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Sland of Las Palmas Case (US v. Netherlands) Eritea-Yemen: Object 1
Sland of Las Palmas Case (US v. Netherlands) Eritea-Yemen: Object 1
Netherlands) Eritea-Yemen
Facts. Both the United States (P) laid claim to the The State of Eritrea and the Republic of Yemen both
ownership of the Island of Palmas. While the U.S. (P) claimed sovereignty over a group of islands in the
maintained that it was part of the Philippines, the Red Sea and disagreed as to the location of their
Netherlands (D) claimed it as their own. The claim of maritime boundary. The Arbitration Agreement,
the U.S. (P) was back up with the fact that the islands between the Parties dated October 3, 1996, required
had been ceded by Spain by the Treaty of Paris in the Tribunal to rule on these two issues in separate
1898, and as successor to the rights of Spain over the stages.
Philippines, it based its claim of title in the first place
on discovery. On the part of the Netherlands (D), they In its award in the first stage dated October 9, 1998,
claimed to have possessed and exercised rights of
Object 1