REKLAMASI SINGAPURA TERHADAP KEDAULATAN WILAYAH REPUBLIK INDONESIA BERDASARKAN HUKUM LAUT INTERNASIONAL

Abstract

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in Southeast Asia which borders
with Malaysia and Singapore. As a state directly adjacent, not infrequenly
Indonesia seized conflict with the neighboring countries, including border
conflicts. Singapore has conducted reclamation activities sice 1966. The case of
reclamation conducted by Singapore is related to the Law of Sea Convention
1982. As the one reference for countries experiencing problem or conflict over
marine areas. Indonesia as one of the countries that have ratified UNCLOS in
1982, of course, can make a reference in the 1982 UNCLOS reclamation issue.
The purpose of this thesis are; First, to determine the settings reclamation in
international maritime law; Second, to determine the reclamation by Singapore
could threaten the sovereignty of the Republic Indonesia based on the
International Law of theSea.
Type of research used in this study, using a normative legal research. At
this research the author concentrated on research that examines the level of
synchronization law more in the case of sea reclamation in accordance with
International Law and the connected the bilateral agreements between Indonesia
and Singapore with UNCLOS 1982.
The result of the research, conclude two main points, First, in the United
Nations on the Law of Sea in 1982 there were four of Article related to
reclamation activities namely, Article 11, Article 56, pargraph 1, letter b, Article
60, and Article 80. Secondly, reclamation conducted by Singapore can not
threaten the sovereignty of the Republic Indonesia unfder Article 11 and 60 poin 8
of the United Nations on the Law of the Sea 1982.
Keyword: Reclamation, Sovereignty, International Sea or UNCLOS