Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute
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Perú v. Chile (also called the Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute) was a public international law case concerning a territorial dispute between the South American republics of Peru and Chile over the sovereignty of an area at sea in the Pacific Ocean approximately 37,900 square kilometres (14,600 sq mi) in size. Peru contended that its maritime boundary delimitation with Chile was not fixed, but Chile claimed that it holds no outstanding border issues with Peru. On January 16, 2008, Peru brought forth the case to the International Court of Justice at The Hague, the Netherlands, which accepted the case and formally filed it as the Case concerning maritime delimitation between the Republic of Peru and the Republic of Chile - Perú v. Chile.
The dispute primarily concerned an area at sea between the parallel that crosses the end point of the land border between Chile and Peru, and the bisecting line perpendicular to the coasts of Chile and Peru. This line was formed by the overlapping of the baselines of both countries, forming a trapezoid of 67,139.4 square kilometres (25,922.7 sq mi). Peru requested an equitable division of the maritime territory, but Chile demanded sovereignty over approximately 38,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi) of the territory. On a secondary level, the dispute included the status of a maritime triangle to the left of the aforementioned trapezoid, approximately 28,471.86 square kilometres (10,993.05 sq mi) in size, which Chile considered a part of the international waters and Peru as a part of its maritime domain.
Facts
The background of this dispute goes back to the mid-1980s. In 1985, the then Foreign Minister of Peru,
Chile ratified the
Public discussion on this subject was revived in 2005, when the Congress of Peru began to process a bill on determining the baseline of maritime domain, which are sequences of points that determine where it finishes the coastal edge and therefore begins the territorial sea as such, setting the width of the maritime domain of Peru to the distance of 200 nautical miles, using a line bisector in the south, bordering with Chile. The Peruvian law was passed and promulgated on November 3, 2005.
On January 16, 2008, the government of Peru introduced in the International Court of Justice the "Case Concerning Maritime Delimitation between the Republic of Peru and the Republic of Chile", also called Peru v. Chile. The case is meant to adjudicate the re-delimitation of the maritime border between these two countries.
In the case, Peru, whose legal team included jurist
Judgment
On January 27, 2014, in the final ruling of the Court, Peru gained some maritime territory. The maritime boundary extends only to 80 nautical miles off of the coast. From that point, the new border runs in a southwest direction to a point that is 200 miles equidistant from the coast of the two countries.
Under the ruling, Chile lost control over part of its formerly claimed maritime territory and gives additional maritime territory to Peru.
From the 27 January 2014 court press release: [1] The Court concludes that the maritime boundary between the Parties starts at the intersection of the parallel of latitude passing through Boundary Marker No. 1 with the low-water line, and extends for 80 nautical miles along that parallel of latitude to Point A. From this point, the maritime boundary runs along the equidistance line to Point B, and then along the 200-nautical-mile limit measured from the Chilean baselines to Point C. In view of the circumstances of the case, the Court has defined the course of the maritime boundary between the Parties without determining the precise geographical co-ordinates.*[4]
Significance
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See also
- Arica y Parinacota controversy
- Atacama Desert border dispute
- Chilean–Peruvian territorial dispute
- Foreign policy of the Ollanta Humala administration
- List of International Court of Justice cases
References
- ^ "Murió Vicente Ugarte del Pino, miembro de equipo ante La Haya". El Comercio (Peru). 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ BBC News, Chile-Peru spat over sea border. Retrieved on January 27, 2007.
- ^ CORDER, MIKE (27 January 2014). "World court draws new Peru-Chile maritime border". ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ El Voluntario, February 8, 2012 http://www.elvoluntario.com/index20120229.shtml
- ^ a b La Segunda, January 27, 2014 http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Politica/2014/01/910056/fuertes-criticas-de-parlamentarios-aqui-chile-no-ha-ganado-nada-hemos-perdido
- ^ a b La Estrella de Arica, January 27, 2014 http://www.estrellaarica.cl/impresa/2014/01/27/full/4/ Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ La Segunda, January 28, 2014 http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Politica/2014/01/910188/Ex-presidente-Lagos-No-entiendo-por-que-el-paralelo-es-hasta-las-80-millas-y-despues-se-quiebra
- ^ La Segunda, January 28, 2014 http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Politica/2014/01/910324/munoz-se-abre-a-debatir-retiro-de-chile-de-pacto-de-bogota-es-una-discusion-legitima
- ^ La Segunda, February 11, 2014 http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/Politica/2014/02/913578/presidente-pidio-informe-de-pros-y-contras-ante-retiro-de-pacto-de-bogota
External links
- Peru v. Chile Maritime Dispute on the docket of International Court of Justice and Peru Takes Chile to UN World Court of 16 January 2008 and BBC and Peru ICJ Team and Chile ICJ Team and GAR Listing Both ICJ Teams of 16 January 2008
- All court documents: https://web.archive.org/web/20140130064247/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=2&case=137