Separate opinion of Judge ad hoc Sreenivasa Rao
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC
SREENIVASA RAO
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC
SREENIVASA RAO
DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC DUGARD
Malaysia has original title to Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh — Construc-
tion of Horsburgh lighthouse did not alter situation — 1953 correspondence of
uncertain meaning and authorization — Failure of Singapore to publicize 1953
DECLARATION OF JUDGE BENNOUNA
[Translation]
1. Although I voted in favour of the operative clause of the Judgment,
I am not entirely convinced by all the Court’s reasoning. That is why I
thought it might be useful to explain my thinking by means of this dec-
laration.
2. In general, whenever the Court has had to rule on a territorial dis-
pute rooted in the colonial period of which the current protagonists are
more or less victims, it has been faced with a real dilemma. This is why it
JOINT DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGES
SIMMA AND ABRAHAM
[Translation]
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE PARRA-ARANGUREN
Operative clause of the Judgment — Interpretation of the 1953 correspon-
dence — Examination of the conduct of the Parties after 1953 — Sovereignty
over South Ledge — Final considerations.
I
1. In paragraph 300 of the Judgment, the majority of the Court finds
that sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh belongs to the
Republic of Singapore (subpara. 1); that sovereignty over Middle Rocks
DECLARATION BY JUDGE RANJEVA
[Translation]
Notion of law prevailing at the time — Relations between Johor and the Brit-
ish Crown — Notion of non-“civilized” “nation” — Hence: lack of valid acqui-
escence by the Sultan of Johor — Malaysia’s conduct in the post-colonial
period — Transfer of title.
1. The present Judgment raises no substantive objection: Malaysia’s
immemorial historic title to Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh has received
adequate consideration and the exercise of sovereignty over that island
DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AJIBOLA
Introduction - Lake Chad - Lake Chad and the work of the LCBC -
Delimitation and demarcation - Lake Chad Basin: effectivitésand historical
consolidation - Bakassi Peninsula - Severability of Articles XVIII-XXII of
the Agreement of 1913 - The 1884 Treaty - Historical consolidation and
effectivitésin Bakassi - The question of legal title - Maritime delimitation -
Maroua Declaration - State respnnsihility - Conclusion.
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE MBAYE
[Translation]
General cons ide ratio,^^deemed helpfulfor a better hnderstanding of the dis-
pute - Applicability of the Thomson-Marchand Decltrration - Delimitationl
demarcation - Effectivités and legal title - Purpose and value of colonial
treaties - Nature of treaties of protection - Legal value of Maroua Declara-
tion - Court'sjurisprudence on maritime delimitation, application - Repara-
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE AL-KHASAWNEH
Nigerian actions, omissions und other stutements leave no room jOr doubt
regarding recognition of Cameroonian sovereignty in Bakassi - Resort to other
sources of title unnecessury, also unfortunate - Moral difJiculties of reconciling
DECLARATION OF JUDGE REZEK
[Translation]
It is rare to find in classic international law propositions as flimsy -
and as inadmissibly so in moral terms - as those which would have it