Estudio Juridico Del Caso Gazprom Greenpeace

The Netherlands goes to[1] international tribunal to free[2] Arctic Sunrise crew
THE HAGUE, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Netherlands has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburgto order[3] the release of 30 people detained[4] last month when staging an environmental protest[5] in the Arctic Sea.
According to Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans, it was unjust to detainthe 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists on charges of piracy. He said the Netherlands has demanded that the crew and the ship "Arctic Sunrise" be released immediately.
The activists from 19countries were detained on September 19 by the Russian authorities after protesting on an Arctic oil rig owned by Russian state-controlled firm Gazprom. The thirty people including two Dutchmen, werearrested and indicted for piracy. According to Russian law they could be imprisoned up to fifteen years.
The Netherlands is taking action because the Arctic Sunrise sails under a Dutch flag.
Editor: MuXuequan

Mu Xuequan (2013). The Netherlands goes to international tribunal to free Arctic Sunrise Crew. Xinhua News, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/21/c_125574668.htm taken as ofOctober 21, 2013.

1 Reglas Técnicas: su cumplimiento es potestativo y expresan una necesidad condicionada, es decir, señala el camino que es forzoso seguir, en la hipótesis de que se pretenda determinadameta. No expresan deberes ni derechos. Establecido por la Convención de Naciones Unidas para el Derecho del Mar[1,1], el Tribunal internacional para la Ley del Mar será la jurisdicción donde operaranlos casos y disputas concernientes a la interpretación o aplicación de lo tratado en la Convención. El marco legal para todo el espacio oceánico, sus usos y recursos, mar territorial, zonas contiguas,zonas de exclusividad económica, y altamar. La jurisdicción del tribunal es mandataria [1,2], en los casos relacionados a la pronta liberación de naves y tripulación a partir del artículo 290,...