Question follow-through · 47649
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution by the then Minister for Development on 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 873, who the 28 international judges and arbitrators
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 May 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution by the then Minister for Development on 26 February 2025, Official Report, column 873, who the 28 international judges and arbitrators
28 Apr 2025
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8 May 2025
Answer published
As well as the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion in 2019, an Arbitral Tribunal under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 2015 and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in 2021 have considered the sovereignty of the Chagos ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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