Last year, the Filipino heirs to the last sultan of the remote Philippine region of Sulu were awarded US$14.9 billion by a Paris arbitration court in a long-running dispute with Malaysia over a colonial-era land deal.

cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/26887

The Hague court of appeals on Tuesday said it did not recognise that there could be an arbitration award to be made as it dismissed the suit.

  • Rob@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Can someone explain to me why these cases are being litigated in the Netherlands, France, and Luxemburg? I couldn’t find an explanation in the article I read on nos.nl.