Earlier this afternoon the ICJ delivered its Chagos advisory opinion. Briefly, the Court found that the separation of the Chagos archipelago from the British colony of Mauritius was…

In our previous post we discussed the prospects of the International Court of Justice giving an Advisory Opinion, as requested…

As Marko has noted in this post, last week Thursday, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution requesting the International…

Yesterday the UN General Assembly voted, by 94 to 15 with 65 states abstaining, to issue a request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice…

On 1 April 2010, the UK declared the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the Chagos Archipelago. The Archipelago is one of 14 remaining British overseas…