INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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Website: www.icj-cij.org
Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2007/19
13 September 2007
Maritime Delimitation between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea
(Nicaragua v. Honduras)
Court to deliver its Judgment on Monday 8 October 2007 at 3 p.m.
THE HAGUE, 13 September 2007. On Monday 8 October 2007, the International Court of
Justice(ICJ), principal judicial organ of the Un ited Nations, will deliver its Judgment in the case
concerning Maritime Delimitation be tween Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea
(Nicaragua v. Honduras).
A public sitting will take place at 3 p.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which the
President of the Court, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, will read the Court’s Judgment.
History of the proceedings
The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Release No.2006/31 of 19July 2006,
available on the Court’s website at www.icj-cij.org.
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N OTE TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC
1. The public sitting will be held in the Gr eat 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 Dplomatic Corps and the general public) are not
subject to an admission procedure. However, groups of five persons or more are kindly requested
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 Candar, click on “Attending a Hearing”, then under
Admission for Groups, click on “Online Application Form”). - 2 -
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)
Maritime Delimitation between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) - Court to deliver its Judgment on Monday 8 October 2007 at 3 p.m.