Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) - Preliminary Objections - Court to deliver its Judgment on Thursday 13 December 2007 at 10 a.m.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)70 302 2323 Fax: +31 (0)70 364 9928
Website: www.icj-cij.org

Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2007/29
30 November 2007

Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia)

Preliminary Objections

Court to deliver its Judgment on Thursday 13 December 2007 at 10 a.m.

THE HAGUE, 30November2007. On Thursday 13 December 2007, the International
Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial or gan of the United Nations, will deliver its Judgment

in the case concerning the Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia).

A public sitting will take place at 10 a.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which the
President of the Court, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, will read the Court’s Judgment.

The Judgment will deal solely with the prelim inary objections raised by Colombia regarding
the jurisdiction of the Court.

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings and final conclusions of the Parties can be found respectively

in Press Releases No. 2006/37 of 15 November 2006 a nd No. 2007/16 of 8 June 2007, available on
the Court’s website at www.icj-cij.org.

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NOTE TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

1. The public sitting will be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in
The Hague, Netherlands. Mobile telephones and beepers are permitted in the courtroom provided
they are switched off. Any offending device will be temporarily retained.

2. Media representatives are subject to an accreditation procedure , the details of which
can be found in the Media Advisory attached to this Press Release.

3. Individual visitors (members of the Diplomatic Corps and the general public) are not
subject to an admission procedure. However, groups of five persons or more are kindly requested - 2 -

to give advance notification of their attendance by filling out the relevant form on the Court’s
website (to the right of the screen under Cale ndar, click on “Attending a Hearing”, then under

Admission for Groups, click on “Online Application Form”).

4. At the end of the sitting, a Press Release, a summary of the Judgment and the full text of

the Judgment will be distributed. All of these docum ents will be made available at the same time
on the Court’s website.

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Information Department:

Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Secretary of the Court, Head of the Department (+31 70 302 23 36)
Messrs. Boris Heim and Maxime Schouppe, Information Officers (+31 70 302 23 37)
Ms Joanne Moore, Associate Information Officer (+31 70 302 23 94)