AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nicaragua violated Costa Rica's sovereign territory by establishing a military presence in parts of a disputed waterway, and must compensate its neighbour, the United Nations's highest court said on Wednesday.
The International Court of Justice found that Costa Rica had also broken the law by not assessing the environmental impact of its dredging in the San Juan river, but only Nicaragua's violation merited compensation.
The court will itself settle the size of the compensation due to Costa Rica if the two countries fail to agree on it within the next 12 months, the judges ruled.
(Reporting By Thomas Escritt; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
