evidence: Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions Between Qatar and Bahrain [...] In July 1991, Qatar submitted a claim against Bahrain before the International Court of Justice to adjudicate the sovereignty over Hawar Islands, Zubarah, Janan Island, shoals of Dibal and Qit’at Jaradah, and for delimitation of maritime areas of the two States. A decade after instituting proceedings before the International Court of Justice, a decision in the long-standing dispute was issued in 2001. [...] Maritime Delimitation und Territorial Questions between Qatar und Bahrain, Order of 17 February 1999, I. C. J. Reports 1999, 3