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Prior to her election as President of the Court, Judge Higgins, referring to Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Statute, recused herself from participating in the case. It therefore fell upon the Vice-President, Judge Al-Khasawneh, to exercise the functions of the presidency for the purposes of the case, in accordance with Article 13, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Rules of Court.
Public hearings were held from 6 to 23 November 2007.
Geography, general historical background and history of the dispute (paras. 16-36) Geography (paras. 16-19) The Court first describes the geographical context of the dispute.
Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh is a granite island, measuring 137 m long, with an average width of 60 m and covering an area of about 8,560 sq m at low tide. It is situated at the eastern entrance of the Straits of Singapore, at the point where the latter open up into the South China Sea. Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh is located at 1° 19' 48" N and 104° 24' 27" E. It lies approximately 24 nautical miles to the east of Singapore, 7.7 nautical miles to the south of the Malaysian state of Johor and 7.6 nautical miles to the north of the Indonesian island of Bintan. The names Pedra Branca and Batu Puteh mean white rock in Portuguese and Malay respectively. On the island stands Horsburgh lighthouse, which was erected in the middle of the nineteenth century.
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