LAWS moot court Fall semester INTERNATIONAL LAW Home works: Moot Court Prof. Zhang Naigen

LAWS moot court Fall semester Moot Court The International Court of Justice Pending Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia)

LAWS moot court Fall semester Procedural Issues Jurisdiction of ICJ 13/12/2007- Preliminary Objections The Court finds that the 1928 Treaty between Colombia and Nicaragua settled the matter of sovereignty over the islands of San Andres Providencia and Santa Catalina, that there is no extant legal dispute between the Parties on that question, and that the Court thus cannot have jurisdiction over the question; the Court further finds that it has jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the dispute concerning sovereignty over the other maritime features claimed by the Parties and upon the dispute concerning the maritime delimitation between the Parties.

LAWS moot court Fall semester Substantial Issues Sovereignty over Mosquito Coast and Island of San Andres Determination concerning maritime boundary

LAWS moot court Fall semester Map of Mosquito Coast

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LAWS moot court Fall semester Map of Island of San Andres etc.

LAWS moot court Fall semester Practice Directions of ICJ The Oral Proceedings The oral statements made on behalf of each party shall be as succinct as possible within the limits of what is requisite for the adequate presentation of that party contentions at the hearing. Accordingly, they shall be directed to the issues that still divide the parties, and shall not go over the whole ground covered by the pleadings, or merely repeat the facts and arguments these contain.

LAWS moot court Fall semester Limits of Oral Arguments Nicaragua 1st statement 10 minutes Colombia 1st statement 10 minutes Rebuttal each 5 minutes Judges’ Q and parties’ A 10minutes Judges deliver judgment 5 minutes