The principle of UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS — that States emerging from decolonisation inherit the borders of the prior colonial administrative units — was endorsed by the ICJ in:

1. The principle of UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS (originally a Latin American doctrine post-Spanish/Portuguese decolonisation) was endorsed by the ICJ Chamber in Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Mali), 1986 ICJ Rep 554. 2. The Chamber held: 'The essence of the principle lies in its primary aim of securing respect for the territorial boundaries at the moment when independence is achieved...' 3. The principle was crucial in the post-USSR (1991) and post-Yugoslavia (1991-92) cases — the Badinter Commission applied it. 4. The Reparation for Injuries case (1949) addressed international personality of the UN; Nicaragua addressed force/self-defence; Corfu Channel addressed sovereign rights and state responsibility. 5. Hence option B is correct. _Source: UN Charter 1945 / Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties 1969 / ICJ Statute / ARSIWA 2001 — Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Mali), 1986 ICJ Rep 554_