nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/5aa78dd243fdf63d DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260320s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/5aa78dd243fdf63d doi eng 342 23 Maghsoudzadeh, Zahra Author aut Beyond Bilateralism - Article 62 Interventions After the ICJ’s Decision on Guatemala’s Intervention Application in Sovereignty over Sapodilla Cayes (Belize v. Honduras) Maghsoudzadeh, Zahra Verfassungsblog 2026-03-20 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On March 19, 2026, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered a historic, unanimous judgment in Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes/Cayos Zapotillos (Belize v. Honduras) – Application by Guatemala for Permission to Intervene. The ICJ has traditionally been extremely cautious in permitting third-state interventions in cases, but it has now responded to ongoing critiques of that position and has opened up the possibilities for intervention in meaningful ways. In some ways, it may have shifted its approach to intervention toward a more permissive model, similar to that of many constitutional courts. CC BY-SA 4.0 Guatemala Guatemala ICJ ICJ Statute International Court of Justice Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Third-Party Intervention (DE-588)4022428-4 gnd Guatemala (DE-588)36344-3 gnd Internationaler Gerichtshof | Den Haag Newman, Dwight Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/guatemala-intervention-icj/ raw object