The Permanent Court of Arbitration acted as registry in an arbitration between Barbados and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, relating to the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf between them, submitted under Part XV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to an arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with UNCLOS Annex VII.
The arbitral tribunal consisted of:
Judge Stephen Schwebel (President)
Mr. Ian Brownlie CBE QC
Professor Vaughan Lowe
Professor Francisco Orrego Vicuña
Sir Arthur Watts KCMG QC
The tribunal rendered its Award on April 11, 2006 (see press release below). The authoritative text of the final award, as corrected for errata, may be found below.
The following PDF documents pertaining to this arbitration can be downloaded. Please note that depending on your internet connection downloading may take a considerable amount of time due to the size of some documents.
Rules of Procedure - August 23, 2004
Orders:
Order No. 1 - June 7, 2004
Order No. 2 - August 23, 2004
Order No. 3 - September 17, 2004
Order No. 4 - October 26, 2004
Pleadings submitted by the Parties:
Statement of Claim (Barbados)
Memorial (Barbados)
Text of Memorial
Maps 1 - 5
Maps 6 - 11
Counter-Memorial (Trinidad and Tobago)
Text of Counter-Memorial
Maps
Reply (Barbados)
Text of Reply
Maps 1 - 11Rejoinder (Trinidad and Tobago)
Text of Rejoinder
Transcripts of Hearings, London, October 2005:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Miscellaneous:
Press Release - August 23, 2004
Statement by the President - October 24, 2005
Press release - April 10, 2006
Award