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Current Legal Developments

Current Legal Developments 581 Current Legal Developments International Court of Justice Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia) On 13 December 1999, the International Court of Justice gave judgment in the Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (BotswanaINamibia).1 The parties were the southern African states of Botswana and Namibia and their dispute concerned a small island in the Chobe River-a matter that had been the subject of a decade of difference. Background The parties are neighbours-Namibia is on the south-west coast of Africa and to its east is Botswana. A narrow finger of land, the Caprivi Strip, protrudes from Namibia and runs along Botswana's northern border The island at the centre of this case, known as "Kasikili" in Namibia and "Sedudu" in Botswana"3 ("the island"), is located in the part of the Chobe River which divides the Botswana territory to the south from the Namibian Caprivi Strip to the north and which also divides north-south around the island. The boundary around and the legal status of this island had been the subject of dispute between the parties throughout the last decade beginning shortly after Namibian independence (in 1990).4 In the early 1990s the parties with the assistance of Zimbabwe appointed a Joint Team of Technical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

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Brill
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© 2000 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-3522
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1571-8085
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10.1163/157180800X00262
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581 Current Legal Developments International Court of Justice Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia) On 13 December 1999, the International Court of Justice gave judgment in the Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (BotswanaINamibia).1 The parties were the southern African states of Botswana and Namibia and their dispute concerned a small island in the Chobe River-a matter that had been the subject of a decade of difference. Background The parties are neighbours-Namibia is on the south-west coast of Africa and to its east is Botswana. A narrow finger of land, the Caprivi Strip, protrudes from Namibia and runs along Botswana's northern border The island at the centre of this case, known as "Kasikili" in Namibia and "Sedudu" in Botswana"3 ("the island"), is located in the part of the Chobe River which divides the Botswana territory to the south from the Namibian Caprivi Strip to the north and which also divides north-south around the island. The boundary around and the legal status of this island had been the subject of dispute between the parties throughout the last decade beginning shortly after Namibian independence (in 1990).4 In the early 1990s the parties with the assistance of Zimbabwe appointed a Joint Team of Technical

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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2000

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