| | On the 9th of October the Tribunal established under the Permanent Court of Arbitration, delivered its verdict on the dispute between Yemen and Eritrea over the Hanish islands. Their decision, produced almost exactly three years after the Tribunal came into being, was a masterly piece of judgement. In 157 pages it wound its way through a labyrinth of maps, claims, charts, treaties and memoranda to produce a report that finally settled the fate of these islands that lie between the two countries at the mouth of the Red Sea. |
