They told the Chinese they were exercising their rights of innocent passage through the straits,
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The Northwest Passage is an international strait that any vessel can transit under the right of innocent passage.
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State practice and customary international law is that ships of all states have a right of innocent passage through territorial seas.
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:Exercising one's right of innocent passage may create large undocumented gaps that can raise suspicion in the next country you check into.
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At the time the Soviet Union recognized the right of innocent passage for warships in its territorial waters solely in designated sea lanes.
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Goff said the Pacific island countries aren't trying to undermine the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which gives the right of innocent passage.
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It too recognized the right of innocent passage through such waters, but argued it was up to the coastal State to decide which passage was " innocent ".
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It also alleged that Albania's failure to warn ships of the danger of the minefield constituted an omission that affected the rights of other states : specifically, the right of innocent passage.
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The strait is an international waterway, and foreign warships have the " right of innocent passage " through it under international law, Foreign Ministry spokesman Chen Jian said Tuesday at a briefing.
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The ILC ultimately submitted a draft provision to the 1958 United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS I ), providing that the right of innocent passage through international straits should not be suspended.
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