Argentinian lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case
First reported Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:05:45 GMT · Last updated
<p>Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceans</p><p>Britain should not be permitted to act as a 17th-century colonial power treating the waters around the Falkland Islands as a <em>Dominium maris Britannici</em>, Argentina has told an international tribunal.</p><p>Marcelo Kohen, representing Argentina at a hearing in Hamburg, mocked Britain for apparently believing in the historic doctrine that the British crown has sovereignty over expansive parts of the oceans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/11/argentine-lawyer-mocks-uk-sovereignty-claim-in-falklands-oil-case">Continue reading...</a>
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- The GuardianArgentinian lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case
<p>Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceans</p><p>Britain should not be permitted to act as a 17th-century colonial power treating the waters around the Falkland Islands as a <em>Dominium maris Britannici</em>, Argentina has told an international tribunal.</p><p>Marcelo Kohen, representing Argentina at a hearing in Hamburg, mocked Britain for apparently believing in the historic doctrine that the British crown has sovereignty over expansive parts of the oceans.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/nov/11/argentine-lawyer-mocks-uk-sovereignty-claim-in-falklands-oil-case">Continue reading...</a>
Wed, 11 Nov 2026 16:05:45 GMT
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