International law recognizes similar avigation rights over the global commons. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)⁸ provides that all states—and, by extension, their nationals—may enjoy the freedom of the high seas, which includes the right to fly aircraft over the high seas and the exclusive economic zones.⁹ 2014, John G Sprankling, “Rights in Airspace and Outer Space”, in The International Law of Property, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 173: