedge fund and the Argentine government.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Ghana government to review ruling on immediate release of Argentine vessel

  

  The Ghanaian government indicated on Sunday that it will review the recent ruling by the International Court for the Law of the Sea ordering the African nation to release the Argentine Navy Libertad frigate, which remains impounded there since October 2.

• Saturday, December 15th 2012 - 16:57 UTC

  Law of the Sea court orders ‘immediate’ release of ARA Libertad

  

  The UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered on Saturday the release of ARA Libertad, the Argentine naval training ship which has been detained in Ghana since October at the request of holders of defaulted Argentine state bonds.

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 20:47 UTC

  Law of the Sea tribunal will decide Argentina/Ghana case on December 15

  

  The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea announced that the decision on the case involving the Argentine Navy frigate ARA Libertad retained in Ghana will be made public next 15 December. On Thursday both sides made their case in a several hours hearing at the seat of the tribunal in Hamburg.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 20:01 UTC

  Ghana rejects Argentine plea to drop case of impounded frigate ARA Libertad

  

  Ghana rejected on Wednesday Argentina’s plea for Accra City’s Commercial Tribunal to drop the case that kept the ARA Libertad navy training frigate impounded at Tema port since October 2nd.

• Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 05:59 UTC

  ARA Libertad case to be discussed by Argentina and Ghana November 29/30

  

  Argentina announced on Friday that the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea proposed November 29 and 30 as the days to hold the hearings between Argentina and Ghana over the seizure of the ARA Libertad Frigate at Ghana's Tema Port.