International Court of Justice Rules on Maritime Boundary Between Peru and Chile (January 27, 2014) [1]
On January 27, 2014, the International Court of Justice rendered its Judgment [3] in the case concerning the Maritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile) and defined the course of the maritime boundary between Peru and Chile. According to the press release [4], the Court, in reaching its conclusion, considered whether there was an agreed maritime boundary between Peru and Chile, as well as the nature, extent, and starting-point of the agreed maritime boundary. The Court also ruled on the course of the maritime boundary from “Point A,” which was the “endpoint of the existing maritime boundary.” The press release also notes that the Court did not determine precise geographical co-ordinates because the parties had not asked it to do so, and thus the Court “expects that the Parties will determine these co-ordinates in accordance with the Judgment, in the spirit of good neighbourliness.”