World Court rules against Venezuela’s preliminary objection on border case – -substantive hearing can now proceed

By Femi Harris-Smith
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday ruled in Guyana’s favour that its case before it seeking to affirm the validity of the 1899 Arbitral Award settling the boundaries between it and Venezuela is admissible; and that the United Kingdom has no place in the proceedings as Caracas has sought to argue.

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