Timor Gap
The Timor Gap ( German Timorlücke ) is a formerly disputed region in the Timor Sea between the states of East Timor in the north and Australia in the south.
background
In 1972, Australia and Indonesia established their maritime borders in the Timor and Arafura Seas. The course of the maritime border between points A16 ( 9 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 127 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E ) and A17 ( 10 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ E , 126 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E ) was not clarified because of Australia northern neighbor here was the colony of Portuguese Timor .
In 1975 Indonesia occupied the previous Portuguese colony and in 1989 signed the Timor Gap Treaty with Australia to draw the boundaries in this area. With the independence of East Timor in 2002, the question of the definition of the border was raised again. In 2007, with the ratification of the CMATS treaty, a 50-year moratorium on the border issue and shared use of natural resources was agreed. In 2013, East Timor sued the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to have the contracts terminated after an act of espionage by Australia was uncovered. The grant approval was revoked on July 17, 2015 by Australia and East Timor.
In 2018 a new contract was signed between Australia and East Timor, which came into force in 2019. The maritime border between the two states has since run along the center line.
Web links
- The American Society of International Law: The Timor Sea Treaty Arbitration: Timor-Leste Challenges Australian Espionage and Seizure of Documents
Individual evidence
- ↑ Agreement Establishing Certain seabed boundaries in the area of the Timor and Arafura seas, supplementary to the Agreement of 18 May 1971 (with chart). Signed at Jakarta on October 9, 1972
- ↑ The View from LL2: Google Earth Map for the Timor Sea Maritime Boundary Dispute , March 17, 2014
- ^ Oil & Gas Journal: Aussie, Timor-Leste regulators terminate Timor Gap permit , July 17, 2015 , accessed on August 3, 2015.
Coordinates: 9 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 127 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E