scholarly journals Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary Between Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean--Lessons from Another Maritime Delimitation Case Arising from the African Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin E. Egede ◽  
Lawrence Apaalse

Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundaries Between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean (Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire), Judgment, 23 September 2017 Contents ** I. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND II. JURISDICTION OF SPECIAL CHAMBER AND APPLICABLE LAW III. THE EXISTENCE OF A TACIT AGREEMENT A....


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 507-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantinos Yiallourides

On 23 September 2017, a Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) unanimously fixed the course of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and, thus, ended a long-standing dispute between the two West African neighbours. In addition to maritime delimitation, the legal reasoning and conclusions drawn in the judgment – especially in view of the Special Chamber's Provisional Measures Order of 25 April 2017 – are significant, in that they shed light on states' rights and obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in respect of undelimited maritime areas, and also on the potential to respond meaningfully to unilateral resource-related activities in disputed waters through recourse to provisional measures of protection. The present article examines the key aspects of the Special Chamber's ruling and highlights some issues of practical significance for the future conduct of unilateral petroleum activities in disputed maritime areas.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Churchill

Abstract This is the latest in a series of annual surveys in this Journal reviewing dispute settlement in the law of the sea, both under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and outside the framework of the Convention. It covers developments in 2017. The most significant developments during the year were the judgment of the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in the Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire maritime boundary case and the final award of the tribunal in the Croatia/Slovenia arbitration. There were also a number of less significant developments.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Thérèse Agbessi-Kouassi ◽  
Aubin Tchapé Gbagbo ◽  
Wolfgang Toussaint Yapo ◽  
Claude Bérenger Ngalemo Ngantchouko ◽  
Carine Nina Ablé ◽  
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