Timor Gap Treaty

Judge Skubiszewski, a native of Poland, arrived at a similar conclusion in his dissenting opinion. Judge Skubiszewksi wrote that even if the Court had found itself without jurisdiction to adjudicate on any issue relating to the Timor Gap Treaty, the Court could have nonetheless dealt with issues regarding the status of East Timor, the applicability to that territory of the principle of... 

Case Concerning East Timor (Port. v. Austl.), 1995 ICJ 90 at para. 18 (describing the negotiation between Australia and Indonesia over the Timorese continental shelf, which ultimately resulted in the conclusion of the Timor Gap Treaty in 1989). 

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