Pulau Batu Puteh Case

Sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh middle rocks and south ledge international court of justice archived from the original on 27 may 2008 international court of justice case concerning sovereignty over pedra branca middle rocks and south ledge ministry of foreign affairs singapore 2007 archived from the original on 7 november 2007.

Pulau batu puteh case. At the court singapore argued that pulau batu puteh was terra nullius no mans land when britain took possession of it from 1847 to 1851 they then went on to argue that it had conducted various activities there for over 150 years to show that it had exercised sovereignty powers on pulau batu puteh which it calls pedra branca white rock in portuguese while malaysia had not done so. Pulau batu puteh is a granite island measuring 137 m long with an average width of 60 m and covering an area of about 8 560 sq m at low tide. Pulau batu puteh is located at 1º 19 48 n and 104º 24 27 e. Pulau batu puteh is located at 1º 19 48 n and 104º 24 27 e.

Pulau batu puteh is a granite island measuring 137 m long with an average width of 60 m and covering an area of about 8 560 sq m at low tide. Malaysia has dropped its request before the un s top court to overturn its ruling in a decades old dispute with singapore over a tiny but strategic island the court announced friday. The case was assigned the name sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh middle rocks and south ledge malaysia v. It is situated at the eastern entrance of the straits of singapore at the point where the latter open up into the south china sea.

Malaysia is in the course of filing more documents on the pulau baru puteh case at the international court of justice icj. The case was formally registered by the icj as the case concerning sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh middle rocks and south ledge malaysia singapore 1 a proper appreciation of the case requires careful reading of the written pleadings and oral submissions of malaysia before the. Sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh middle rocks and south ledge malaysia singapore cases previous next overview of the case institution of proceedings written proceedings oral proceedings other documents orders judgments summaries of judgments and orders press releases see other cases involving malaysia singapore judgments.