English Legal Practice

Essequibo
The Essequibo territory is geographically located in the extreme east of
Venezuela, this Zone in Reclamation covers from Punta de Playa to the
mouth of the Essequibo River.
The importance of the reclamation of the Essequibo territory, a historical
dispossession that includes an important land area and maritime
projection

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Essequibo?
The History of At the time of independence from
Essequibo Spanish rule, Venezuela's territoriality
remained within the limits of the former
Captaincy General of Venezuela 1777.
The interest of the English in the
territory was sparked by the expeditions
carried out by explorer Robert
Schomburgk, who was in the service of
the British to trace the border line
between Venezuela and British Guyana,
known as the colonies of Esequibo,
Demerara and Berbice to the east of the
Esequibo River, which previously
belonged to the Dutch.
The History of
Essequibo Schomburgk's lines refer to a set of lines
that represent the expansionist
pretensions of Great Britain to usurp
Venezuelan territory.

In 1877 the Treaty of Washington was

signed where the United States of
America would represent Venezuela in
order to defend its territorial integrity
before Great Britain in an arbitration
award, in order to resolve the territorial
border dispute under arbitration.
The History of
Essequibo
The Paris arbitration award of 1899 ruled
a fraudulent dispossession, with defects
in the form and substance of its content,
as a result of a deal or transaction
between the arbitrators.
 Aspects to be considered The 1899
arbitration award is null and void.
The arbitral tribunal did not determine
which was the boundary line according
Flaws in the judgment, to the Utis Possidetis Juris legal
such as the absence of a principle that addresses the legal
possession of the territory according
sufficient motivation. to historical titles.

The arbitral tribunal did not

value the legitimate titles Alleged
that Venezuela inherited falsification of
from Spain under the former
Captaincy General. border traces
The Geneva The agreement was a
historic diplomatic
Accord of 1966 achievement for
Venezuela, reopening
the possibility of
resolving the border
dispute that had been
considered concluded
in the 1899 arbitration
award.
 The government of
International Guyana filed a lawsuit
against Venezuela
Court of Justice before the
International Court of
Justice, regarding the
validity of the 1899
arbitration award and
the demarcation of the
land border between
Guyana and
Venezuela.
 In December 2020, the
International Court of Justice
International ruled that it has jurisdiction to
decide on the petition filed by
Court of Justice Guyana regarding the validity
of the 1899 Arbitral Award, as
well as the related issue of the
definitive demarcation of the
land boundary between
Guyana and Venezuela, having
jurisdiction over the facts
prior to the signing of the
Geneva Agreement.