The working paper deals with the issue of the legal protection of the marine environment in the United Arab Emirates and the importance of the working paper lies in the fact that the protection of the marine environment is of special importance for the UAE, with its marine coasts overlooking the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. We have preferred to focus on the marine environment, which the legislator has devoted to Federal Law for the Protection and Development of the Environment No. (24) for the year 1999 AD includes a special section that includes (15) articles of (Articles 21-34) related to the legal protection of the marine environment. The problem arises and the main study questions what the legal means to protect the marine environment are? To answer this question and problem, we must clarify what the marine environment is and the importance of protecting it, by defining the marine environment and the scope of its protection , To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher relied on the descriptive and analytical approach to study the legal model for the protection of the marine environment in terms of dealing with the nature of the marine environment and the importance of its protection, the sources of pollution of the marine environment, and the legal means to protect the marine environment, and then we end this participation with a conclusion that includes the outcome of the results we have reached with recommendations, And which we believe will contribute to illuminating some shadow areas and ambiguities related to the legal protection of the marine environment in the United Arab Emirates.

This research aims to study the application of the principles of international law relating to Iran's threat to the closure/blockage of the Strait of Hormuz through using the descriptive and analytical method. This research will highlight the importance of the Strait of Hormuz for international navigation, especially after the discovery of oil in the Persian Gulf. Respecting freedom of navigation in the strait is provided in the transit passage provision, as a principle established in international law. This is crucial to ensure continuous and expeditious passage of ships across the strait without barriers or stops. The international law also stipulates the rights and obligations to which coastal states are bound to follow, in accordance to Article 41 of the 1982 United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The provision provides that coastal states may designate sea lanes and prescribe traffic separation schemes for navigation in straits.