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Chagos Islands ruling

Thursday, 04 February 2021 11:50 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 04 February 2021 12:35 PM ]

The British Empire not only created carnage and destruction when it was in full swing, but appears to have left a damaging legacy many years on, with territorial and sovereign disputes still marking the agendas of various arbitration courts around the world.

The Maritime Law Tribunal of the United Nations has ruled that Britain has no sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, and has highly condemned London for its failure to hand back the occupied territories back to Mauritian control.

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