أثر ميناء الفاو الكبير على خط الأساس العراقي

Abstract EN

This study will focus on the impact of seaports on the demarcation of the baseline in accordance with international conventions, and then apply it to the great port of Faw in terms of the impact on the demarcation of the Iraqi baseline, and the research focuses on an important question represented.

Is there an effect of the facilities of the port of Faw established in the sea on the demarcation of the Iraqi baseline? Have relevant Iraqi laws dealt with these effects? Accordingly, the research concluded that taking into account the facilities of the great port of Faw, the Iraqi baseline will be transferred from the coast in the case of the lowest islands towards the farthest port facilities established in the sea, which is an integral part of the port system, which is about 5,29 away from the Iraqi coast Thus, Iraq acquires internal waters estimated at 90 km2, and this will affect the delineation and of the borders of the Iraqi maritime areas.