Le Vanuatu saisit la Cour internationale de justice face à la France

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Two small uninhabited volcanic islands are at the heart of a territorial dispute between France and Vanuatu. After the failure of several decades of negotiations, Port-Vila decided to apply to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for recognition of its sovereignty over Matthew and Hunter. A few square kilometres of land emerged, uninhabited and lost in the middle of the Pacific. Although cut off from the world, the Matthew and Hunter Islands…