Systemic Encroachment and the Silenced EEZ: An Investigative Advocacy Dossier on Ocean Grabbing, Energy Exploitation, and Political Betrayal in the Mannar Basin (2011–2026)   NOTE: Systemic Encroachment and the Silenced EEZ: EEZ stands for Exclusive Economic Zone . Under international law—specifically the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)—an EEZ is a sea zone extending up to 200 nautical miles from a coastal state's baseline. Within this area, the coastal state has special rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage natural resources—both living (like fish) and non-living (such as oil and gas)—in the water column, on the seabed, and beneath the seabed. Other states may have certain freedoms, such as navigation and overflight, but resource rights are reserved for the coastal state. In the context of the Mannar Basin, the EEZ is a central concept for understanding maritime resource rights, legal disputes, and issues of sovereignty and encroachment....