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Sentence arbitrale relative aux requêtes de la Grande-Bretagne et du Portugal sur certains territoires de la côte Est de l’Afrique appartenant autrefois aux Rois de Tembe et Mapoota

Year (case):
1875
Year (treaty):
1872
Time period:
1850-1918
Jurisdiction/region:
East Africa
State/territory:
Mozambique
Document language:
French
Dispute resolution method:
Arbitration
Classification:
Inter-State
Topics:
TerritoryForms of acquisition of territory Annexation
TerritoryForms of acquisition of territory Discovery of territory
TerritoryOccupation Effective occupation
Local populations Indigenous peoples
Sovereignty
Territory Territorial dispute
Treaties Treaty interpretation
Country of colonial power:
United Kingdom
Portugal
Legal instrument:
Special agreement
Presiding or sole arbitrator:
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (President of France)
Nationality of arbitrator:
France
Citation:
Sentence arbitrale relative aux requêtes de la Grande-Bretagne et du Portugal sur certains territoires de la côte Est de l’Afrique appartenant autrefois aux Rois de Tembe et Mapoota (24 July 1875) XXVIII RIAA 157
Link to source:
http://legal.un.org/docs/?path=../riaa/cases/vol_XXVIII/157-162.pdf&lang=O
Description:
Territorial dispute between Great Britain and Portugal over sovereignty in parts of present-day Mozambique.

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