evidence: Notably, in the Qatar/Bahrain case, the ICJ expressly stated that ‘islands, regardless of their size, in this respect enjoy the same status, and therefore generate the same maritime rights, as other land territory’ and that Article 121(2) UNCLOS codifies customary international law.[10] This statement is the more important since, in that particular case, the ICJ was examining, among other issues, the nature of Qit’at Jaradah, a tiny feature located in the maritime space between the parties.[11] [...] This is, indeed, what happened in the Qatar/Bahrain case mentioned above. After recalling the general principle, the ICJ went on to examine the nature of Qit’at Jaradah and determined that it was an ‘island’: The Court thus seemed to suggest that Qit’at Jaradah would be given full effect in generating maritime zones. However, the final outcome is quite different, as eventually Qit’at Jaradah did not even have effect for the delimitation of the territorial sea. In fact, according to the Court,