6.1 Continental shelf rights 6.2 Delimitation of the continental shelf and the EEZ : Part VI LOSC proved to be the least controversial sections of the convention and for the most part is generally regarded as being a codification of customary international law. This point appeared to be confirmed by the ICJ in the shelf are inherent and, unlike in the case of the EEZ, do not have to be expressly

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6.1 Continental shelf rights 6.2 Delimitation of the continental shelf and the EEZ

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Even under Article 6 it is the geographical and other circumstances of any given case which indicate and justify the use of the equidistance method as the means of achieving an equitable solution rather than the inherent quality of the method as a legal norm of delimitation.