Land-Locked State

A land-locked state is a state with no sea coast, as defined in UNCLOS Article 124. Under Article 125, land-locked states have the right of access to and from the sea to exercise the freedoms of the high seas and the common heritage of mankind, and they enjoy freedom of transit through the territory of transit states by all means of transport, with terms agreed bilaterally or regionally. Articles 69 and 70 give land-locked and geographically disadvantaged states a right to participate, on an equitable basis, in exploiting a portion of the surplus living resources of the EEZ of coastal states in the same region. Transit traffic is exempt from customs duties under Article 127.