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Case Concerning the Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal)

Yugoslavia Peace Conference, Arbitration Commission.  02 March 1990 ; 12 November 1991 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Arbitration — Award — Validity — Award adopted by two votes to one — President of Tribunal voting in favour of Award but appending separate declaration — Whether contradiction between operative part of Award and separate declaration — Whether annulling President's vote — Arbitrator absent from delivery of Award — Effect of absence — Reasoning of Award — Whether sufficient — Arbitration Agreement posing two questions to tribunal — Second question not answered in Award — Whether answer to second question unnecessary in light of answer to first question — Allegations of excès de pouvoir

International Court of Justice — Provisional measures of protection — Whether Court must satisfy itself it has jurisdiction on the merits before indicating provisional measures — Relationship between provisional measures requested and dispute before the Court — Court seised of dispute concerning validity of Arbitral Award regarding maritime boundaries — Arrest of vessels fishing in disputed area — Whether Court should indicate provisional measures concerning arrest of vessels — Whether sufficiently connected with dispute before the Court

International Court of Justice — Jurisdiction — Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 36(2) — Challenge to the validity of Arbitral Award — Whether within jurisdiction of the Court

Sea — Maritime boundaries — Delimitation — Agreement between France and Portugal regarding maritime boundaries between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau — Whether valid — Arbitral Award upholding validity of Agreement

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Case Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 1993

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