As Tony did his research, he thought, "This is great! This example covers two of the settlement forums.!" The hard been attempts to settle the dispute through . The ambassadors from both countries travelled between the capitals attempt to resolve their differences through negotiation. However, that failed and the President of Italy attempted to use that country's to mediate a settlement. When the efforts of the President failed, the parties agreed to have the matter referred to the in the Hague. Initially, it used its jurisdiction and had an expert render a decision. When the parties refused to accept the expert's report, the forum's jurisdiction was used to render a judgment. In the matter. In rendering the judgment reference was made to a previous decision on a similar dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Tony wrote his report to Mr. Justice Tortious outlining the relevant source of law the forums used and explained how this forum dealt with stare decisi