UN court decides to hear case between Kenya and Somalia concerning maritime delimitation

By an Order dated 2 February 2017, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has fixed 18 December 2017 as the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Republic of Kenya in the case concerning Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya).
This decision follows the Judgment delivered the same day, in which the Court found that it
has jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the dispute between the Federal Republic of Somalia and the
Republic of Kenya concerning maritime delimitation in the Indian Ocean and that Somalia’s
Application is admissible.

The subsequent procedure has been reserved for further decision.
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