Security & Strategic Review - November 2012 (ISSN 1741-4202)

The World Court has finally handed down its judgment on a claim filed by Nicaragua in 2001 laying claim to the Caribbean archipelago of San Andrés  and Providencia which Colombia had been ruling, together with outlying islets, as one of its departments. The court confirmed Colombia’s sovereignty over the islands, but ruled that a vast — and rich — expanse of sea around them is part of Nicaragua’s exclusive economic zone. Colombia has rejected the judgment and threatened to withdraw from the court’s jurisdiction.

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