The Ghosts of the Temple of Preah Vihear/Phra Viharn in the 2013 Judgment - Volume 5 Issue 1 - Victor KATTAN Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. The Temple of Preah Vihear is an ancient sanctuary and shrine situated on the borders of Thailand and Cambodia. Summary of the Judgment of The Temple of Preah Vihear - Cambodia v. Thailand : Decision on the Request for Provisional Measures The Ghosts of the Temple of Preah Vihear/Phra Viharn in the 2013 Judgment - Volume 5 Issue 1 - Victor KATTAN Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. THE LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE The Temple of Preah Vihear is an Angkorianera monument located in the northern province of Preah Vihear, 400 km north of Phnom Penh and 140 km northwest of Angkor, in immediate proximity to Cambodia’s border with the Kingdom of Thailand.

In the present case, Cambodia alleges a violation on the part of Thailand of Cambodia’s territorial sovereignty over the region of the Temple of Preah Vihear and its precincts. In its Judgment on the merits the Court, by nine votes to three, found that the Temple of Preah Vihear was situated in territory under the sovereignty of Cambodia and, in consequence, that Thailand was under an obligation to withdraw any military or police forces, or other guards or keepers, stationed by her at the Temple, or in its vicinity on Cambodian territory. OF 15 VI 62) 10 1. The Preah Vihear dispute was a territorial dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over several-century-old Preah Vihear Temple located in disputed area between Preah Vihear Province of Cambodia and Sisaket Province of Thailand which Thai authority stationed troops there since 1954. Preah Vihear Temple is an ancient Hindu temple built during the period of the Khmer Empire, In the ICJ ruled that only the temple building belonged to Cambodia, while the direct way to access the temple is from Thailand. the Temple of Preah Vihear - Judgment of 15 June 1962); The Court anwsered: 1.“THE COURT HOWEVER CONSIDERS THAT THAILAND IN 1908 -1909 DID ACCEPT THE ANNEX I MAP AS REPRESENTING THE OUTCOME OF THE WORK OF DELIMITATION, AND HENCE RECOGNIZED THE LINE ON THAT MAP AS BEING THE FRONTIER LINE, THE EFFECT OF WHICH IS TO SITUATE PREAH VIHEAR …

—That the territorial sovereignty over the Temple of Preah Vihear belongs to the Kingdom of Cambodia." See also Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand) Summaries Summary 1961/1 Summary of the Judgment of 26 May 1961 Available in: English French Summary 1962/1 Summary of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 Available in: English French Cases Previous Next Overview of the case … Cambodia complained to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1959, and it judged in 1962 that the Temple is situated in Cambodian territory. In modern times, Prasat Preah Vihear was rediscovered by the outside world and became subject of an emotional dispute between Thailand and the newly independent Cambodia. Thailand replies by affirming that the area in question lies on the Thai side of the common frontier between the two countries, and is under the sovereignty of Thailand. This Judgment should be cited as follows "Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand), Merits, Judgment of 1.5 June …