In a separate opinion, Judge Azevedo also dissented, arguing that territorial seas within international straits were treated the same as any other territorial seas, but that a special regime was needed for international straits.
12.
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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In 1923 the Treaty of Lausanne revised the terms of Sevres, and restored Turkish sovereignty, but the Straits remained open unrestricted civilian and military traffic, under the auspices of the International Straits Commission, headed by a Turkish national.
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In a debate that once was the preserve of academics, the United States and the major shipping nations of Europe argue that the waters of the Northwest Passage constitute international straits, just like the Strait of Gilbraltar or the Dardanelles.
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The legal status of the Northwest Passage is disputed : Canada considers it to be part of its internal waters according to the UNCLOS . The United States and most maritime nations consider them to be an international strait, which means that foreign vessels have right of " transit passage ".
