As a formality, the International Court of Justice in the Hague Netherlands sent a release acknowledging the submission of the 2008 Special Agreement. The release opens by saying "the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, was seised of a dispute between Guatemala and Belize by way of a special agreement. On 8 December 2008, the two States concluded a "Special Agreement . . . to submit Guatemala's territorial, insular and maritime claim to the International Court of Justice", which was subsequently amended by a Protocol concluded on 25 May 2015 (hereinafter "Special Agreement")." The release continues by detailing the articles of the special agreement and noting that referendums have been held in both Belize and Guatemala. It ends by saying " With these two official notifications, the Court is now seized of the matter."
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As a formality, the International Court of Justice in the Hague Netherlands sent a release acknowledging the submission of the 2008 Special Agreement. The release opens by saying "the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, was seised of a dispute between Guatemala and Belize by way of a special agreement. On 8 December 2008, the two States concluded a "Special Agreement . . . to submit Guatemala's territorial, insular and maritime claim to the International Court of Justice", which was subsequently amended by a Protocol concluded on 25 May 2015 (hereinafter "Special Agreement")." The release continues by detailing the articles of the special agreement and noting that referendums have been held in both Belize and Guatemala. It ends by saying " With these two official notifications, the Court is now seized of the matter."