Decided 17 November 1953 | ||
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Full case name Minquiers and Ecrehos (France/United Kingdom) Ruling court International Court of Justice Similar Fisheries case, Corfu Channel case, Nottebohm case, North Sea Continental Shelf cases, Case Concerning Barcelon | ||
France v United Kingdom [1953] ICJ 3 (also called the Minquiers and Ecrehos Case) was an International Court of Justice case concerning sovereignty over seas.
Contents
Facts
The UK and France requested that the ICJ determine which country held sovereignty over the islets and rocks in the Minquiers and Écréhous groups. France claimed sovereignty because it fished in the waters and because of its historic sovereignty over the area going back to the Duchy of Normandy in the eleventh century, whilst the UK claimed that Jersey had historically exercised legal and administrative jurisdiction over them.
Judgment
Initially requested on 5 December 1951, the ICJ decided on 17 November 1953 that sovereignty over the islands belonged to the United Kingdom.
References
Minquiers and Ecrehos case Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA