Abstract
ABSTRACT This thesis aims to encompass the issue concerning the Gulf of Guinea maritime boundary delimitation from the perspective of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (hereinafter, Sao Tome and Principe) with particular reference to 2002 Land and Maritime Boundary Delimitation between Cameroon and Nigeria case. On 29 March 1994, the Republic of Cameroon filed an application before the International Court of Justice (I.C.J.) instituting proceedings against the Federal Republic of Nigeria in respect of a dispute described as “relating essentially to the question of sovereignty over the Bakassi Peninsula.” In addition, on 30 June 1999, the Republic of Equatorial Guinea instituted before the ICJ an application for permission to intervene in the case pursuant to article 62 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. The object was to seek protection of its legal rights and interests in the Gulf of Guinea by all legal means available and to inform the Court of the nature of its legal rights and interests that could be affected by the Court’s decision. Contrarily to Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe however chose not to intervene on any basis, nor did pronounce any concern regarding the Court’s deliberation. Thus, in light of those concerns, this thesis tries to find out the underlying reasons of why Sao Tome and Principe choose not to intervene; secondly to find out what are the Sao Tome and Principe legal rights and interests in the Gulf of Guinea; and further to know how Sao Tome and Principe sees its legal rights and interests from the Court’s deliberation. The present thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter I present a brief introduction of geographical, historical and legal perspectives of the Gulf of Guinea. Chapter II presents an historical analysis of the Law of the Sea. Chapter III discusses and makes a comparative analysis of the International Court of Justice’s deliberation in case concerning Land and Maritime Boundary Delimitation between Cameroon and Nigeria. Chapter IV elaborates on Gulf of Guinea Maritime Boundary from the perspective of Sao Tome and Principe with a particular reference to 2002 Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria. Chapter V gives an conclusion of the overall thesis.
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