The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an international court with competence to settle disputes concerning the law of the sea. This volume contains the Judgments and Orders delivered by the Tribunal in the year 1997 in English and French. The Tribunal is a central forum for the settlement of disputes relating to the interpretation and application of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea under the comprehensive system for the settlement of disputes established by the Convention. The Tribunal has exclusive and binding jurisdiction in certain instances. The...