Marine Law : Conventions

• South African Cyber Treaty Series (formerly Arnold Pronto's SA Treaty Database -- This is a superb site, regularly updated, giving the current status of SA's accession or ratification of all major international treaties. Arnold Pronto is based in New York, and also offers an e-mail update service. [Website note: the URL has changed and we will update A.S.A.P.]

Links to full texts of the following conventions are provided

• [New] UNESCO Convention: Protection of the underwater cultural heritage as adopted 2 November 2001 (full text courtesy UN)
• The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 [full text - courtesy UN]
• UN Documentation on the Law of the Sea [courtesy UN]
• The Intervention Convention [1987 - contained in Act 64 of 1987]
• The Salvage Convention [1989 - contained in The Wreck & Salvage Act]

For an excellent searchable database of environmental law treaties and conventions, have a look at the Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) database. It contains the texts of most oil pollution instruments.

If you would like to see texts of other Acts or instruments on our site, please use our online e-mail to let us know.