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Montevideo, August 20th 2026 - 02:31 UTC

Tag: International Court of Justice

  • Friday, August 7th 2026 - 20:58 UTC

    Why the Falkland Islands are British

    The islands are not an “imperial possession” of Britain – that’s 19th-century language. Photo: Getty Images

    By Graham Pascoe (*)

    On 11 July 2026 the Argentine foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, wrote a long article on the Falkland Islands (or the Malvinas, as they are called in Spanish) in the Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación, as Iona Cleave reported in the London Telegraph the next day. On 23 July he published an almost identical article in the Israeli English-language daily Jerusalem Post. In both his articles the foreign minister repeated several arguments which (he said) showed the strength of Argentina's claim to the Falklands. Unfortunately for him, everything he said is historically and legally untrue, as will be pointed out below.

  • Monday, June 3rd 2024 - 07:53 UTC

    Chile joins South Africa's claim against Israel before the ICJ

    “We also demand the release of the hostages” held by Hamas, Boric stressed

    The Chilean Government of President Gabriel Boric Font announced Saturday that it would be joining South Africa as plaintiffs in the genocide case filed against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    ICJ issues ruling acceptable to both Ecuador and Mexico

    “These are precautionary measures, the process is not over,” AMLO argued

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands, produced a ruling Thursday that was equally welcomed by both parties in the dispute between Ecuador and Mexico over the police raid at the Embassy in Quito to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum to avoid incarceration after being convicted of corruption.

  • Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    Ortega's gov't celebrates ICJ ruling in favor of Nicaragua

    Managua ratified “its firm commitment to the international rule of law and the peaceful settlement of disputes between States.”

    The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega Thursday celebrated the International Court of Justice's ruling which found Colombia was in breach of international law when issuing Presidential Decree 1946 in 2013.

  • Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:33 UTC

    Colombia dealt judiciary setback at The Hague

    Colombia has jurisdiction on certain Caribbean islands but not on the waters around them, the ICJ ratified

    The United Nations' International Court of Justice Thursday ruled by 10 votes to 5 in favor of Nicaragua in a case regarding Caribbean Sea waters Colombia claimed as its own.

  • Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

    Top lawyer for Nicaragua before ICJ resigns over Ortega's new attitude

    Reichler's announcement came a few days after Nicaragua's Ambassador to the OAS said there was a “dictatorship” in his country.

    Paul Reichler, the solicitor representing Nicaragua before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has turned in his resignation citing “moral conscience” issued.

  • Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

    The Hague Court awards Somalia most of the territorial sea claimed also by Kenya

    The ruling is technically binding but the ICJ lacks enforcing powers

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday drew a new maritime legal border between Somalia and Kenya in the Indian Ocean after a bitter legal battle between the two countries over boundaries involving areas potentially rich in oil and gas, it was announced.

  • Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

    Chagossian people claiming billions of dollars from the US government

    The Chagossians despite having lived on the disputed islands for up to 8 generations have been stripped of property rights and citizenship

    The Chagossian people are seeking billions of dollars in damages from the United States under the Foreign Claims Act. The United Nations General Assembly, African Union, and International Court of Justice have all found that the forcible deportation of the Chagos Islanders a generation ago to make way for the US military base at Diego Garcia was unlawful and the continued military occupation is a serious violation of international law, according to a release from Chagossians’ lawyer, Dr, Jonathan Levy.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2020 - 08:02 UTC

    Guyana Venezuela territorial dispute at the Court of Justice, but Caracas denies The Hague jurisdiction to rule

    “In view of the current C19 pandemic, the court has opted for a mix of physical and virtual presences during the hearing,” ICJ President Abdulqawi Yusuf said

    The United Nations’ top court held its first virtual hearing on Tuesday, taking up a 120-year-old territorial dispute between Guyana and Venezuela. Guyana made its arguments as to why the International Court of Justice has jurisdiction in the border dispute, which calls into question the ownership of more than half of the ex British colony.

  • Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

    Guyana optimistic it will win the Esequibo dispute at the International Court of Justice

    The vast area west of the Essequibo River makes up two-thirds of the territory of Guyana and has been claimed by Venezuela as its own since the 19th century

    President David Granger is optimistic that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will dispense a ruling in Guyana’s favor in the border case with Venezuela. The Guyanese president expressed these sentiments while appearing on the popular radio program, Hot Seat.

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