UN-Morocco: Maritime Choke-points a Responsibility, Not Ownership
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) defines the strait as an international transit passage. This grants all ships and aircraft the legal right to freely navigate through international straits, meaning that coastal States cannot
Morocco has argued at the United Nations that managing maritime choke-points is a shared responsibility rather than a matter of ownership. The statement invokes the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which designates straits used for international navigation as transit passages where all ships and aircraft retain the right of free passage. Under UNCLOS, coastal states cannot treat such waterways as permission-based corridors or charge tolls for simple passage.
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