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Sapodilla Cayes (Belize v. Honduras), Judgment, March 19, 2026

19 Mar 2026
Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes/Cayos Zapotillos (Belize v. Honduras: Guatemala intervening) (ICJ Case No. 185)
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Yuji Iwasawa, Julia Sebutinde, Peter Tomka, Ronny Abraham, Hanqin Xue, Dalveer Bhandari, Georg Nolte, Hilary Charlesworth, Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant, Sarah Hull Cleveland, Bogdan-Lucian Aurescu, Dire Tladi, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud, Phoebe N. Okowa
Claimant's counsel
Mathias Forteau, Naomi Hart, Ben Juratowitch, Mariana Verde, Assad Shoman
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Respondent's counsel
Sergio Mauricio Acosta Valdés, Carlos Jiménez Piernas, Alejandro del Valle Gálvez, Francisco José Pascual Vives, Roberto Reina Vallecillo, Wolfgang Alexander Lappenberg, Elena Crespo Navarro, Laura Aragonés Molina, Diana Ruiz Truque, Mario Licona, Patricia Licona Cubero, Miguel Tosta Appel, Julio Rendón Barnica
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Rodman R. Bundy, Alina Miron, Michael Wood, Alfredo Crosato Neumann, Capucine Hamon, Najib Messihi, Tessa Barsac, Alvin Yap, Anapaula Villagran Merida, Juan Pablo Hernández Páez, Héloise Bajer-Pellet, Ricardo Paganini Milián, Nery Barrientos Girón, Juan Ignacio Calzada Vizcaíno, Byron Gutiérrez Valdez, Manuela María Rodríguez Melgar
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Philippe Gautier
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