HONDURAS

HONDURAS

Updated 26 February 2008

SEE SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

Legislation

Decree No. 921 of 13 June 1980 on the utilization of Marine Natural Resources

Constitution of the Republic of Honduras 1982 (Decree No. 131 of 11 January 1982)

Maritime Areas of Honduras Act - Legislative Decree 172-99, 30 October 1999

Executive Decree No. PCM 007-2000 of 21 March 2000

Executive Decree Number:PCM-017-2000, 28 August 2000

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material

with Colombia

Maritime Delimitation Treaty between Colombia and Honduras, 2 August 1986 (entry into force: 20 December 1999; registration #: 36360; registration date: 21 December 1999; link to UNTS)

with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Treaty between the Government of the Republic of Honduras and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the delimitation of the maritime areas between the Cayman Islands and the Republic of Honduras, 4 December 2001 (entry into force: 1 March 2002; registration #: 39224; registration date: 4 March 2003; link to UNTS)

Other relevant material (see ICJ web site)

Honduras - El Salvador

Case concerning the land, island and maritime frontier dispute (El Salvador, Honduras ; Nicaragua intervening), International Court of Justice, 11 September 1992

Honduras - Nicaragua

Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras)

Illustrative maps

Illustrative map - Baselines

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