The Advisory Opinion of The International Court of Justice on the Chagos Archipelago: An Anticipatory Analysis (Part I, II & III)
Déjà Vu in The Hague – the relevance of the Chagos arbitral award to the proceedings before the ICJ
1. Introduction On 18 March 2015, an UNCLOS Annex VII tribunal constituted under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued its award in the Chagos Arbitration, finding that the UK’s establishment of a Maritime Protected Area (MPA) in the archipelago was in violation of international law.[1] The decision features among the documents attached...