MARITIME DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BETWEEN EL SALVADOR AND HONDURAS BY INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: AN EXPERIENCE FOR VIETNAM
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On December 11th 1986, Honduras and El Salvador sumitted a copy of the Special Agreement requesting to settle their disputes over land and sea to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case was resolved by the ICJ in a final judgment on September 11th1992. Through the Judgement, ICJ clarified the legal status of the historic bay and application of the principle ofeffective occupation;which becomes experiences for Vietnam in settling disputes of sovereignty over islands and delimitation of the sea, as well as using evidences and interventing in the International Court of Justice.