LatinNews Daily Report - 24 April 2012

Nicaragua/Colombia | ICJ hearings begin over maritime dispute. On 23 April the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague began holding public hearings in relation to the dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia. The case dates back to 2001 when Nicaragua filed claims over the maritime boundary. The disputed waters involve some 50,000km² in the Caribbean Sea, including the islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. The ICJ ruled in December 2007 that the three islands Nicaragua claimed as its own were Colombian under a 1928 treaty, an outcome hailed as a victory by Colombia.  However, according to the ICJ verdict, the maritime boundary set by that treaty (the 82nd meridian) referred only to the archipelago and was not, as claimed by Colombia, an overall maritime boundary. The court also said that it would continue to study the case in order to set a definitive boundary. The hearings will last until 4 May.

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