The Saga of the 1858 Treaty of Limits: The Cases Against Costa Rica

Daniel Müller (1)

1 CEDIN - Centre de droit international de Nanterre

The Treaty of Limits concluded between Nicaragua and Costa Rica in 1858 was aimed at determining the land boundary along the San Juan River and at establishing a specific regime of navigational rights in respect of part of this river. It became the source of constant differences and disputes between the two States. Some of these disputes concerning the interpretation and the application of the 1858 Treaty were submitted to arbitration in the late nineteenth century and to the Central American Court of Justice in the early twentieth century. Since 2005, both States have submitted four cases to the International Court of Justice concerning the course of the boundary determined in the 1858 Treaty and the scope of the navigational rights granted within this instrument.

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Daniel Müller. The Saga of the 1858 Treaty of Limits: The Cases Against Costa Rica. Obregon, Edgardo Sobenes and Samson, Benjamin. Nicaragua Before the International Court of Justice: Impacts on International Law, Springer International Publishing, pp.85 112, 2018, 978-3-319-62961-2. ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-62962-9_5⟩. ⟨hal-01783181⟩