海洋法模拟法庭口头答辩.docxVIP

Mr. President, your excellencies, and may it please the tribunal: This case is about how to legally and equitably delimit the maritime boundary between the Applicant and the Respondent, and the Applicant through its counsel respectfully submits four pleadings:First, no customary line delimiting the respective EEZ and continental shelf exists.Second, the appropriate form of the delimitation is a single maritime boundary drawn by the application of the equidistance/special circumstances rule.Third, the Coff Island is a relevant circumstance in this case and it shall be given full delimitation ef