DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC CARON
Disagreement with holding of inadmissibility by the Court of Colombia’s first and second counter-claims  Direct connection in fact or in law of Colombia’s first and second counter-claims.
Direct connection in fact  Subject-matter of the claim  Colombia’s Integral Contiguous Zone established by Presidential Decree 1946 of 9 September 2013 is a core part of the factual complex underlying Nicaragua’s claim  Factual complex underlying Colombia’s first and second counter-claims are the same facts that led to issue of the Decree.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE DONOGHUE
Article 80, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court — Jurisdiction over counter-claims — Termination of the title of jurisdiction taking effect after the filing of the Application but before the submission of counter-claims — Consequence of such termination on the scope of the Court’s jurisdiction.
1. Article 80, paragraph 1, of the Rules of the Court provides:
“The Court may entertain a counter-claim only if it comes within the jurisdiction of the Court and is directly connected with the subject-matter of the claim of the other party.”