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Title:International Dispute Settlement: Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria: Origin of the Dispute and Provisional Measures
Author:Bekong, Njinkeng JuliusISNI
Year:1997
Periodical:African Journal of International and Comparative Law
Volume:9
Issue:2
Period:June
Pages:287-310
Language:English
Geographic terms:Nigeria
Cameroon
Subjects:boundaries
International Court of Justice
Inter-African Relations
international relations
Law, Human Rights and Violence
External link:https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/afjincol9&id=299&collection=journals&index=journals/afjincol
Abstract:The border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria over the Bakassi peninsula and a part of the territory of Cameroon in the area of Lake Chad, currently before the International Court of Justice, illustrates some of the intricacies that encompass the Court's functioning and is a landmark case in the Court's history. It is in this case that the Court has, for the first time, granted provisional measures over and above those requested by the applicant State. In the present article the author considers the origin of the dispute through a historical survey of what happened until the time when Cameroon filed its application instituting proceedings against Nigeria (29 March 1994 and an additional application on 6 June 1994). A serious confrontation between the armed forces of Cameroon and Nigeria on 3 February 1996 prompted Cameroon to apply for the granting of interim measures of protection until the Court had reached a final decision. In the second part of the article, the author analyses the provisional measures, looking at Cameroon's application for the indication of the measures, Nigeria's objections to the granting of the measures and the Court's Order in relation to the measures, and concluding with a commentary. Notes, ref.
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