International sea canals are artificially created sea routes. They were usually built to reduce the length of sea roads and reduce the risks and dangers of navigation.

Concept. According to Article 1 of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas, “the high seas mean all parts of the sea that do not fall within the territorial sea or the internal waters of any State.

International legal norms defining the law of the sea only answer the question of whether these spaces are under the sovereignty of any state or not.