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Modified by PolGeoNow from map included in public court documents (original created by International Mapping).
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Latest World Court Ruling: Nicaragua v. Colombia Sea Dispute
Judgments handed down by the UN's International Court of Justice (ICJ) - also known by semi-official nickname "the World Court" - can be pretty interesting to political geography nerds like us. Often they establish new land and sea borders or end long-running territorial disputes, as you might have seen in our past coverage of the Burkina Faso/Niger, Peru v. Chile, Costa Rica v. Nicaragua, and Somalia v. Kenya cases.