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Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-07-26): Few visitors make it to this collection of six sand and mangrove cayes, Belize’s southernmost island group. If you’re one of those lucky few, you’ll come back with tales of Hunting Caye, the largest of the Sapodillas, and its gorgeous white-sand beach. Shallow waters immediately off the islands’ coasts make for good snorkeling; various dive sites lie farther out. Spadefish, parrot fish, and dolphins are yours for the viewing. Camping on Lime Caye is your only option for an overnight stay. Save for a few researchers from the University of Belize, who study the sea turtles here, and Belize Defence Force (BDF) personnel, the islands are otherwise uninhabited. Why the military outpost? Guatemala and Honduras also claim the Sapodillas as their own. Belize maintains control of the islands, with its own military on Hunting Caye to ensure that status. The dispute need not concern you as a visitor, and, indeed, you might rub shoulders with day visitors from Livingston, Guatemala. They all need to go through passport control with the BDF. You won’t. Outfitters in Punta Gorda can fix you up with a trip, either for the day or overnight.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Guatemala recalls in its application for permission to intervene that on November 16, 2022, Belize initiated proceedings against the Republic of Honduras over "sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cays or Cayes, a cluster of islands in the Gulf of Honduras, which Guatemala also claims." Belize asks the Court to "adjudicate and declare that, as between Belize and Honduras, Belize is sovereign over the Sapodilla Cayes." [...] Belize stated in its Application for Initiation of Proceedings that the Sapodilla Cayes have been part of the territory of Belize since the early nineteenth century, first as part of the settlement of Belize and later as part of the colony of British Honduras, and since 1981 as part of the independent State of Belize. It maintained that, "under international law, Belize is sovereign over the Sapodilla Cayes" as well as that "the Honduran claim to the Sapodilla Cayes, articulated in its 1982 Constitution, which remains in force as a matter of the internal law of Honduras, has no basis in international law" .
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): In its application instituting proceedings, Belize states that, since the early 19th century, the Sapodilla Cayes have formed part of the territory of Belize, initially as part of the settlement of Belize and later the colony of British Honduras, and since 1981 as part of the independent State of Belize. "Under international law, Belize is sovereign over the Sapodilla Cayes" and that "the Honduran claim to the Sapodilla Cayes, articulated in its 1982 Constitution, which remains in force as a matter of the internal law of Honduras, has no basis in international law," Belize said in its application. [...] In its application for permission to intervene, Guatemala recalls that on November 16, 2022, Belize instituted proceedings against Honduras concerning "sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cays or Cayes, a cluster of islands in the Gulf of Honduras, which Guatemala also claims".
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-11): Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes/Cayos Zapotillos (Belize v. Honduras) [...] Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes (Belize v. Honduras) - The Republic of Guatemala requests permission to intervene in the proceedings
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-21): On 16 November 2022 Belize submitted an Application instituting proceedings against the Republic of Honduras with regard to a dispute concerning territorial sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes. As an application concerning a purported territorial sovereignty dispute over maritime features, the case –and any resulting Judgment– is of relevance to the application of the law of the sea, but is not itself a dispute concerning the interpretation or application of the law of the sea. Nonetheless, the Application relies upon, among others, purported exercises of coastal state rights and jurisdiction to demonstrate a manifestation of sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes (Application, paras. 10 & 16 e.g. adjudicative jurisdiction concerning salvage claims and piracy; prescriptive jurisdiction over natural resources, fisheries and entry; military and coast guard activities around Sapodilla Cayes; and a definition of territorial sea by reference to the Sapodilla Cayes). A number of documents in the Annexes to the Application instituting proceedings also make reference to the dispute concerning "said cays and adjoining maritime areas" and maritime delimitation. The jurisdiction of the ICJ is based on Article XXXI of the Pact of Bogotá, to which Belize deposited its instrument of accession on 27 October 2022.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-05-03): Belize has delivered its Memorial (documents) concerning sovereignty over the southern Sapodilla Cayes from Honduras. The Government of Belize announced this intention in October 2022 and has formally submitted documents to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Honduras has maintained a claim to the Sapodilla Cayes, as noted in its constitution since 1982. The Memorial from Belize was submitted on Tuesday, May 2nd, to the Deputy Registrar at the ICJ, Jean-Pele Fomete, in The Hague, Netherlands. As per the court order, Honduras must submit its Counter-Memorial by December 4, 2023. According to an official note from GOB, Belize’s Memorial vigorously defends the country’s sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes. The request is for the ICJ to adjudge and declare that, as between Belize and Honduras, Belize is sovereign over the Sapodilla Cayes and that Honduras has no valid claim over these southern islands off the Belize coast. This Caye range is also claimed by Guatemala, which claims more than half of the Belizean territory. The Guatemalan claim on Belize has been submitted to the ICJ and is nearing its oral hearings. Both countries have submitted the required documentation (Memorials) supporting their arguments. In December 2022, Guatemala submitted its last reply to Belize’s Memorials. Belize will submit another reply, the ‘rejoinder,’ on June 8, 2023. After these written pleadings, there will be oral hearings at the ICJ.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-19): Belize applies for ICJ to resolve Honduras’ Sapodilla Cayes claim [...] A press release issued by the Government late this evening announced that Belize has submitted an application for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue a judgment on Honduras’ claim (embedded in Article 10 of its Constitution) that the Sapodilla Cayes are part of its territory. The release notes that the application was submitted to the Registrar of the ICJ, located in The Hague, Netherlands, and that by means of the application, Belize is seeking a "final and binding resolution" to the matter. [...] In its application to the ICJ, Belize notes that the Sapodilla Cayes, located 75 miles east of Punta Gorda, have been a part of Belize’s territory since the early nineteenth century, initially as part of the settlement of Belize and later the colony of British Honduras, and since 1981 as part of the independent State of Belize.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-08): Sapodilla Cayes in Belize – What You Need To Know Before You Visit The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is the southernmost group of atolls in the country and consists of 14 uninhabited islands and a section of the reef measuring about 39,000 acres (125 square kilometers) in size. [...] The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) offshore of Punta Gorda in Toledo District.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-08-03): Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1862. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Both nations have voted to send the dispute for final resolution to the International Court of Justice. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high crime rates, high unemployment combined with a majority youth population, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America. [...] Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala exclusive economic zone: 200 nm [...] Belize-Honduras: Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-23): Los cayos Zapotillos[1][2]o Sapodillas o cayos Sapote (en inglés: Sapodilla Cay o Sapodilla Cayes)[3] son unos cayos deshabitados en el golfo de Honduras cerca de la costa de América Central en el mar Caribe. En Belice se considera que están dentro de sus aguas territoriales ya que los habrían heredado del Reino Unido, pero Guatemala sostiene que el límite marítimo entre Belice e Izabal está al noroeste de los Zapotillos y los habría heredado de España.[4] Honduras también reclama los cayos Sapodilla en su constitución de 1982.[3] [...] - ↑ a b Hudson, T.; Burr, J.M. «The Sapodilla Cays: Geopolitical Asterisk in the Bay of Honduras». Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. Archivado desde el original el 17 de agosto de 2012. Consultado el 3 de septiembre de 2011.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-31): San Juan, 18 nov (EFE).- Belice ha solicitado ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) una decisión final y vinculante sobre la disputa territorial que mantiene con Honduras referente a los cayos Sapodilla, unas pequeñas islas deshabitadas. [...] La solicitud declara que «desde principios del siglo XIX, los cayos Sapodilla forman parte del territorio beliceño, luego de la colonia británica de Honduras (nombre de Belice antes de su independencia) y, desde 1981, del Estado independiente de Belice». [...] Honduras proclamó en su Constitución de 1982 que los cayos Sapodilla son parte de su territorio.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-28): Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1854. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include an unsustainable foreign debt, high unemployment, growing involvement in the South American drug trade, growing urban crime, and increasing incidences of HIV/AIDS. [...] 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note – from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize’s territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize’s Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala exclusive economic zone: [...] annual ministerial meetings under the OAS-initiated Agreement on the Framework for Negotiations and Confidence Building Measures continue to address Guatemalan land and maritime claims in Belize and Caribbean Sea; the Line of Adjacency created under the 2002 Differendum serves in lieu of the contiguous international boundary to control squatting in the sparsely inhabited rain forests of Belize’s border region; Honduras claims Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays in its constitution but agreed to a joint ecological park under the Differendum
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-30): - Houser, C.; Dambrosio, T.; Bouchard, C.; Heyman, W.; Darbonne, K.; Kuykendall, S. Erosion and Reorientation of the Sapodilla Cays, Mesoamerican Reef Belize from 1960 to 2012. Phys Geogr 2014, 35, 335–354. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Ranguana and Sapodilla (sandy islands on a Corallian sub-foundation, situated in the southern part of the Great Barrier of Belize), and as a consequence to part of the waters of the Gulf of
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-11): Zapotillos/Sapodilla: las 7 pequeñas islas por las que Honduras y Belice mantienen una disputa territorial en La Haya [...] "Estas peticiones constituían claramente un reconocimiento por parte de Honduras de la soberanía de Reino Unido sobre los cayos Sapodilla, y de hecho eran peticiones de Honduras para que el Reino Unido ejerciera su soberanía sobre los Cayos Sapodilla", dice la demanda ante la CIJ. [...] Varios libros y publicaciones geográficas del siglo XX mencionan a los cayos Zapotillos como parte del territorio de Honduras. En la revista de La Sociedad de Geografia e Historia de Honduras (1960), Jesus Aguilar Paz menciona la "disputa" con Belice por los Zapotillos.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2009-08-26): Between the years of 1986 and 1998, the Coral Cay Conservation reported that Hippocampus erectus had a rare abundance in 7 proposed or established Marine Protected Areas where it was recorded: Turneffe Atoll, South Water Cay Marine Reserve, Sapodilla Cays, Snake Cays, and other unspecified areas (Harborne 2000). H. erectus has been frequently captured as bycatch by shrimp bait fishermen and it has been proposed to introduce seasonal and area closures (Baum et al. 2003).
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-08-01): Belize was the site of several Mayan city states until their decline at the end of the first millennium A.D. The British and Spanish disputed the region in the 17th and 18th centuries; it formally became the colony of British Honduras in 1862. Territorial disputes between the UK and Guatemala delayed the independence of Belize until 1981. Guatemala refused to recognize the new nation until 1992 and the two countries are involved in an ongoing border dispute. Both nations have voted to send the dispute for final resolution to the International Court of Justice. Tourism has become the mainstay of the economy. Current concerns include the country's heavy foreign debt burden, high crime rates, high unemployment combined with a majority youth population, growing involvement in the Mexican and South American drug trade, and one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Central America. [...] Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala exclusive economic zone: 200 nm [...] Belize-Honduras: Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Honduras has also staked a claim to a portion of Belize’s territory – in its case the Sapodilla Cayes, which had been enshrined in its constitution as part of its national territory in 1982. In a paper titled, The Sapodilla Cayes: Geopolitical Asterisk in the Bay of Honduras by Tim Hudson, of the Department of Geography, University of Southern Mississippi, and J. Millard Burr, Special Assistant to the Geographer in the US Department of State, it is noted that the proposal, under the Heads of Agreement of 1981, to allow Guatemala "use and enjoyment" of these cayes, led to the resurrection of the Honduran claim. "Modern Honduran ‘irredentists’ contend that the Sapodillas [Zapotillos] are part of the Bay Island ‘archipelago,’" the authors say, noting, however, that the language of the 1859 treaty with Guatemala "implied that Guatemala considered the Sapodilla Cays, although not mentioned by name, as part and parcel of the ‘British Honduras.’" [...] The CIA Factbook on international disputes says that Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-09-14): To be overly dramatic, I could say that we were marooned in the Sapodilla Cayes, a small group of Caribbean islands belonging to Belize that sit in the coral-riddled crotch of Guatemala, between the legs of and Honduras. A few of the cays are privately owned, a few so small as to have room for only a couple of coconut palms, and others — among them, Ragged, Lime, Hunting, Frank's, and Northeast — are loosely confederated within the fifty square miles of the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. [...] We were bound for Belize's Hunting Caye, a small island with a white sand beach, a couple of little thatched shelters, the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve office where we would check in, and a coast guard station. By the evening of the second day, when we were safely harbored off its silken Halfmoon Beach, our engine would no longer speak to us at all.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-10-26): The territorial dispute between Belize and Guatemala may not be the only one Belizeans face. A claim to parts of Belize’s southern islands and waters may be brought up by Honduras. Therefore, the Government of Belize plans to take Honduras to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The area in dispute is the Sapodilla Caye range, located in the southernmost group of islands/cayes in Belize’s waters. [...] According to GOB’s representative Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration, the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, his government was advised by its international lawyers to take such action. According to Courtenay, Honduras was asked to recognize its exclusive sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes, but it has yielded no concession from the Honduran government. The motion was presented because Honduras maintains a claim of the Sapodilla Caye range. This claim has been highlighted in their constitution since 1982. The Caye range is also claimed by Guatemala, which claims more than that Belizean territory. The Guatemalan claim on Belize has been submitted to the ICJ, where it will be settled. GOB also wants the ICJ to determine Belize’s sovereignty over the Sapodilla area; however, the government believes a separate dispute could affect the process. Thus, they want to also deal with the issue with Honduras at the ICJ.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-11): Zapotillos/Sapodilla: las 7 pequeñas islas por las que Honduras y Belice mantienen una disputa territorial en La Haya - Autor, Redacción - Título del autor, BBC News Mundo [...] "Estas peticiones constituían claramente un reconocimiento por parte de Honduras de la soberanía de Reino Unido sobre los cayos Sapodilla, y de hecho eran peticiones de Honduras para que el Reino Unido ejerciera su soberanía sobre los Cayos Sapodilla", dice la demanda ante la CIJ. [...] Varios libros y publicaciones geográficas del siglo XX mencionan a los cayos Zapotillos como parte del territorio de Honduras. En la revista de La Sociedad de Geografia e Historia de Honduras (1960), Jesus Aguilar Paz menciona la "disputa" con Belice por los Zapotillos.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Honduras (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-02-01): As a result, water depths exceeding 2,000 m extend deeply into the Gulf of Honduras. The 1,000 m isobath parallels the Belize barrier reef for 50 km starting less than 3 km seaward of the reef crest at Gladden Spit and extending towards the southwest. At the Sapodilla Cays in the southern extreme of the barrier reef, the 200 m isobath continues 40 km south towards the Central American land mass. The northwestern edge of the trench in Belize exhibits an extremely steep wall adjacent to the reef and coastal lagoon, while the southeastern edge of the trench rises more gently but without interruption such that the Honduran coast is oceanic to the shore (Fig. 1.1).
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-16): The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos)[3] is an uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras, in the Toledo District of Belize. They are administered by Belize, but Guatemala claims that the Belize–Guatemala maritime boundary is northwest of the cayes.[4] Honduras also lays a claim to the Sapodilla Cayes in its 1982 constitution.[3] Geography [edit]The Sapodilla Cayes are a system of cayes, or low sandy islands, that are part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. [...] - ^ a b Hudson, T.; Burr, J. (1986). "The Sapodilla Cays: Geopolitical Asterisk in the Bay of Honduras". Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.