The States Partiesto this Protocol and to any one or more of the Conventions on the Law of the Sea adopted by the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea held at Geneva from 24 February to 27 April 1958,
Expressing their wish to resort, in all matters concerning them in respect of any dispute arising out of the interpretation or application of any article of any Convention on the Law of the Sea of 29 April 1958, to the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, unless some other form of settlement is provided in the Convention or has been agreed upon by the Parties within a reasonable period,
Have agreed as follows:
Article I
Disputes arising out of the interpretation or application of any Convention on the Law of the Sea shall lie within the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, and may accordingly be brought before the Court by an application made by any party to the dispute being a Party to this Protocol.
Article II
This undertaking relates to all the provisions of any Convention on the Law of the Sea except, in the Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, to which articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 of that Convention remain applicable.
- ↑ Came into force on 30 September 1962, the date of entry into force of the Convention on the High Seas (see p. 11 of this volume), between the following States parties to the said Convention which have signed the Protocol without reservation as to ratification or have deposited an instrument of ratification (r) thereof on the dates indicated:
Federation of Malaya 1 May 1961 Haiti 29 March 1960 (r) Madagascar 10 August 1962 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9 September 1958 and on 27 January 1963 as between those States and Nepal for which the Convention on the High Seas came into force on that date and on behalf of which the Optional Protocol was signed without reservation as to ratification on 29 April 1958.
Furthermore, the instruments of ratification of the said Convention and Protocol by Portugal were deposited on 8 January 1963, to take effect on 7 February 1963.
