PROTECTING THE SEAS AND OCEANS OF THE WORLD BY MEANS OF SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW.

The maritime zones recognized under international laws - are formed from the high seas, with the riches at the bottom of the oceans and seas from this perimeter - which is regulated by international conventions, whose infringement may lead to the application of sanctions in conformity with the dispositions stipulated, or, in the lack of such dispositions, to taking other measures, such as repression or retaliation, which are considered, in the public international law, as being general sanctions included in the category of countermeasures. At high seas serious acts of a criminal character are also committed, such as: piracy, illicit traffic of narcotics and psychotropic substances, etc., thus all states must cooperate in view of repressing these acts and sanctioning the culprits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]