HAGUE (CMC):
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will this week rule whether it has jurisdiction in the border dispute filed by Guyana against Venezuela, which is seeking to confirm full legal validity of the 1899 arbitral award, which established the international boundary between the two countries.
The ICJ said it will hand down the ruling at a public sitting on Friday.
Former Commonwealth Secretary General, Sir Shridath Ramphal had led the Guyana team of lawyers who outlined the country’s case on June 30.
He had argued that Guyana’s collective patrimony is at the very centre of the case and that the people of Guyana were united in the defence of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their homeland.