{
  "id": 17718652,
  "title": "Argentina’s Sea Lion case could founder on Falklands sovereignty, a legal expert warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/argentinas-sea-lion-case-could-founder-on-falklands-sovereignty-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T00:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress-en",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/11/02/argentina-s-sea-lion-case-could-founder-on-falklands-sovereignty-a-legal-expert-warns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Argentina’s case against the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands “could fall at the first hurdle”: the jurisdiction of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which cannot settle territorial sovereignty disputes, according to Australian law of the sea expert Donald R. Rothwell. The tribunal will hold hearings on Argentina’s request on November 10 and 11…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}