A Practitioner's Guide to Maritime Boundary Delimitation

Stephen Fietta is one of the world's leading public international law practitioners. He advises States and others on all areas of public international law, including territorial sovereignty, the law of the sea, and maritime delimitation. He regularly appears as counsel before the ICJ and other international courts and tribunals. He was counsel to Barbados in the first ever UNCLOS Annex VII arbitration concerning a maritime boundary and has since advised coastal States all over the world in connection with some of the most highly contentious maritime boundary questions. Stephen is the founder of Fietta LLP, a top-ranked international law firm, and teaches the law of the sea at Kings College, London.Robin Cleverly is one of the world's leading experts in maritime boundary delimitation. He has worked extensively on international boundary cases at the ICJ, ITLOS and ad-hoc tribunals and has been a member of one of the legal teams for nearly all the maritime boundary cases since 2000. He has also advised governments in many land and maritime boundary negotiations. Robin now works as a consultant after 20 years as an exploration geologist in the oil industry, and 12 years at the UK Hydrographic Office, including heading its Law of the Sea Group.

• Part A. Commentary on the Modern International Law of Maritime Boundary Delimitation 1: Context 2: Methodology 3: Practial Considerations Part B. Commentary on Judgments and Awards in Maritime Boundary Delimitation Disputes 1: North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 20 February 1969) 2: Argentina v. Chile (Award of the Arbitral Tribunal, 18 February 1977) 3: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. French Republic (Decision of the ad hoc Court of Arbitration , 30 June 1977) 4: Dubai-Sharjah Border Arbitration (Award of the ad hoc Court of Arbitration , 19 October 1981) 5: Tunisia v. Libya (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 24 February 1982) 6: Canada v. United States of America (Judgment of the Chamber of the International Court of Justice, 12 October 1984) 7: Guinea v. Guinea-Bissau (Award of the Arbitral Tribunal, 14 February 1985) 8: Libya v. Malta (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 3 June 1985) 9: Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal (Arbitral Award, 31 July 1989) 10: Canada v. France (Award of the Arbitral Tribunal, 10 June 1992) 11: Denmark v. Norway (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 14 June 1993) 12: Eritrea v. Yemen (Award of the Arbitral Tribunal in the Second Stage of the Proceedings, Phase II: Maritime Delimitation, 17 December 1999) 13: Qatar v. Bahrain (Judgment of the International Court of Justice (Merits), 16 March 2001) 14: Newfoundland and Labrador v. Nova Scotia (Awards of the Tribunal in the First and Second Phases of an Arbitration Concerning Portions of the Limits of the Parties Respective Offshore Areas, Dated 17 May 2001 and 26 March 2002 Respectively) 15: Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea Intervening (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 10 October 2002) 16: Barbados v. Trinidad and Tobago (Award of the Arbitral Tribunal, 11 April 2006) 17: Guyana v. Suriname (Award of the Arbitral Tribunal, 17 September 2007) 18: Nicaragua v. Honduras (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 8 October 2007) 19: Romania v. Ukraine (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 3 February 2009) 20: Bangladesh v. Myanmar (Judgment of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 14 March 2012) 21: Nicaragua v. Colombia (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 19 November 2012) 22: Peru v. Chile (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 27 January 2014) 23: Bangladesh v. India (Award of the Arbitral Tribunal, 7 July 2014) 24: Ghana v. Côte D ivoire (Judgment of the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 23 September 2017) 25: Croatia v. Slovenia (Final Award of the Arbitral Tribune, 29 June 2017) 26: Costa Rica v. Nicaragua (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 2 February 2018) 27: Somalia v. Kenya (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 12 October 2021) 28: Mauritius v. Maldives (Judgment of the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 28 April 2023) 29: Nicaragua v. Colombia (Judgment of the International Court of Justice, 13 July 2023) Part C. Enduring Challenges and Controversies 1: Enduring Challenges and Controversies Annexes Annex I: Technical Glossary Annex II: Treaty Instruments Annex III: Sample Arbitration Agreements