BSTN has extensive experience in counseling sovereignty States on the Law of the Sea issues. The Law of the Sea governs how nations interact with one another in maritime matters. These rules and principles were developed over centuries and have been codified in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or “UNCLOS.” The two major organs governing the Law of the Sea issues are ICJ and ITLOS. Sovereignty States argued cases concerning maritime boundary, the sovereignty of the island, cross-border pollution, fishery, RFMOs and climate change.

In addition to representing Sovereign States in disputes before international courts and arbitral tribunals in the maritime delimitation cases, BSTN has been involved in some of the recent cases and trends particularly concerning environmental law and human rights issues from the Law of the Sea perspective.