What navigational right exists in a nation's territorial seas?

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What navigational right exists in a nation's territorial seas?

Innocent passage is the navigational right in a nation's territorial seas. Territorial seas extend up to 12 nautical miles from a coastline, where the coastal state exercises sovereignty. Foreign ships may pass through these waters so long as their passage is continuous and expeditious and not prejudicial to the peace, good order, or security of the coastal state. The coastal state can regulate this passage and require compliance with laws on safety, pollution, and navigation, and it can suspend innocent passage in certain circumstances. Other terms refer to different contexts: Transit Passage applies to international straits, Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage pertains to specific routes through archipelagic waters, and Exclusive Economic Zone rights concern resource exploitation (with navigation still allowed under freedom of navigation, but it’s not the specific right defined for territorial seas).

Innocent passage is the navigational right in a nation's territorial seas. Territorial seas extend up to 12 nautical miles from a coastline, where the coastal state exercises sovereignty. Foreign ships may pass through these waters so long as their passage is continuous and expeditious and not prejudicial to the peace, good order, or security of the coastal state. The coastal state can regulate this passage and require compliance with laws on safety, pollution, and navigation, and it can suspend innocent passage in certain circumstances.

Other terms refer to different contexts: Transit Passage applies to international straits, Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage pertains to specific routes through archipelagic waters, and Exclusive Economic Zone rights concern resource exploitation (with navigation still allowed under freedom of navigation, but it’s not the specific right defined for territorial seas).

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