• wpb@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      4 hours ago

      What international norm says you can’t charge people for using your territory?

      • Wrufieotnak@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        3 hours ago

        That would be UNCLOS, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

        And honestly I really like the dry humor that some Wikipedia entries (strait of Hormuz in this case) are written:

        To traverse the full length of the strait, ships pass through the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. Although Iran has not ratified the UNCLOS convention,[19] most countries, including the U.S. which also has not ratified it,[20] claim the right of passage as codified in the convention.