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Dear colleagues

Please find a note on the two weeks of public hearings between the same two at ICJ, that ended last July 13, 2017

A the very end, you can follow the discussion (documents in French and English of all verbatim records, including the final conclusions of both States).

https://derechointernacionalcr.blogspot.com/2017/07/costa-rica-nicaragua-conclusion-de.html

The Court will now start its internal deliberations, in order to determine the boundary line in both oceans. 

If starting points of the maritime line coincide with the final point of the land boundary, future discussions could be avoid ( as the one between Peru and Chile after ICJ decision of 2014. See satellital view of the "triangulo de la discordia" reproduced in this article:

http://www.elpais.cr/2015/10/21/chile-reclama-soberania-del-triangulo-terrestre-ante-nuevo-distrito-peruano/

Sincerely yours

Nicolas Boeglin