State Responsibility

State Responsibility

state responsibility shows what a state needs to protect its affairs and the principle governing the breaching of international duty.

An example is given of French agent that fled to New Zealand to protest against the testing of nuclear weapons but killed by their states. The killing of the agent brought the question concerning the rights possessed by a country regarding statehood matters. According to judge Huber, the international character’s right involves a global responsibility. Three articles from the international law commission are used to understand the challenges faced by state responsibility. State liability which talks about compensation for damages as a result of harmful legal acts. State responsibility goes beyond compensation. State responsibility stems from the failure of the government to control certain events or people when expected to do so. International laws determine the international wrong

Law of the sea

The Law of the sea governs the activities of any nation that goes beyond the territories in the oceans. They give a clear indication of the right to exploit resources in these ocean state boundaries. These laws are also meant to solve any territory boundary dispute between states. States have tried to codify the customary laws by organizing several conferences. The first meeting produced the four conventions, which are the continental shelf, high seas, contiguous zone, and territorial sea and the conservation of the high seas of living resources and fishing. The second meeting failed to address the issue about the width of the territorial sea due to an increase in the number of states joining the United Nations that complicated the development of the new regimes in 1960. Any country has a right to control and exploit internal waters and sovereignty to control the subsoil, airspace, waters, and seabed in the delimited area.