International Maritime Law Review of Unauthorized Marine Scientific Research in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Indonesia

Abstract

The purposes of this research are to analyze the legal review of unauthorized marine scientific research activities in the Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone based on 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea and Indonesian national laws. The research method used by the author is normative juridical research, because the research is referring to the applicable regulations that is related to topics of the research. The type of data used in this research is secondary data that are related to the subject of the research. The data collection method used is library research using qualitative data analysis method with a prescriptive approach in order to get suggestions on what to do to solve the related problems. Based on the analysis of international maritime laws in the UNCLOS and Indonesian national laws, the unauthorized marine scientific research activities cannot be justified in any ways. Therefore, such activities violates the applicable regulations in the UNCLOS and Indonesian national laws. The unauthorized marine research activity also violates Indonesia’s jurisdiction and sovereign rights in the Exclusive Economic Zone, which are generally regulated in the UNCLOS.