Guatemala’s Application to Intervene in the Sapodilla Cayes Case: An Impermissible Intervention by an Indispensable Party?

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Sanmay Moitra is a Research Assistant at ‘Human Rights in Practice’ and an Advanced LLM Candidate in Public International Law at Leiden University. He has previously studied international law at the University of Oxford and Georgetown University.

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Guatemala’s Application to Intervene in the Sapodilla Cayes Case: An Impermissible Intervention by an Indispensable Party?

December 22, 2025

Sanmay Moitra

The International Court of Justice recently heard oral arguments by Guatemala, Belize and Honduras on Guatemala’s application to intervene under Article 62 of the Statute in the case concerning Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes (Belize v Honduras). Guatemala’s prima facie grounds for intervention are straightforward: it is one of the three parties (in addition to Belize and…