INDONESIA AND TIMOR LESTE CLASH OVER SEA BORDER TREATY

Abstract

East Timor is an independent and sovereign country in the 21st century (twenty-one) with its official name Democratic de Timor-Leste (RDTL) is a country with a category of small countries, located on the continent of Australia and eastern Indonesia. East Timor has a long history of standing alone as an independent country. Before the independence, Timor-Leste was previously called East Timor which was a Portuguese goose colony that later joined the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. It is noted that East Timor officially joined Indonesia on July 17, 1976. Then East Timor officially became the 27th province of the Republic of Indonesia and became the youngest province at that time. Historically, Timor-Leste was colonized by Portuguese geese for 450 years, the Netherlands for 3 years, and Indonesia for 24 years. Under the leadership of the United Nations through the agency.  United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor. The establishment of East Timor into a new state requires territorial boundaries, especially with Indonesia. The boundary between Indonesia and East Timor has not yet been reached.  The methods used are normative. Based on UNCLOS 1982 if maritime boundaries enter the sovereign territory of the country, then the principle used is the principle of equidistance.  Second, there is no clear authority in the management of Indonesia's borders so the current state of Indonesia's borders, especially in terms of security stability, is not yet conducive.  Third, under Article 3 UNCLOS both countries have the right to the width of their territorial sea up to a limit of 12 miles measured from the baseline, if not overlapping with the territorial sea area.