Reference no: EM13882997

Territorial Disputes and International Law: The Case of Guyana and Venezuela.

Introduction

The factors that have caused territorial contentions in the past 20 years such as oil and nationalistic pride. Where in the world do the vast majority of border disputes take place, former colonies, low GDP, Mari time partitions.

1. What Constitutes a State, a Short History of Guyanese Sovereignty?

a. The Schomburgk Line, a vestige of British Colonialism.
b. Lessons in Arbitration and Accusations of Corruption

2. Sovereignty Over Land: Precedents of the International Court of Justice

a. Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia, 2013)
b. Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador v. Honduras, 2003)

3. Resolutions To A Contentious Issue-

a. The Recourse for Territorial Disputes.
h. The Application of Statutes and Doctrines Upheld by the ICJ

Conclusion

Possible scenarios and recourses for Venezuela when it is disappointed with ICJ's judgment. The effect this case will have on future contentious territorial disputes.