Tag: International Court of Justice

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

  Chagossian people claiming billions of dollars from the US government

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:02 UTC

  UK should end control of Chagos Islands “as rapidly as possible” says International Court of Justice

  

  UK should end its control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean “as rapidly as possible”, the UN's highest court has said. Mauritius claims it was forced to give up the islands - now a British overseas territory - in 1965 in exchange for independence, which it gained in 1968.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  ICJ will rule on the Chagos people UK/Mauritius dispute on Monday

  

  The UN's top court will hand down its view on Monday, February 25, in a bitter dispute between Britain and Mauritius over the fate of the Chagos islands, home to key UK and US military base.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 09:52 UTC

  Juncker wants Venezuelan “dictator” Maduro brought to justice as international pressure mounts

  

  European Union (EU) Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Wednesday Wednesday said Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has become “a matter for the international justice system” and needs to “be brought before the courts.”

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  Venezuela rejects having Guyana's Essequibo dispute taken to the International Court of Justice

  

  Venezuela is seeking a “practical and satisfying” solution to its border dispute with Guyana even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has already filed its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague on the matter.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Guyana/Venezuela border controversy referred to the International Court of Justice

  

  United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has referred the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In a statement which was published on the UN’s website on Tuesday, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General stated that Mr Guterres has fulfilled the responsibility that has fallen to him within the framework set by his predecessor in December 2016, and has chosen the International Court of Justice as the means to be used for the solution of the controversy.

• Saturday, June 21st 2014 - 09:18 UTC

  German companies warn of consequences from Uruguay/Argentina conflict

  

  The Uruguay-Germany commerce and industry chamber (AHK), expressed its deepest concern over the current tension in relations between Uruguay and Argentina, and warned about the impact on the business climate for the two countries.

• Monday, March 31st 2014 - 16:29 UTC

  Japan abides International Court of Justice ruling to halt whaling program

  

  The UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Japan must temporarily halt its whaling program in the Antarctic. It agreed with Australia, which brought the case in May 2010, that the program was not for scientific research as claimed by Tokyo.