The Innocent Passage of Foreign Warships between the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) of 1982 and Algerian Maritime Law

Abstract

The Innocent passage of warships in the territorial sea is one of the most important topics of concern to all States, especially those with a military naval fleet and coastal States with a coastal strip on either the sea or the oceans. The Montego Bay Convention in Jamaica in 1982 recognized the warship's right of innocent passage, the absolute right of the coastal State, and its sovereignty over the territorial sea, determined by 12 miles by sea.This Convention, which was signed on 10/12/1982 and entered into force in 1994, has established several basic rules for the innocent passage process. However, coastal States have
contributed to the organization of the process in terms of both ratifying the provisions of this Convention and the formulation of reservations and enacting legal rules imposed on each warship passing through its own territorial sea, causing several political and war problems between States.