Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration between Bangladesh and India (Bangladesh v. India)

On 7 July 2014, the Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration (Bangladesh v. India) rendered its Award. The Award establishes the course of the maritime boundary line between Bangladesh and India in the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the continental shelf within and beyond 200 nautical miles. A Member of the Arbitral Tribunal, Dr. Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao, concurred in part and dissented in part with the decision reached by the majority of the Tribunal and attached a separate Concurring and Dissenting Opinion to the Award.

Click here for the Award, Dr. Rao’s separate Concurring and Dissenting Opinion, and the press release issued on 8 July 2014.