On 11 November 2013, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its judgment in the Preah Vihear II case (Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand).
The Court found that the 1962 Judgment decided that Cambodia had sovereignty over the whole territory of the promontory of Preah Vihear.
In the dispositif of its Judgment on Cambodia's request for interpretation (para. 108), the Court:
(1) Finds, unanimously, that it has jurisdiction under Article 60 of the Statute to entertain the Request for interpretation of the 1962 Judgment presented by Cambodia, and that this Request is admissible;
(2) Declares, unanimously, by way of interpretation, that the Judgment of 15 June 1962 decided that Cambodia had sovereignty over the whole territory of the promontory of Preah Vihear, as defined in paragraph 98 of the present Judgment, and that, in consequence, Thailand was under an obligation to withdraw from that territory the Thai military or police forces, or other guards or keepers, that were stationed there.
For the press release of the Registry of the Court (No. 2013/33) providing a very good summary of the case (5 pages) click here. For the full judgment of the Court (39 pages) click here.
Hopefully this judgment of the Court will finally end the long dispute, or at least ease the tensions between Thailand and Cambodia.
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