Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia)

Abstract

This chapter describes the evolution of the history of territorial and maritime dispute (Nicaragua V. Colombia) and advisory opinions that has been dealt by the International court of justice (ICJ). The territorial and maritime dispute is systematically organised with the final question or claim made by the parties, basis of jurisdiction, proceedings, orders rendered by the Court, headnotes and operative paragraphs of the judgments, orders and advisory opinions, names of judges and ad hoc judges who have appended declaration, separate opinion, dissenting opinion individually or jointly with other judges, each source of law the Court has cited and information on the litigation teams. It provides case-law digest of legal maxims and extracts from cases that have been dealt by the ICJ since 1992 till 31 December 2010. The case-law digests are literal citations, as per the Anglo-American style, for the systematic presentation of judicial pronouncements. Keywords: Colombia; International Court of Justice (ICJ); Nicaragua; territorial and maritime dispute