Hamburg hearing opens as Argentina seeks to halt Sea Lion and the UK disputes jurisdiction

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The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea opened hearings in Hamburg on Argentina’s request to halt the Sea Lion oil project near the Falkland Islands. Argentina argues that the disputed continental-shelf resources cannot be developed unilaterally, while the United Kingdom contests the tribunal’s jurisdiction on sovereignty grounds.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea began hearing Argentina and the United Kingdom in Hamburg on Tuesday over Argentina’s request for provisional measures to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands. Argentina argued that the resources of a disputed continental shelf cannot be exploited unilaterally, while the United Kingdom rejects the tribunal’s competence to rule on what it considers a question of sovereignty.