Venezuela insists ICJ does not have jurisdiction to hear border dispute with Guyana
Venezuela argued before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it lacks jurisdiction to hear a border dispute with Guyana, citing the 1966 Geneva Agreement as the governing legal framework. The dispute centers on the Essequibo region, which Venezuela claims as its own.
Venezuela told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate a centuries-old border dispute with Guyana. The dispute concerns the Essequibo region, which comprises roughly the western two-thirds of Guyana. Guyana brought the case before the ICJ in 2018, seeking affirmation that the 1899 Arbitral Award establishing the boundary is valid. Venezuela's representative, Samuel Moncada, stated that the Geneva agreement is an instrument of peace that encourages direct negotiation. The ICJ has already ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the case, and both sides will present full legal arguments in upcoming hearings.
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