The Iran-UAE Gulf islands dispute : a journey through international law, history and politics

The Iran-UAE Gulf islands dispute : a journey through international law, history and politics / by Charles L.O. Buderi, Luciana T. Ricart.

In The Iran-UAE Gulf Islands Dispute , Charles Buderi and Luciana Ricart take the reader on a journey through centuries of Gulf history and evolving principles of international law on territorial disputes to reach conclusions over the rightful sovereign of three Gulf islands - Abu Musa and the Tunbs...

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Main Authors: Buderi, Charles L. O. (Author), Ricart, Luciana Teresa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2018.
Series:Queen Mary studies in international law ; volume 29
Subjects:
Islands > Law and legislation.
LAW > International.
Diplomatic relations
International law
Islands > Law and legislation
Politics and government
Iran.
United Arab Emirates.
Persian Gulf.
Islands.
Territorial sovereignty.
International relations.
History.
Abu Musa > International status.
Tunb Islands > International status.
Persian Gulf Region > Politics and government.
Iran > Foreign relations > United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates > Foreign relations > Iran.
Iran
Middle East > Abu Musa Island
Persian Gulf Region
Middle East > Tunb Islands
United Arab Emirates
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origins and nature of the dispute
  • The Gulf islands dispute in historical perspective
  • Modes of acquisition and effective control of territory
  • The pre-sixteenth century period and the existence of historic rights of ownership
  • The Kingdom of Hormuz, its conquest by Portugal in 1515 and Portugal's defeat at the hands of Persia and Britain in 1622
  • The early seventeenth century to the end of the eighteenth century : were the islands still terra nullius?
  • The seeds of conflict: 1800 until 1887
  • effective occupation
  • The period 1887-1971 : the possible "critical dates" in the sovereignty dispute
  • The mou related to Abu Musa, the seizure of the Tunbs by iran on 30 November 1971 and subsequent events up to the present
  • Evidentiary value of maps in sovereignty disputes over territory.

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