%0 Article %A Gálvez Valega, Arturo %I Universidad del Norte: Ediciones Uninorte %D 2004 %T El Uti Possidetis Juris y la Corte Internacional de Justicia %U https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=2347492 %X Seizing for juridical purposed is based in the occupation of a territory by means of juridical title. This allows the solution of border conflicts through international treaties. Since the Angostura Congress in 1819, Colombia claimed the in force of the uti possidetis juris, which is a reiterative principle in Article 101 of 1991 Constitution, which establishes that: " Colombian borders are established in the international treaties approved by the Congress and dully ratified by the President of the Republic and those defined by any arbitration award in which the Nation had taken part."