Dispute between Argentina and Uruguay; resolved by the ICJ in 2010
Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay)
Court
International Court of Justice
Decided
20 April 2010
Case history
Prior action(s)
Uruguay authorized the construction of two pulp mills in the east bank of the River Uruguay
Subsequent action(s)
Establishment of a joint Scientific Committee within the Administrative Commission of the River Uruguay in order to monitor pollution levels.
The pulp mill dispute was a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay concerning the construction of pulp mills on the Uruguay River. The presidents at the time were Néstor Kirchner (Argentina) and Tabaré Vázquez (Uruguay). As a diplomatic, economic, and public relations conflict between both parties, the dispute also affected tourism and transportation as well as the otherwise amicable relations between the two countries. The feud was unprecedented between the two countries, which have shared historical and cultural ties.[1]
Proceedings were brought before the International Court of Justice as a case formally named Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay).[2] It ruled that, although Uruguay failed to inform Argentina of the operations, it did not pollute the river, so closing the pulp mill would be unjustified. The conflict ended in 2010, during the presidencies of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Argentina) and José Mujica (Uruguay), with the establishment of a joint coordination of the activities in the river.
^"Argentine blockade irks neighbours" Archived 4 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^International Court of Justice docket: Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay)
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