Wong on Pedra Branca/Batu Puteh
Select topics on Pedra Branca (Batu Puteh), Middle Rocks (Batuan Tengah) and South Ledge (Tubir Selatan)
Work-in-progress, 8 December 2024
Middle Rocks; South Ledge; Maritime Boundary Delimitation; Islands-Rocks; Art 121 UNCLOS
Singapore-Malaysia: Maritime Boundary Delimitation - State Practice
Malaysian Responses to the 2018 Withdrawal of Proceedings
Singapore Land Reclamation - Article 121 UNCLOS - Abuse of Rights - Abus de Droit
[A] 2008 ICJ Proceedings - Sources
Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) (Webpage, International Court of Justice). - see written proceedings, record of oral proceedings, orders and judgments <https://www.icj-cij.org/case/130>.
Ramses Amer, 'The Association of South-east Asian Nations and the Management of Territorial Disputes, (2001-2002) IBRU Boundary and Security Bulletin 81 <https://www.durham.ac.uk/media/durham-university/research-/research-centres/ibru-centre-for-borders-research/maps-and-databases/publications-database/boundary-amp-security-bulletins/bsb9-4_amer.pdf>.
Coalther G Lathrop, 'Sovereignty Over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore)' (2008) 102 American Journal of International law 828-834 <https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/1910/>.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia, 'Pulau Batu Puteh' (Webpage) <http://www.kln.gov.my/pbp-icj/>, archived at <https://archive.is/xYb5> (2013), <https://archive.is/K5tb2> (2024).
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, 'Pedra Branca' (Webpage) <https://www.mfa.gov.sg/SINGAPORES-FOREIGN-POLICY/Key-Issues/Pedra-Branca>, archived at <https://archive.is/DEmjy>.
S Jayakumar and Tommy Koh, Pedra Branca: The Road to the World Court (NUS Press, 2009).
Abdul Kadir Mohamad, Pacific Settlement of Disputes Based on International Law: Malaysia's Experiences at the International Court of Justice (Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia, 2008) <https://www.kln.gov.my/pbp-icj/images/book/IDFR_Occasional_Paper_1_of_2008.pdf> (also printed as IDFR Occasional Paper 1 of 2008).
Yoshifumi Tanaka, 'Passing of Sovereignty: The Malaysia/Singapore Territorial Dispute before the ICJ' (2008) 3(2) Hague Justice Journal 103 <https://www.elevenjournals.com/tijdschrift/hjj/2008/2/HJJ_187-4202_2008_003_002_002.pdf>.
Edouard Fromageau, 'The International Court of Justice and Territorial Disputes: Pedra Branca, Middle Rocks and South Ledge' <https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/2164/14045/the_international_court_of_justice_and_territorial_disputes.pdf;jsessionid=29304C9236BADF4B06A5A1261FDE272C?sequence=1>.
[B] 2017 ICJ Proceedings - Sources
Application for revision of the Judgment of 23 May 2008 in the case concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) (Malaysia v. Singapore) (Webpage, International Court of Justice) Case No 167 - see written proceeding and orders <https://www.icj-cij.org/case/167>.
S Jayakumar, Tommy Koh and Lionel Yee, Pedra Branca: Story of the Unheard Cases (Straits Times Press, 2018).
Jing Zhi Wong, 'Pedra Branca: Story of the Unheard Cases by S Jayakumar, Tommy Koh and Lionel Yee' (2020) 32(1) Bond Law Review 129.
Jing Zhi Wong, 'Malaysia's Application for Revision of the Pedra Branca Judgment: Case Note on the Question of Admissibility' (2017) 2 Perth International Law Journal 62.
Royston Sim, 'Malaysia withdraws Pedra Branca case; Singapore 'happy to agree', says Vivian Balakrishnan' (The Straits Times, 30 May 2018) <https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/malaysia-withdraws-pedra-branca-case-singapore-happy-to-agree-says-vivian-balakrishnan>, archived at <https://archive.is/U26XT>.
Shaun Kang, 'State Practice of Asian Countries in International Law: Malaysia' (2017) 23 Asian Yearbook of International Law 273 <https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004415829_016>.
'Johor government hopes 'new facts' will aid Malaysia's claim for Pedra Branca' (The Straits Times, 4 February 2017) <https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/johor-government-hopes-new-facts-will-aid-malaysias-claim-for-pedra-branca>, archived at <https://archive.is/VdmeC>.
Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli, Rahmat Mohamad and Lowell B. Bautista, 'Should Malaysia Reopen Batu Puteh?' (2014) 2(3&4) Journal of International Relations and Foreign Policy 43 <http://jirfp.com/journals/jirfp/Vol_2_No_3_4_December_2014/3.pdf>.
*** Laporan Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja Bagi Mengkaji Pengendalian Perkara Berkaitan Dengan Kes Kedaulatan Batu Puteh, Batuan Tengah dan Tubir Selatan [Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry to Examine the Handling of Matters Relating to the Sovereignty Case of Batu Puteh, Batuan Tengah and Tubir Selatan] (Report Tabled in Parliament, Dewan Rakyat, 5 December 2024, Cmd 14/2024) <https://www.parlimen.gov.my/ipms/eps/2024-12-05/CMD.14.2024%20-%20CMD14.2024.pdf>, archived at <https://perma.cc/DB5G-VF9Q>.
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