竹島

この判例の決定的期日（この期日以降の法的地位を改善させるための活動は法的効力を失う）は、マレーシアがシンガポールに抗議書を送った1980年2月14日に設定されてますね。

The Parties are agreed that, with regard to Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, the dispute crystallized in 1980, when Singapore and Malaysia formally opposed each other’s claims to the island. According to Malaysia, “[t]he Protest Note of 14 February 1980 crystallized the dispute. On this basis the critical date for the dispute over Pulau Batu Puteh is 14 February 1980.” For its part, Singapore claims that “it was only in 1979 that Malaysia made a formal claim to the island through the publication of its map”, which Singapore protested against through its diplomatic Note of 14 February 1980. Singapore thus refers to “the 1979-1980 critical date”.

In the view of the Court, it was on 14 February 1980, the time of Singapore’s protest in response to Malaysia’s publication of the 1979 map, that the dispute as to sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh crystallized.