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.lCJ-ClJ.org
----------------------------------------------------- Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2007/7
13February 2007
Maritime Delimitation between Nicaragua and Honduras in the
Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras)
Schedule of the public hearings which will open
on Monday 5 March 2007
THE HAGUE, 13 February 2007. As announced previously, the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in the case
concerning Maritime Delimitation between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea
(Nicaragua v. Honduras) opening on Monday 5 March 2007, at the Peace Palace in The Hague,
seat of the Court.
The hearings will be concerned with the merits ofthe dispute.
Schedule for the hearings
-- First round of oral argument
Monday 5 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.:Nicaragua
Tuesday 6 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.:Nicaragua
Wednesday 7 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Nicaragua
Thursday 8 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.:Nicaragua
Friday 9 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Nicaragua
Monday 12March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.:Honduras
Tuesday 13 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.:Honduras
Wednesday 14March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Honduras
Thursday 15 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.:Honduras
Friday 16 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.:Honduras - 2 -
- Second round of oral argument
Monday 19 March 2007 3 p.m.-6 p.m.: Nicaragua
Tuesday 20 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Nicaragua
Thursday 22 March 2007 3 p.m.-6 p.m.: Honduras
Friday 23 March 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Honduras
History of the proceedings
The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Release No. 2006/31 of 19 July 2006
available on the Court's website at www.icj-cij.org.
NOTE TO THE PRESS
1. The public hearings will be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace m
The Hague, Netherlands. Mobile telephones and beepers are allowed in the courtroom
provided they are turned off. Any offending deviee will be temporarily retained.
2. Members of the Press may attend. The tables reserved for them are situated to the far left
of the public entrance to the courtroom.
3. Photographs and TV shots may be taken for a few minutes at the opening of the hearings.
The proceedings will be displayed live on a large TV screen in the Press Room, located on the
ground floor of the Peace Palace (Room 5). In the Press Room, it will be possible for TV crews
to connect recording equipment directly to the Court's video system. There is also a facility
for the connection of sound-only equipment to the Court's audio system during the proceedings.
4. Telephone calls may be made from the phone located in the Press Room (collect calls
only) or from the public payphones in the Post Office in the basement of the Peace Palace.
5. Verbatim records of the hearings will be published daily on the Court's website
(www.icj-cij.org), with translations to follow as soon as practicable thereafter.
Information Department:
Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Secretary ofthe Court, Head ofDepartment (+31 (0)70 302 2336)
Messrs. Boris Heim and Maxime Schouppe, Information Officers (+31 (0)70 302 2337)
Ms Joanne Moore, Assistant Information Officer (+31 (0)70 302 2394)
Maritime Delimitation between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) - Schedule of the public hearings which will open on Monday 5 March 2007