Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) - The Court directs the Republic of Nicaragua to submit a Reply and the Republic of Colombia to submit a Rejoinder and fixes the time-limits fo

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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2008/43
19 December 2008

Territorial and Maritime Dispute
(Nicaragua v. Colombia)

The Court directs the Republic of Nicaragua to submit a Reply and the

Republic of Colombia to submit a Rejoinder and fixes
the time-limits for the filing of these pleadings

THE HAGUE, 19December2008. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal

judicial organ of the United Nations, has directed the Republic of Nicaragua to submit a Reply and
the Republic of Colombia to submit a Rejoinde r in the case concerning Territorial and Maritime
Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia).

In its Order dated 18 December 2008, the C ourt fixed 18 September 2009 and 18 June 2010
as the respective time-limits for the filing of these written pleadings.

The subsequent procedure has been reserved for further decision.

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Release No. 008/4 of
12 February 2008, available on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org).

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The full text of the Court’s Order is available on the Court’s website. However, written
pleadings remain confidential until the Court decides to make them acc essible to the public,
generally at the opening of the oral proceedings.

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