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1. Certain Activities Carried Out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) and Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2015, p. 665.
2. Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary-Slovakia), Judgment, 1.C.J. Reports 1997, p. 7.
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- Thesis
1. Korkutan, Salih. "The sources of conflict in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin and its strategic consequences in the Middle East." PhD diss., Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School. (2001).
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