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Innocent passage is a concept in the law of the sea that allows for a vessel to pass through the archipelagic and
territorial waters The term territorial waters is sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potent ...
of another state, subject to certain restrictions. The
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international agreement that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities. , 167 ...
Article 19 defines innocent passage as: Innocent passage concedes the coastal country's territorial sea claim, unlike freedom of navigation, which directly contests it. The law was codified in 1958 and affirmed in 1982.


See also

* 1986 Black Sea incident * 1988 Black Sea bumping incident * Corfu Channel incident * Right of passage *
Transit passage Transit passage is a concept of the law of the sea, which allows a vessel or aircraft the freedom of navigation or overflight solely for the purpose of continuous and expeditious transit of a strait between one part of the high seas or exclusiv ...


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UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, Part II
Section 3 defines "innocent passage" * Spadi, F. (2001),
The Bridge on the Strait of Messina: 'Lowering' the Right of Innocent Passage?
, '' International and Comparative Law Quarterly'', 50: 411–419. Law of the sea {{Water-transport-stub