Pulau Batu Puteh Case Summary
Pulau batu puteh is located at 1º 19 48 n and 104º 24 27 e.
Pulau batu puteh case summary. Public sitting held on friday 16 november 2007 at 10 a m at the peace palace vice president al khasawneh acting president presiding in the case concerning sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh middle rocks and south ledge malaysia singapore. Pulau batu puteh is located at 1º 19 48 n and 104º 24 27 e. The present application is based on the discovery of new facts which came to light through the declassification of three british documents from the national archives of the united kingdom.
30 june 2017 malaysia requests an interpretation of the judgment of 23 may 2008 in the case concerning sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh middle rocks and south ledge 3 february 2017 icj press release. 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. It lies approximately 24 nautical miles to the east of singapore 7 7 nautical miles to the south of the malaysian state of johor and 7 6 nautical miles to the north of the indonesian island of bintan.
Malaysia requests a revision of the judgment of 23 may 2008 in which the court found inter alia that sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh belongs to singapore. 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. Following directions issued by the court the parties exchanged memorials on 25 march 2004 counter memorials on 25 january 2005 and replies on 25 november 2005.
On feb 2 malaysia filed an application to revise the 2008 judgment of the international court of justice icj where the court decided that singapore has sovereignty over pulau batu puteh pedra branca. It had found by 12 votes to four that pedra blanca pulau batu puteh a granite island in the straits of singapore on which a lighthouse stands belongs to singapore and has done so since at least 1980 when the. A summary sent by the icj stated that.
On friday the icj issued its judgment in sovereignty over pedra branca pulau batu puteh middle rocks and south ledge malaysia singapore. 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.
