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Dear Professor Centanni

Many thanks.

Reviewing the decision on delimitation, the lagoon called "Laguna de Portillos" (Costa Rica ) or "Harbor Head" (Nicaragua) and the small sandbar separating it from Caribbean Sea can be considered from now an "enclave" of Nicaragua in Costa Rica.

See map at p. 33  at: 

http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/157/157-20180202-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf

Judges Tomka, Xue, Sebutinde, Geovorgian and judge Ad Hoc of Nicaragua Al-Khasawneh in their respective individual declarations seem to be worried about the disconexion of the Lagoon with the territory of Nicaragua.

Concerning eventual territorial waters to be attributed to the sandbar, in paragraph 105 we read that:

The instability of the sandbar separating Harbor Head Lagoon from the Caribbean Sea and its situation as a small enclave within Costa Rica’s territory call for a special solution. Should territorial waters be attributed to the enclave, they would be of little use to Nicaragua, while breaking the continuity of Costa Rica’s territorial sea. Under these circumstances, the delimitation in the territorial sea between the Parties will not take into account any entitlement which might result from the enclave.


Any precedent some of you have in mind and would like to share on this list of an ICJ ' s decision establishing enclaves ?

Many thanks in advance.

Sincerely yours

Nicolas Boeglin


Note: please find a short note of this decision (in Spanish ) at: 

http://derechointernacionalcr.blogspot.com/2018/02/costa-rica-nicaragua-delimitacion.html







2018-02-03 5:18 GMT-06:00 Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow) <[log in to unmask]>:
Dear Colleagues,

For any who may be interested, I've just published a new map article on PolGeoNow outlining the geography and history of the Isla Portillos dispute for lay audiences, including, of course, yesterday's ICJ judgment:

http://www.polgeonow.com/2018/02/nicaragua-costa-rica-border-dispute-ruling-icj-2018.html

Please forgive the colloquial language that sometimes fails to distinguish the concepts of property and sovereignty. :-) However, feedback and corrections are of course more than welcome.

All the best,

Evan Centanni
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On 2/2/2018 2:59 PM, Nicolas Boeglin wrote:
Dear Martin

Many thanks. 

Hard-working-long day at ICJ !

Yours sincerely

Nicolas Boeglin

2018-02-02 16:33 GMT-06:00 Martin Pratt <[log in to unmask]>:

Dear Evan,

 

The Maritime Delimitation in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean page (http://www.icj-cij.org/en/case/157) has now been updated to include the Judgment and the declarations, separate opinions and dissenting opinions of the judges. A press release is also available at http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/157/157-20180202-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf.

 

I suspect the Court was a little slower than usual in updating its website because the Judgment was delivered on a Friday afternoon!

 

Happy reading,

 

m a r t i n

 

 

From: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:INT-BOUNDARIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)
Sent: 02 February 2018 15:18
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Subject: Costa Rica v. Nicaragua

 

Dear Colleagues,

Media outlets are reporting that the ICJ has made its judgments in the three Costa Rica v. Nicaragua cases due to conclude today. However, the ICJ website does not seem to have uploaded documents describing the results yet. How long does one normally expect to wait before the judgements and/or press releases are posted to the ICJ website?

Best regards,
Evan Centanni