A Historical Survey of

Indonesia’s Maritime Boundary Agreements

Symposium on Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea: Perspectives in International Law

Melbourne, 15 February 2016

I Made Andi Arsana, Ph.D Department of Geodetic Engineering

Universitas Gadjah Mada

Jointly organised by: Castan Centre for Human Rights,

the School of Social Sciences at Monash University

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