Weekly Report - 07 January 2016 (WR-16-01)

COSTA RICA-NICARAGUA | ICJ hands down its ruling. On 16 December the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague issued its ruling on the case filed by Costa Rica against Nicaragua in 2010 over the San Juan river area dividing the two countries. The ruling – which has been accepted by the Nicaraguan government led by President Daniel Ortega – found that Nicaragua had “invaded and occupied Costa Rican territory” and, specifically, that Nicaragua had “conducted works (notably the dredging of the San Juan River [which divides the two countries]) in violation of its international obligations”.

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