Condominium (international Law) - Current Condominia

Current Condominia

  • The Moselle River, and its tributaries the Sauer and the Our, comprise a condominium between Luxembourg and Germany, who share bridges and at least the tip of one island (near Schengen). The condominium was established by treaty in 1816.
  • Pheasant Island (also known as Conference Island, Konpantzia in Basque, Île de la Conférence in French or Isla de los Faisanes in Spanish) in the River Bidassoa between France and Spain. It was established by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659.
  • A small area (Hadf and surroundings) on the Arabian Peninsula is jointly ruled by Oman and the Emirati member state of Ajman.
  • Parts of the Gulf of Fonseca and of the territorial sea outside its mouth comprise a unique tridominium between El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
  • The main part of Lake Constance (without islands) is considered by Austria to be a tridominium between Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This view is not shared by Germany or Switzerland.
  • The part of the Paraná River between the Salto Grande de Sete Quedas and the mouth of the Iguassu River is shared in condominium by Brazil and Paraguay.
  • Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina forms part of both the Republika Srpska and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • It has been proposed by Iran that the Caspian Sea be a pentadominium of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan (its five littoral states), but it is not in fact.

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