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13 JULY 2009JUDGMENTCASE CONCERNING THE DISPUTE REGARDINGNAVIGATIONAL AND RELATED RIGHTS(COSTA RICA
v.
NICARAGUA)___________AFFAIRE DU DIFFÉREND RELATIF À DES DROITS DE NAVIGATIONET DES DROITS CONNEXES(COSTA RICA c. NICARAGUA)13 JUILLET 2009ARRÊT
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ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
Paragraphs
C
HRONOLOGY OF THE PROCEDURE
1-14I. G
EOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND ORIGIN OF THEDISPUTE
15-29II. C
OSTA
R
ICA
’
S RIGHT OF FREE NAVIGATION ON THE
S
AN
J
UAN RIVER
30-841. The legal basis of the right of free navigation 32-41
2.
The extent of the right of free navigation attributed to Costa Rica
42-84
(a)
The meaning and scope of the expression “librenavegación . . . con objetos de comercio”
43-71
(i) Preliminary observations 47-49
(ii) The meaning of the phrase “con objetos” 50-56
(iii) The meaning of the word “commerce” 57-71
(b)
The activities covered by the right of free navigationbelonging to Costa Rica
72-84
(i) Private navigation 73-79
(ii) “Official vessels” 80-84
III. N
ICARAGUA
’
S POWER OF REGULATION OF NAVIGATION
85-1331. General observations 86-101(a)
Characteristics
87-90(b)
Notification
91-97(c)
The factual context
98-1012. The legality of the specific Nicaraguan measures challenged byCosta Rica 102-133
(a)
Requirement to stop and identification
103-107
(b)
Departure clearance certificates
108-110
(c)
Visas and tourist cards
111-119
(d)
Charges
120-124
(e)
Timetabling
125-129
(f)
Flags
130-132
(g)
Conclusion
133
IV. S
UBSISTENCE FISHING
134-144V. T
HE CLAIMS MADE BY THE
P
ARTIES IN THEIR FINAL SUBMISSIONS
145-1551. The claims of Costa Rica 145-150
2. The claims of Nicaragua 151-155O
PERATIVE CLAUSE
156___________
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICEYEAR 2009200913 JulyGeneral ListNo. 13313 July 2009CASE CONCERNING THE DISPUTE REGARDINGNAVIGATIONAL AND RELATED RIGHTS(COSTA RICA
v.
NICARAGUA)
Geographical and historical context and origin of the dispute.The San Juan river
⎯
Border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
⎯
History of Costa Ricaand Nicaragua after independence
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War on the filibusters
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1858 Treaty of Limits
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1888 Cleveland Award
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Demarcation of the boundary
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1916 decision of the Central AmericanCourt of Justice
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1956 Fournier-Sevilla Agreement
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Incidents relating to navigation on theSan Juan
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1995 Cuadra-Castro Communiqué
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Prohibition by Nicaragua of navigation of Costa Rican police vessels
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1998 Cuadra-Lizano Communiqué
⎯
2002 Tovar-Caldera Agreement
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Proceedings instituted before the Court by Costa Rica
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No objections to the jurisdiction of the Court raised by Nicaragua.
*
Costa Rica’s right of free navigation on the San Juan river. Legal basis of the right of free navigation
⎯
No need for the Court to decide whether theSan Juan is an “international river”
⎯
The 1858 Treaty is sufficient to settle the question of theextent of Costa Rica’s right of free navigation
⎯
Costa Rica’s right of free navigation mainlybased on Article VI of the 1858 Treaty
⎯
Relevance of the Cleveland Award, the 1916 decision of the Central American Court of Justice and the Fournier-Sevilla Agreement.
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