This work looks at the Brazilian submission to an extended continental shelf to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). First, the paper presents the evolution of the Brazilian sea limits until nowadays. Afterwards it analyzes the legal concept of the continental shelf on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the role played by the CLCS in the delimitation of the outer limits of this maritime zone. Finally, it examines the implications of the "final and binding" recommendations of this international institution over the Brazilian interests in the extended continental shelf.
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS); continental shelf; Brazilian submission