international waters

English

international waters pl (plural only)

(international law) Those parts of the ocean that are not legally recognized as being under the jurisdiction of any national government.
- 2022 August 28, Lendon, Brad, “US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2022‎:
  Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan despite China's ruling Communist Party never having controlled the island -- and considers the strait part of its "internal waters."
  The US Navy, however, says most of the strait is in international waters.

(international law, maritime law): territorial waters, exclusive economic zone, international waterway

ocean not belonging to any country

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公海 (zh) (gōnghǎi)
Esperanto: internacia maro
Finnish: kansainväliset vedet
French: eaux internationales (fr) f pl
Greek: διεθνή ύδατα n pl (diethní ýdata)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 공해(公海) (ko) (gonghae)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: internasjonalt farvann n
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: междунаро́дные во́ды f pl (meždunaródnyje vódy), нейтра́льные во́ды (ru) f pl (nejtrálʹnyje vódy), откры́тое мо́ре (ru) n (otkrýtoje móre)
Spanish: aguas internacionales f pl
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: vùng biển quốc tế