Deep Seabed Mining Law Corpus

A neutral, authoritative, machine-readable record of the law governing mineral resources of the Area — the seabed beyond national jurisdiction — built provenance-first. Every text carries its source, retrieval date, official citation, language, an authoritative-status flag, and a content hash; every change is a new dated version. Derived structure and concept tags are clearly labelled and never conflated with the authoritative texts.

10 instruments · 2277 concept-tagged provisions · browse by concept →

Framework convention (UNCLOS Part XI)

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — Part XI: The Area (Articles 133–191) 1982-12-10 · extracted_verified

Implementing agreement

• Agreement relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 1994-07-28 · extracted_verified

Case law (advisory opinions)

• Responsibilities and obligations of States sponsoring persons and entities with respect to activities in the Area (Request for Advisory Opinion submitted to the Seabed Disputes Chamber), Advisory Opinion of 1 February 2011 2011-02-01 · extracted_verified

ISA regulations

• Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Sulphides in the Area 2010-05-07 · extracted_verified
• Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Cobalt-rich Ferromanganese Crusts in the Area 2012-07-27 · extracted_verified
• Regulations on Prospecting and Exploration for Polymetallic Nodules in the Area (as amended 2013) 2013-07-22 · extracted_verified

National statutes

• Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act (30 U.S.C. chapter 26, §§ 1401–1473) 1980-06-28 · extracted_verified

National regulations

• Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Exploration Licenses (15 CFR Part 970) 1981-09-15 · extracted_verified
• Deep Seabed Mining Regulations for Commercial Recovery Permits (15 CFR Part 971) · extracted_verified