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In which of the following cases, the International Court of Justice called for the application of…

In the "North Sea Continental Shelf Cases, 1969", the ICJ held that continental shelf boundaries between adjacent states are to be delimited by agreement in accordance with…

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In which of the following cases, the International Court of Justice called for the application of equitable principles for the delimitation of continental shelves?

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In the "North Sea Continental Shelf Cases, 1969", the ICJ held that continental shelf boundaries between adjacent states are to be delimited by agreement in accordance with equitable principles rather than by the equidistance rule alone.

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