The ICJ announced yesterday that it will deliver its Judgment in the case concerning Maritime Delimitation between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) on Monday 8 October 2007 (see Press release). The following is a short history of the proceedings before the ICJ (see Press release 2006/31): On 8 December 1999 Nicaragua filed an Application instituting proceedings against the Republic of Honduras in respect of a dispute concerning the delimitation of the maritime zones appertaining to each of those States in the Caribbean Sea. In its Application, Nicaragua states inter alia that it has for decades…