Case concerning the arbitral award made by the king of Spain on 23 December 1906 Judgment of 18 November 1960

The proceedings in the case concerning the Arbitral Award made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906, regarding the determination of the frontier between Honduras and Nicaragua, were instituted by Honduras against Nicaragua by an Application filed on 1 July 1958. Honduras asked the Court to adjudge and declare that Nicaragua was under an obligation to give effect to the Award; Nicaragua asked it to adjudge and declare that the decision given by the King of Spain did not possess the character of a binding arbitral award and that it was in any case incapable of execution. By fourteen votes to one, the Court held that the Award was valid and binding and that Nicaragua was under an obligation to give effect to it.

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