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📌 EXAMPLE DECISIONS BY INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE THAT SUPPORTS TURKEY’S THESIS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

1-Germany/Netherlands/Denmark
2-Tunisia/Libya
3-France/UK
4-Libya/Malta
5-Canada/France
6-Eritrea/Yemen
7-Romania/Ukraine

#Turkey

🇩🇪🇳🇱🇩🇰 NORTH SEA CONTINENTAL SHELF CASE [1969]

•In this particular case, while the Netherlands and Denmark were defending “equal distance”solution, Germany opposed and offered another solution overcome the dispute via application of equitable principles. >>>

>>> The court the justified Germany by issuing changes to the dispersion of the continental shelf. Consequently, the German maritime jurisdiction area has surpassed the Netherlands and Denmark.

#Germany #Denmark #Netherlands

🇹🇳🇱🇾 TUNISIA-LIBYA CASE [1982]

•Although both states defended a solution with the “natural prolongation” method, Libya demanded the utilization of the method based on the landmass while Tunisia requested based on coastal entity. >>>

>>> As a result of the court decisions, the Tunisian island of Djerba, close to the Libyan shore was not affected, but the Kerkennah island close to the Tunisian coast was partially affected.

#Tunisia #Libya #تونس #ليبيا

🇫🇷🇬🇧 FRANCE-THE UNITED KINGDOM CASE [1977]

•In this particular case, while France claimed that the English Channel Region was situated over the Atlantic, the United Kingdom demanded a solution with the utilization of the “equal distance” method for delimitation. >>>

>>> The Court ruled to issue a mid-channel median line over the English Channel and recognized the maritime jurisdiction of the British islands positioned over the other side of the line as the status of territorial waters.

#France #UnitedKingdom

🇱🇾🇲🇹 LIBYA-MALTA CASE [1985]

•Even though the dispute among the two countries was based on the continental shelf, the concept of EEZ had a direct influence on the delimitation due to the overlapping status between the continental shelf and the EEZ within 200 miles area. >>>

>>> Considering the equitability principle, the court has ruled to consider physical natural extension irrelevant if the continental shelf is narrower than 200 miles. As a result, the maritime border between #Malta and Libya were determined according to the ratio of the countries

🇨🇦🇫🇷 CANADA-FRANCE CASE [1992]

•The court emphasised the segregation of maritime jurisdiction area -a continuation of the mainland- by external parties as a violation of the equity principles. >>>

>>> In this context, the court has limited the maritime jurisdiction areas of the French islands close to the Canadian Coast to prevent a possible cessation.

#Canada #France

🇪🇷🇾🇪 ERITREA-YEMEN CASE [1999]

•Eritrea and Yemen have appealed to the International Court of justice over a dispute related to the sovereignty of islands, islets, and rock in the Red Sea. >>>

>>> The court ruled to establish an equidistance line the between two countries after considering the disputed islands irrelevant.

#Eritrea #Yemen #RedSea

🇷🇴🇺🇦 ROMANIA-UKRAINE CASE [2009]

•Romania and Ukraine have appealed to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to overcome their dispute on the limitation of maritime jurisdictions. The ICJ ruled the Snake Islands insufficient to limit the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ)

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— @clashreport