Croatia and Slovenia have been in territorial and maritime disputes since independence in 1991. In 2009, the two countries reached an "arbitration agreement" and decided to submit the dispute to international arbitration.
The courts divided their internal water boundaries in Piran Bay based on the official actions of the parties before independence and applied the "equal distance/special case rules" to divide their territorial waters. In addition, the arbitral tribunal ruled on the connection between Slovenia and the high seas on the basis of fairness and goodness.
Since the maritime delimitation dispute between Croatia and Slovenia has been long-standing and is mainly caused by the complicated historical background of both sides, this paper first introduces the historical background of the two countries. When is the area involved in this dispute specifically. Why it was produced, and introduced the background of the arbitration submitted, as well as the process and problems of arbitration, and comprehensively introduced the background of this arbitration case.
In the following chapters, this paper analyzes the judgment and analysis of the three legal issues in the arbitration case in the arbitral tribunal. In the analysis of the first question, it focuses on the demarcation method of the bay and the historical rights. How to define and quote the comparison of the South China Sea case, and have a more comprehensive understanding of historic sea areas and historical rights. In the study of the second question, it focuses on the methods and principles of demarcation of the territorial sea. On this issue, the arbitral tribunal has some problems, so the problems are also analyzed.
After analyzing the two maritime delimitation issues, a single summary and analysis of the maritime delimitation method and the maritime delimitation principle in the maritime delimitation dispute were summarized.
Since the third issue is about the connection between Slovenia and the high seas, it is not strictly a maritime delimitation issue, but in this case, the arbitral tribunal has drawn a "connection zone" for Slovenia in the territorial waters of Croatia to realize Slovenia. Connection to the high seas. Therefore, it was analyzed and discussed separately.
In the last chapter, I will discuss the enlightenment and proposal to China in settling of international maritime delimitation disputes. The "Arbitration between Croatia and Slovenia" Case is significant in thinking about how to settle international maritime delimitation disputes peacefully.