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    2 days ago

    What international norm says you can’t charge people for using your territory?

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      That would be UNCLOS, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

      And honestly I really like the dry humor that some Wikipedia entries (strait of Hormuz in this case) are written:

      To traverse the full length of the strait, ships pass through the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. Although Iran has not ratified the UNCLOS convention,[19] most countries, including the U.S. which also has not ratified it,[20] claim the right of passage as codified in the convention.