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U.S. has already accepted "common heritage of mankind" principle in previous agreements and domestic law

U.S. is bound to the "common heritage of mankind" principle through customary international law as it has accepted it in numerous previous treaties and has even included it in domestic seabed mining legislation. 

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  • U.S. already bound by "Common Heritage of Mankind" principle through customary international law
  • U.S. codified principle of "Common Heritage of Mankind" into Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act in anticipation of UNCLOS
Parent Arguments: 
  • U.S. already abides by UNCLOS as a matter of customary international law and domestic policy
Counter Argument: 
  • U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would further advance collectivist idea of "common heritage of mankind"

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U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would further advance collectivist idea of "common heritage of mankind"
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  • Principle of the common heritage of mankind enshrined in UNCLOS makes no moral or practical sense
  • US ratification of UNCLOS would amount to endorsement of flawed common heritage of mankind principles
  • UNCLOS treaty based on collectivist agenda to create global socialist entity
  • Libertarians should be concerned by the collectivist and redistributionist origins of UNCLOS
  • UNCLOS based on outdated and discredited redistributionist ideas from the 1970s
  • Original collectivist and redistributionist framework UNCLOS was built on remains in place
Parent Arguments: 
  • U.S. ratification of UNCLOS would be disadvantageous
Counter Argument: 
  • U.S. has already accepted "common heritage of mankind" principle in previous agreements and domestic law

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