In March 2011, The International Court of Justice provisionally ruled that Costa Rica and Nicaragua both must refrain from sending or maintaining civilians, security forces or police in this disputed border area, but that Costa Rica was allowed to send civilian teams concerned with environmental matters.
U ožujku 2011, Međunarodni sud pravde presudio je da se privremeno Kostarika i Nikaragva moraju suzdržati od slanja ili održavanja civila, sigurnosnih snaga ili policija u tom spornom graničnom području, ali da je Kostarici dopušteno slanje civilnih ekipa koje se bave pitanjima zaštite okoliša.