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Public sitting held on Thursday 14 October 2021, at 4 p.m., at the Peace Palace, President Donoghue presiding, in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of

Public sitting held on Thursday 14 October 2021, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Donoghue presiding, in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of

Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) The Court determines the course of the maritime boundary between the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Republic of Kenya

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Unofficial
No. 2021/26
12 October 2021
Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya)
The Court determines the course of the maritime boundary between
the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Republic of Kenya
THE HAGUE, 12 October 2021. The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial

Summary of the Judgment of 12 October 2021

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Summary
Unofficial
Summary 2021/3
12 October 2021
Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean
(Somalia v. Kenya)
History of the proceedings (paras. 1-28)
The Court begins by recalling that, on 28 August 2014, the Federal Republic of Somalia
(hereinafter “Somalia”) filed in the Registry of the Court an Application instituting proceedings

Judgment of 12 October 2021

12 OCTOBER 2021
JUDGMENT
MARITIME DELIMITATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
(SOMALIA v. KENYA)
___________
DÉLIMITATION MARITIME DANS L’OCÉAN INDIEN
(SOMALIE c. KENYA)
12 OCTOBRE 2021
ARRÊT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Paragraphs
CHRONOLOGY OF THE PROCEDURE 1-28
I. GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 31-34
II. OVERVIEW OF THE POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES 35
III. WHETHER SOMALIA HAS ACQUIESCED TO A MARITIME BOUNDARY
FOLLOWING THE PARALLEL OF LATITUDE 36-89
IV. MARITIME DELIMITATION 90-197

Additional pleading of Nicaragua on Colombia's Counter-Claims

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISPUTE CONCERNING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND MARITIME SPACES IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA (NICARAGUA V. COLOMBIA) ADDITIONAL PLEADING OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA ON COLOMBIA’S COUNTERCLAIMS 4 March 2019 iTABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................1CHAPTER II.

Rejoinder of Colombia - Volume I

Reply of Nicaragua

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
DISPUTE CONCERNING
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND
MARITIME SPACES IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA
(NICARAGUA V. COLOMBIA)
REPLY
OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA
15 May 2018

Written Observations of Colombia on the admissibility of its Counter-Claims

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
_____________________________________________
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGN
RIGHTS AND MARITIME SPACES IN THE
CARIBBEAN SEA
(NICARAGUA v. COLOMBIA)
WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA ON THE
ADMISSIBILITY OF ITS
COUNTER-CLAIMS
28 June 2017
2
3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1.
INTRODUCTION………..……………….………….5
Chapter 2.
COLOMBIA’S COUNTER-CLAIMS COME WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURT……………………………………………….9

Written Observations of Nicaragua on the admissibility of Colombia's Counter-Claims

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISPUTE CONCERNING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND MARITIME SPACES IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA (NICARAGUA V. COLOMBIA) WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS OF NICARAGUA ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF COLOMBIA’S COUNTER-CLAIMS 20 APRIL 2017 INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISPUTE CONCERNING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND MARITIME SPACES IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA (NICARAGUA V.

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