VOL. XXXVI

NO. 32

10-MAY-1993

BAHRAIN

Bahrain Issues Decree Defining Width Of Territorial Waters

The Deputy Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad ibn 'Isa Al Khalifah, promulgated adecree law on 20 April which sets the width of Bahrain's territorial waters at12 nautical miles and an adjacent area of another 12 nautical miles over whichBahrain will exercise its rights to sovereignty and authority as prescribed incontemporary international law. The decree comes one year after the State ofQatar enacted a...