Ligitan and Sipadan dispute
The Ligitan and Sipadan dispute [2002] ICJ 3 was a territorial dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia over two islands in the Celebes Sea, namely Ligitan and Sipadan. The dispute began in 1969 and was largely resolved by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2002, which opined that both of the islands belonged to Malaysia.
| Sovereignty over Ligitan and Sipadan Islands (Indonesia v. Malaysia) | |
|---|---|
| Court | International Court of Justice |
| Decided | 17 December 2002 |
| Citation(s) | General List No. 102 |
| Transcript(s) | Written proceedings |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | Gilbert Guillaume, Shi Jiuyong, Shigeru Oda, Raymond Ranjeva, Géza Herczegh, Carl-August Fleischhauer, Abdul Koroma, Vladlen Stepanovich Vereshcheti, Rosalyn Higgins, Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren, Pieter Kooijmans, Francisco Rezek, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, Thomas Buergenthal, Nabil Elaraby, Thomas Franck (ad hoc judge appointed by Indonesia) and Christopher Weeramantry (ad hoc judge appointed by Malaysia) |
| Case opinions | |
| ICJ awarded both islands to Malaysia based on "effective occupation" | |
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