Attention! Hague Court rules in favor of Nicaragua in maritime boundary dispute with Colombia

From 10 in the morning in The Hague (Netherlands), 3 in the morning in Colombia, the International Court of Justice began to read the ruling regarding the dispute with Nicaragua that in 2017 sued the country for carrying out incursions into the maritime area that has belonged to the Central American country since 2016.

Although in court they considered that there was indeed a violation of that nation's rights over that portion of the sea, they urged that there be a negotiation to allow raizal fishermen to have access to the Nicaraguan sea.

On this subject, however, they pointed out that there was not enough documentation to consider that it was an ancestral activity as argued from Colombia, and that it has not been possible to verify that this community has been excluded to fish in the maritime zone.

According to Nicaragua, the Colombian National Navy continues to operate in waters of the Caribbean Sea that are no longer part of its jurisdiction. In addition, they say that the issuance of Decree 1946 of 2013, which establishes the Integral Contiguous Zone of the Archipelago, the Government of Colombia omits the changes that should have occurred on the map after the ruling.

In response to this demand, Colombia countersued Nicaragua. According to the Colombian Foreign Ministry, “Nicaragua has violated the artisanal fishing rights of the inhabitants of the archipelago, in particular the Raizal community, to access and operate their traditional fishing banks.”

In addition, according to Colombia, Nicaragua would have issued a decree in its own legislation that would be contrary to international law and would be seeking to add even more marine areas than it had already won in court, to the detriment of Colombia.

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