A Corte Internacional de Justiça frente ao caso das fábricas de celulose no Rio Uruguai

Abstract

This papel investigates the controversy that arose between Argentina and Uruguay in 2003, due to the authorization by the Uruguayan government of the construction of two pulp mills on the River Uruguay. The possible installation of these plants led Argentina to institute proceedings in the International Court of Justice against Uruguay for the alleged violation of procedural and substantive obligations resulting from the 1975 Statute of the River Uruguay, a treaty signed between the parties for the creation of a joint mechanism of administration of the River Uruguay. This study, which was undertaken by inductive method and an approach drawn from the monographic procedure method, observes the circumstances that resulted in the contentious case and examines, in detail, the judgment by the International Court of Justice. In conclusion, it emphasizes the importance of judicial decisions to international law and highlight aspects resulting from the analysis of the judgment of the Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguai).