Asian Approaches to International Law and the Legacy of Colonialism by Paik Jin-Hyun;Lee Seok-Woo;Tan Kevin Y. L.; & Seok-Woo Lee & Kevin Y.L. Tan

Author:Paik, Jin-Hyun;Lee, Seok-Woo;Tan, Kevin Y. L.; & Seok-Woo Lee & Kevin Y.L. Tan [Jin-Hyun Paik]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1024489
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group

Notes

1 Surya P. Sharma, Territorial Acquisition, Disputes and International Law (The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1997, pp. 265–266).

2 On how Malaysia and Singapore agreed to have the case determined by the ICJ, see S. Jayakumar, Diplomacy: A Singapore Experience (Singapore, Straits Times Press, 2011, pp. 178–181).

3 Sovereignty Over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia v Singapore), ICJ 23 May 2008.

4 The technical and legal details of this dispute have been admirably summarised in R. Haller-Trost, The Contested Maritime and Territorial Boundaries of Malaysia: An International Law Perspective (London, Kluwer Law International, 1998, pp. 261–294).

5 S. Jayakumar and Tommy Koh, Pedra Branca: The Road to the World Court (Singapore, NUS Press & MFA Diplomatic Academy, 2009, p. 8) [hereinafter ‘Jayakumar & Koh’].

6 Ibid, at 9.

7 Ibid, at 2–3.

8 Ibid, at 3; and Reply of Singapore, Case Concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore), vol. 3, annex 51 [hereinafter ‘Reply of Singapore’].

9 Jayakumar and Koh, supra note 1 at 1–34.

10 Article 36(2) of the ICJ Statute reads:

The states parties to the present Statute may at any time declare that they recognize as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other state accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court in all legal disputes concerning:

the interpretation of a treaty;

any question of international law;

the existence of any fact which, if established, would constitute a breach of an international obligation;

the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the breach of an international obligation.

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