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EU KIDS Act Explained: Social Media Age Limits and Children's Rights
The proposed EU KIDS Act would restrict independent social media accounts for children under 15 and introduce safeguards for minors across digital services. This article explains the age limits, parental controls, privacy protections, AI chatbot rules, and how the proposal would interact with existing EU law.
Territorial Waters Under International Law: The 12-Mile Rule
Territorial waters, formally known as the territorial sea, may extend up to 12 nautical miles from legally determined baselines. Coastal States exercise sovereignty in this zone, but that authority is limited by rules on innocent passage, foreign ships, maritime boundaries, and neighboring zones such as the EEZ.
Innocent Passage Under International Law: UNCLOS Rules Explained
Innocent passage allows foreign ships to navigate through another State’s territorial sea under UNCLOS. The regime balances coastal-State sovereignty with navigational rights, defining when passage is lawful, when it becomes non-innocent, and what measures coastal States may take.
Who Owns Antarctica? Territorial Claims and the Antarctic Treaty
Who owns Antarctica is a more complex legal question than it first appears. Seven states maintain territorial claims, but the Antarctic Treaty preserves those positions without resolving sovereignty, while regulating science, jurisdiction, environmental protection, and resources.
Piracy Under International Law: UNCLOS and Universal Jurisdiction
Piracy under international law is narrowly defined by UNCLOS and does not cover every act of maritime violence. The legal regime turns on Article 101, maritime location, the two-ship requirement, universal jurisdiction, and the distinction between piracy and armed robbery against ships.
UN Peacekeeping and International Law
UN peacekeeping developed through practice rather than an express Charter provision. Its legal framework draws on Security Council mandates, consent, impartiality, rules on the use of force, status of forces agreements, international humanitarian law, human rights, and the rules governing attribution and responsibility.
International Environmental Law Explained
International environmental law governs environmental protection, transboundary harm, shared resources, and global environmental risks through treaties, customary international law, and general international law. This article explains prevention, precaution, environmental impact assessment, sustainable development, major treaty regimes, compliance, and State responsibility.
Extradition in International Law
Extradition allows one State to surrender an accused or convicted person to another for prosecution or punishment. Its legality depends on treaties, domestic law, refusal grounds, human rights obligations, and, in some cases, duties to extradite or prosecute.
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