APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN DETERMINING THE MARITIME BOUNDARIES OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF TIMOR LESTE

Based on the method of comparative law approach, and analysis of the concepts that were used in the study on "The application of international law in determining the maritime boundaries countries Republica Democratica de Timor Leste" described in three chapters, namely Chapter One introduction, the second chapter contains the discussion as a description of the principal finding namely: setting the contents of the provisions of Law Number 7 of 2002 on the country's maritime zone of the Republica Democratica de Timor Leste (East Timor) that is to say a concretization of the ratification of international law (UNCLOS 1982).The concept is a wide jurisdiction concept, and in the settlement of marine disputes, the coastal states shall obey the provisions of UNCLOS 1982 and the United Nations Charter as the basis for the settlement of disputes between neighboring countries based on the principles of good neighborhood policy.