Beagle Channel Arbitration - Procedure

Procedure

The procedure had four phases:

1. The Memorials (starting from 1 January 1973) in terms of the delivery of written pleadings, annexes and maps.
2. The Counter-Memorials (starting from 2 June 1974) in terms of the responses.
3. The Replies (starting from 1 June 1975) in terms of comments.
4. The Oral proceedings (starting from 7 November 1975 to 23. October 1976) in terms of oral statements that were made in English or French at the speaker's choice, a simultaneous translation into English being provided in the latter case.

Chile handed over to the Court 14 volumes and 213 maps, and Argentina 12 volumes and 195 maps.

During the first fortnight of March 1976, the Court, accompanied by the Registrar and Liaison Officers from both sides, visited the Beagle Channel region, and inspected the islands and waterways concerned, first on the Chilean Naval Transport Vessel "Aquiles", and then on the Argentine Naval Transport Vessel "ARA Bahia Aguirre".