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The Implications Of Recent Decisions Of International Courts And Tribunals On The Territorial And Maritime Boundary Disputes In East And Southeast Asia (Nbr Special Report No.37 - Pp105-128), Lowell Bautista

Lowell Bautista

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This essay examines recent decisions of international courts and tribunals—specifically, the 2009 Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea case between Romania and Ukraine—and draws implications for the territorial and maritime boundary disputes in East and Southeast Asia.

Main Findings The judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Black Sea case is a landmark jurisprudential contribution to the development of the law of maritime delimitation. In this case, the ICJ explicitly provided a three-stage delimitation method—which, although not novel, is a clarification and clear articulation not seen in previous cases.

The peaceful settlement of disputes over …