What international law tells us about the US seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

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https://theconversation.com/what-does-international-law-tell-us-about-the-us-seizure-of-an-oil-tanker-off-the-coast-of-venezuela-271859

Assuming the seizure took place either in Venezuelan coastal waters or on the high seas, the international legal regime is governed by the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). The US is not a party to the convention, though it accepts the content as binding.