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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Catharine A. Hartzenbusch
Catharine A. Hartzenbusch*
Affiliation:
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Tufts University
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International Decisions
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , July 1992 , pp. 553 - 558
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1992

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References

1 1991 ICJ Rep. 53, 56, para. 10.

2 Id. at 57, paras. 12–13.

3 Id. at 58, para. 14 (quoting Arbitration Agreement, Art. 2).

4 Id. at 59, para. 14 (quoting Arbitration Agreement, Art. 10).

5 Mr. Gros had been Director of Legal Affairs in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the negotiation of the 1960 Agreement. Application of Guinea-Bissau, at 6, para. 6.

6 1991 ICJ REP. at 59–60, paras. 15–16 (quoting award, para. 85).

7 Id. at 60, para. 17 (quoting award, para. 87).

8 Id., para. 19 (quoting declaration of President Barberis).

9 Id. at 61, para. 20 (quoting dissenting opinion of Arbitrator Bedjaoui).

10 Arbitral Award made by the King of Spain on 22 December 1906 (Hond. v. Nicar.), 1960 ICJ Rep. 192, 214 (Judgment of Nov. 18).

11 1991 ICJ Rep. at 63, paras. 26–27. The Court did not say that Barberis’s declaration was or was not a part of the award. Id.

12 Id. at 64, paras. 31–32.

13 Id. at 67, para. 41.

14 On paragraph 87 of the award, see text at and note 7 supra.

15 1991 ICJ Rep. at 68, para. 43.

16 Id. at 69, para. 47.

17 Id. at 69–70, para. 48 (quoting South West Africa Cases (Eth. v. S. Afr.; Liber, v. S. Afr.) (Preliminary Objections), 1962 ICJ Rep. 319, 336 (Judgment of Dec. 21)). The Court also cited Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, opened for signature May 23, 1969, 1155 UNTS 331, as reflecting these principles, and stated that they “may in many respects be considered as a codification of existing customary international law on the point.” Id. at 70.

18 Id. at 70, para. 49 (quoting Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area, 1984 ICJ Rep. 246, 266, para. 23 (Judgment of Oct. 12)).

19 Id., para. 50 (quoting Arbitration Agreement, Art. 2) (emphasis added).

20 Id., para. 51.

21 Id. at 70–71.

22 Id. at 71, para. 53.

23 Id. at 72, para. 55.

24 See note 10 supra.