Barbados vs The Republic of Trinidad & Tobago Maritime Arbitration

Presented here are scans from the actual judgement handed down on the Arbitration of the Maritime dispute between Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago. The award of the Arbitral Tribunal of The International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea in the Hague is final. The whole decision (all 139 pages of it) can be found online. The maps presented here sum it up at a glance. Look at Barbados's outrageous maritime claims! Tough luck Barbados.

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Fig 1. The maritime claim lines as put forward by Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.

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Fig. 2 - ITLOS decision as to the final maritime boundaries.

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References

Fig. 1 - Schwebel SM, Brownlie I, Lowe V, Vicuna FO, Watts A. Arbitral Tribunal Constituted Pursuant to Article 287, and in accordance with Annex VII, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea In the Matter of an Arbitration Between: Barbados and The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: Award of the Arbitral Tribunal. Award Final 110406. 2006 April 11; pp. 87


Fig. 2 - Schwebel SM, Brownlie I, Lowe V, Vicuna FO, Watts A. Arbitral Tribunal Constituted Pursuant to Article 287, and in accordance with Annex VII, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea In the Matter of an Arbitration Between: Barbados and The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: Award of the Arbitral Tribunal. Award Final 110406. 2006 April 11; pp. 127