The Kurile Island Conflict

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: 1,0, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), course: International Judicial Systems, language: English, abstract: In this paper the Kurile Islands Conflict between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Japan dating from the 1950s is referred to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), thus representing a virtual case. Background information to the conflict is presented in the first part of the paper, followed by the arguments supporting the cases for the USSR and Japan respectively. Both sides are described in the second chapter. The award of the tribunal of the PCA is dealt with in the third chapter, and a separate opinion of one of the judges in a short fourth chapter. To avoid confusion the date of proceedings before the PCA is August 2004, therefore the Russian Federation is presenting the side of the former USSR.