Concerning The M/T “San Padre Pio” (No. 2) Case (Switzerland/Nigeria), on 29 December 2021, as per the request of Switzerland to which Nigeria had no objection, the President of the Tribunal in accordance with Article 105 of the Rules of the Tribunal:
Places on record the discontinuance, by agreement of the Parties, of the proceedings initiated on 17 December 2019 by Switzerland and Nigeria; and
Orders that the case be removed from the List of cases
Order 2021/6 of 29 December 2021.
As previously reported, in May 2021 Switzerland and Nigeria concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) providing for the immediate release of the M/T “San Padre Pio” vessel and the eventual discontinuance of The M/T “San Padre Pio” (No. 2) Case (Switzerland/Nigeria) proceedings, under Paragraph 4 of the MoU, “from the moment that the M/T ‘San Padre Pio’ enters the high seas, or the territorial sea or Exclusive Economic Zone of another State”. As per the letters submitted to the Tribunal in December 2021 by the Agent of Switzerland and the Agent of Nigeria, respectively, on 10 December 2021, the M/T San Padre Pio was released, departed the maritime zones of Nigeria and entered the exclusive economic zone of Bénin (Order 2021/6 paras 11-14). Finally, Paragraphs 5-6 of the MoU are quoted as providing that:
For the sake of clarity, upon the discontinuance of these proceedings, the Provisional Measures Order dated 6th July, 2019, made in: The M/T ‘San Padre Pio’ case (Switzerland/Nigeria) (Case No. 27) will cease to have effect
This agreement constitutes a full and final settlement of the matter relating to the MIT ‘San Padre Pio’ between the Parties
Order 2021/6 para 15
De Maribus 