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

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE PARRA-ARANGUREN

The operativepart ofthe Judgmentshouldonly reply tothejnal submissions
of the Parties.

1.1 have voted for the operative part of the Judgment, with the excep-
tion of point V (C), but my favourable vote does not mean that 1 share
each and every part of the reasoning followed by the Court in reaching its
conclusions.
2. 1have voted against point V (C) of the operative part of the Judg-
ment where the Court:
"Takes note of the commitment undertaken by the Republic of

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE KOROMA

DECLARATION OF JUDGE HEKCZEGH

[Translation]

Article 59 of the Statute - Unjustijiedcriticism ;nparagraph 238 of the
Judgment - Protecticlnafforded to third States dependenton Court'sinterpre-
tation and application.

1voted for al1points of the operative paragrapfi of the Judgment, with

which 1 am in complete agreement. They express the same conclusions
that 1had reached after examining the case.
1cannot however isubscribeto the proposition set out in paragraph 238
of the reasoning, which states inter alia:

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE RANJEVA

[Translation]

Undertaking by the Parties to comply with the Court's decision - Diplo-
matic declaration conjïrmingprior consent toj~risdict~on - Notion of "the law
at the time" - Pactiinon servanda sunt - Rules of intertemporal lau -
Notion of non-"civilized" "nations" - Unilateralism - International luiz-
National lait,-- Respective scope of international lait and colonial luit..

DECLARATION OF JUDGE ODA

Bakassi Peninsula - Lake Chad - Unnecessa- precision of Court's bound-
ary delimitation - Lund boundary from Lake Chad to the Bakassi Penin-
sula - Withdravvalof armedforces, police and administration from "occupied"
territory - State responsibility - Counter-claims - Future treatment of