Guyana v. Venezuela at the ICJ: the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 case has been heard on the merits
Background
The case is titled Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela) at the International Court of Justice.
Guyana filed its Application instituting proceedings on 29 March 2018.
It concerns the 1899 Arbitral Award, which determined the boundary between the two nations.
On 6 April 2023 the Court delivered its judgment on the preliminary objection raised by Venezuela, after which the case proceeded to the merits.
Public hearings on the merits were held from 4 to 11 May 2026; the case is now in the merits phase.
In plain words
ICJ International Court of Justice — The principal judicial organ of the United Nations, seated in The Hague.
Merits phase Merits phase — The stage in which the Court decides the substance of the dispute after jurisdiction is settled.