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States of Crisis, Flags of Convenience

Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism, 2020
This essay serves as an introduction to the special section “States of Crisis.” Principally a meditation on political and ecological crisis in the Caribbean, this introduction revisits two concurrent events—the devastation of The Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian, and the arrival of the first oil production vessel in Guyanese territorial waters—and probes ...
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The Concept of the Flag State

2009
The starting point for this study of flag State jurisdiction and control is to trace the historic development of its component parts: the flag as a symbol of nationality, development of the nation State, and how these two concepts came together to form the flag State that assumed responsibility for jurisdiction over ships flying its flag. The important
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Flag states and safety: 1997-1999

Maritime Policy & Management, 2002
This paper examines the casualty rates of flag states in order to determine whether Flags of Convenience have a worse record than other types of register. The analysis uses the Lloyd's casualty database for the years 1997–1999. The data reveal that FOCs do, indeed, have a worse record than either second/international registers and national flags, but ...
Tony Alderton, Nik Winchester
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Flag States and Human Rights Protection

2023
This chapter addresses human rights protection on the high seas in relation to the obligations of flag states and the opportunity for ‘judicial’ redress after a breach has taken place. Firstly, this chapter introduces the three regional human rights systems in Europe, the Americas and Africa as well as the UN human rights system.
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4 Jurisdiction of the Flag State

2014
The 1982 Law of the Sea Convention (LOS Convention) and numerous other international treaties specify obligations of the flag state with respect to administrative, technical, social, and safety matters for ships flying its flag. This chapter highlights these obligations.
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Choice of Flag State

2009
The flag is an enduring symbol of the nationality of a ship but although this nationality is conferred upon a ship under international law as the sovereign right of a State, in many cases it has very little relevance, significance, or association from a nationality or patriotic perspective to the owners and crew of the ship. There is, in today’s global
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The Principle of Exclusive Flag State Jurisdiction

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, 2020
Abstract The principle that a ship is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the flag State on the high seas is firmly established. But given the prevalence of open registries and the multiple challenges in the maritime sphere, such as maritime safety, the popularity of cruise holidays, the promotion of human rights for those working at sea, and the ...
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The Flag of the United States

The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 1943
Louis Pelzer, Milo Milton Quaife
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Sentinel on the Que Vive? A Primer on Role of Flag States and Flags of Convenience

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
This article is a primer on the role flag states play in overlooking compliance of international obligations for ships registered in their registry. Examining the various international legal instruments that obligates states, the nature of the obligations, the remedies for non-compliance, this article elaborates on the problem with flags of convenience
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State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols

2001
This must-have third revised and newly expanded edition of the only single reference source for information about state symbols features over 300 information updates plus three new chapters, updated license plate illustrations, and a newly formatted design for ease of use.
Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer
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