Court ruling in favour of Marshall Islands

A Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its judgment in the case of the Republic of the Marshall Islands v Republic of Equatorial Guinea (The Heroic Idun) (No 2). The Marshall Islands welcomed the judgment which found Equatorial Guinea had violated the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) by intercepting and detaining the Marshall Islands-registered Heroic Idun and its crew. This is the first time the Marshall Islands has found it necessary to bring a case before ITLOS.