283. Bangladesh submits that the cut-off effect is as prejudicial to it as was
the cut-off effect to Germany in the North Sea cases and that “the reality is
then that equidistance threatens Bangladesh with a more severe cut-off than
Germany”.
284. Bangladesh also relies on the award in the case concerning
Delimitation of the maritime boundary between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau,
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noting that, although in that case “the equidistance lines between Guinea
and its two neighbours did not fully cut Guinea off within 200 miles”, “the
relief the tribunal gave Guinea is considerable, certainly far greater than
anything that Bangladesh is seeking in this case”.