III. Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria <i>(Cameroon v Nigeria:: Equatorial Guinea Intervening)</i>, Merits, Judgment of 10 October 2002

Abstract

On 10 October 2002 the International Court of Justice gave its decision on the merits in the case brought by the Republic of Cameroon against the Federal Republic of Nigeria over their land and maritime boundary. The judgment, which addresses a number of issues of general international law concerning maritime boundaries and territorial sovereignty, as well as providing a detailed treatment of the particular facts, concludes a case that began in 1994 and has had an unusual history. As this background had a significant bearing on the eventual outcome, a brief recapitulation may be useful.