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15 - Territorial Disputes

from Part III - The Impact of the ICJ’s Jurisprudence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2023

By
Marcelo Kohen  and
Mamadou Hébié
Edited by
Carlos Espósito  and
Kate Parlett
Carlos Espósito
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Kate Parlett
Affiliation:
Twenty Essex, London
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Summary

This chapter considers the ICJ and territorial disputes, an area where the Court has had significant scope to consider the applicable law in multiple cases. The authors identify three areas in which the Court has made a significant contribution to the law on territorial disputes: first, the reconceptualisation of the rules of international law governing the acquisition of territorial sovereignty; second, the clarification of the territorial implications of the fundamental principles of international law; and finally, the elaboration of a clear and coherent method for the legal settlement of territorial disputes, the core of which rests on respect for the principle of legality.

Keywords

territorial disputesterritorial sovereigntytitles of territorial sovereigntyacquisition of territoryuti possidetis juris, acquiescenceright of self-determinationprohibition of the use of forceterritorial integrity
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The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice , pp. 332 - 362
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Further Reading

Distefano, G, L’ordre international entre légalité et effectivité: le titre juridique dans le contentieux territorial (Pedone, 2002).Google Scholar
Hébié, M., Souveraineté territoriale par traité: une étude des accords entre entités politiques locales et puissances coloniales (PUF, 2015).Google Scholar
Jennings, R., The Acquisition of Territory in International Law (with a new introduction by M Kohen) (Manchester University Press, 2017).Google Scholar
Kohen, M. G., Possession contestée et souveraineté territoriale (Presses Universitaires de France, 1997).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kohen, M. G. and Hébié, M. (eds.), Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law (Elgar, 2018).Google Scholar

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