International Court of Justice case France v. United Kingdom (1953)

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The International Court of Justice case France v. United Kingdom (1953) was a territorial dispute in which the ICJ adjudicated sovereignty over the Channel Islands groups of Les Écréhous and Minquiers between the two states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf International Court of Justice case ⓘ
territorial dispute ⓘ
applicableLaw international law ⓘ
applicantState France ⓘ
appliedPrinciple display of state authority ⓘ
effectivités ⓘ
historic title ⓘ
bindingOn France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
caseNumber not formally numbered (cited by name and year) ⓘ
category ICJ territorial and boundary cases ⓘ
citation I.C.J. Reports 1953, p. 47 ⓘ
countryOfCourt Netherlands ⓘ
court International Court of Justice ⓘ
decidingBody Plenary International Court of Justice ⓘ
decisionDate 1953-11-17 ⓘ
decisionForm judgment ⓘ
disputedTerritory Les Écréhous ⓘ
Minquiers ⓘ
linked to: Les Minquiers
disputeType sovereignty over islands ⓘ
field public international law ⓘ
geographicArea Channel Islands ⓘ
holding United Kingdom had a better title to the Minquiers and Ecrehos than France ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalIssue territorial sovereignty ⓘ
title to islands and maritime features ⓘ
methodOfSettlement judicial settlement ⓘ
officialName Case concerning the Minquiers and Ecrehos (France v. United Kingdom) ⓘ
outcome sovereignty awarded to the United Kingdom ⓘ
party French Republic ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
precedentFor later ICJ territorial sovereignty cases ⓘ
procedure special agreement ⓘ
region English Channel ⓘ
relatedTo Channel Islands ⓘ
Jersey ⓘ
Normandy coast ⓘ
linked to: Normandy
respondentState United Kingdom ⓘ
resultForFrance claims to sovereignty over Minquiers and Ecrehos rejected ⓘ
resultForUnitedKingdom sovereignty over Minquiers and Ecrehos confirmed ⓘ
seatOfCourt The Hague ⓘ
shortName Minquiers and Ecrehos case ⓘ
subfield law of territory ⓘ
law of the sea ⓘ
subjectMatter delimitation of sovereignty over small islands and rocks ⓘ
yearDecided 1953 ⓘ

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Les Écréhous → subjectOf → International Court of Justice case France v. United Kingdom (1953) ⓘ
France v. United Kingdom (1953) → officialName → Case concerning the Minquiers and Ecrehos (France v. United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: International Court of Justice case France v. United Kingdom (1953)
France v. United Kingdom (1953) → citation → I.C.J. Reports 1953, p. 47 ⓘ
linked to: International Court of Justice case France v. United Kingdom (1953)