List of International Court of Justice cases
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This is a list of contentious cases and advisory opinions brought to the International Court of Justice since its creation in 1946. As of 1 August 2015, 161 cases have been entered onto the General List for consideration before the court.
The jurisdiction of the ICJ is limited. Only states have standing to bring a compulsory claim against another state, and then only with the consent of the responding state. However, certain United Nations bodies and agencies such as the UN General Assembly have the power to submit questions for advisory opinions.[1][2] Although these advisory opinions are not binding under international law, they do provide the ICJ's interpretation of what international law is.[3]
List of cases
The list is organized by and includes only those disputes assigned a General List number by the registrar of the court. In the early days of the court, any formally correct application was accepted by the registrar and entered on to the General List.[4] If there was no jurisdiction (because of lack of consent by the responding party), the case was soon closed by the court. In 1978, however, the Court amended its rules and instructed the registrar to only enter a case on the General List if there was consent by the responding party,[5] seemingly reducing the problem of meritless applications.[6] However, at times consent and therefore jurisdiction is contested by the responding party. Such a case may be ordered to be added to the General List over the protestations of the respondent to allow the court to decide whether there is consent.[7] In such a situation, however, the mere addition of a dispute to the General List does not have legal significance.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ Staff. International Court of Justice Database, World Legal Information Institute, last updated: 22 August 2006. Most recent document: 3 February 2006 Number of documents: 130
- ↑ Bimal N. Patel, Shabtai Rosenne. The World Court Reference Guide: Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the Permanent Court of international Justice and the International Court of Justice (1922–2000), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2002, ISBN 90-411-1907-8
- ↑ List of Advisory Proceedings referred to the Court since 1946 by date of introduction (sorted on the date of the Advisory Opinion and then General List No.)
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- ↑ International Court of Justice. Rules of the Court (1978), Article 38, paragraph 5. "When the applicant State proposes to found the jurisdiction of the Court upon a consent thereto yet to be given or manifested by the State against which such application is made, the application shall be transmitted to that State. It shall not however be entered in the General List, nor any action be taken in the proceedings, unless and until the State against which such application is made consents to the Court's jurisdiction for the purposes of the case."
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- ↑ Corfu Channel Case, Application. 22 May 1947.
- ↑ Corfu Channel Case, Judgment. 9 April 1949.
- ↑ For example, the Judgment on Preliminary Objections (Corfu Channel Case, 25 March 1948, p.15.) is marked in its margin as General List Number 2. However, it is posted under the ICJ website with the rest of the Corfu Channel Case materials, which are generally marked as General List Number 1. In subsequent cases with judgments on preliminary objections, the Court seems to have assigned the preliminary judgment the same General List Number as the original case to which it belongs, see, e.g. Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 26 June 1992; Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999, Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 21 June 2000; etc.
- ↑ Conditions of Admission. Note from the Secretary General of the United Nations to the Registrar, 24 November 1949.
- ↑ "Conditions of Admission". Advisory Opinion
- ↑ Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Request for Advisory Opinion. 7 December 1948.
- ↑ Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion. 11 April 1949.
- ↑ Fisheries Case. Application. 28 September 1948
- ↑ Fisheries Case. Judgment. 18 December 1951.
- ↑ Protection of French Nationals. Application. 13 October 1949
- ↑ Protection of French Nationals. Order of Discontinuance. 29 March 1950.
- ↑ Asylum (Colombia/Peru). Application. 15 October 1949
- ↑ Asylum Case. Judgment, 20 November 1950.
- ↑ Interpretation of Peace Treaties. Request for Advisory Opinion. 31 October 1949.
- ↑ Note: this date is for the final opinion, for the "second phase". An opinion addressing the "first phase" was issued on 30 March 1950.
- ↑ Competence of the General Assembly. Request for Advisory Opinion. 28 November 1949.
- ↑ Competence of the General Assembly. Advisory Opinion. 3 March 1950.
- ↑ International Status of South West Africa. Request for Advisory Opinion. 27 December 1949.
- ↑ International Status of South West Africa. Advisory Opinion. 11 July 1950.
- ↑ Rights of Nationals of the United States, Application. 28 October 1950.
- ↑ Rights of Nationals of the United States, Judgment. 27 August 1952
- ↑ Reservations to the Genocide Convention. Request for Advisory Opinion. 20 November 1950.
- ↑ Reservations to the Genocide Convention. Advisory Opinion. 28 May 1951.
- ↑ Request for Interpretation. Application. 20 November 1950.
- ↑ Request for Interpretation. Judgment. 27 November 1950.
- ↑ Haya de la Torre.Application. 13 December 1950.
- ↑ Haya de la Torre.Judgment. 13 June 1951.
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Ambatelios Case. Judgment. 19 May 1953.
- ↑ Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Application. 26 May 1951.
- ↑ Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 22 July 1952
- ↑ Minquiers and Ecrehos Case. Special Agreement. 5 December 1951.
- ↑ Minquiers and Ecrehos Case. Judgment. 17 November 1953.
- ↑ Nottebohm Case. Application. 17 December 1951.
- ↑ Nottebohm Case. Judgment. 6 April 1955.
- ↑ Monetary Gold Case. Application. 19 May 1953.
- ↑ Monetary Gold Case. Judgment. 15 June 1954.
- ↑ Electricite de Beyrouth Case. Application. 15 August 1953
- ↑ Electricite de Beyrouth Case Order Dismissing Case. 29 July 1954
- ↑ Effect of Awards of Compensation. Request for Advisory Opinion. 21 December 1953.
- ↑ Effects of Awards of Compensation. Advisory Opinion. 13 July 1954
- ↑ Treatment in Hungary (USA v. Hungary) Application. 3 March 1953
- ↑ Treatment in Hungary (USA v. Hungary) Order Removing Case 12 July 1954
- ↑ Treatment in Hungary (USA v. USSR) Application. 3 March 1953
- ↑ Treatment in Hungary (USA v. USSR) Order Removing Case 12 July 1954
- ↑ Voting Procedure Case. Request for Advisory Opinion. 6 December 1954.
- ↑ Voting Procedure Case. Advisory Opinion. 7 June 1955.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953. Application. 29 March 1953.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953. Order Removing from List. 14 March 1956.
- ↑ Antarctica (UK v. Argentina). Application. 4 May 1955
- ↑ Antarctica (UK v. Argentina). Order Removing from List. 16 March 1956.
- ↑ Antarctica (UK v. Chile). Application. 4 May 1955
- ↑ Antarctica (UK v. Chile). Order Removing from List. 16 March 1956.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952. Application. 2 June 1955.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952. Order Removing from List. 14 March 1956.
- ↑ Certain Norwegian Loans. Application. 6 July 1955.
- ↑ Certain Norwegian Loans. Judgment. 6 July 1957.
- ↑ Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. Request for Advisory Opinion. 5 December 1955.
- ↑ Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. Advisory Opinion. 23 October 1956.
- ↑ Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa. Request for Advisory Opinion. 19 December 1955.
- ↑ Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa. Advisory Opinion. 1 June 1956.
- ↑ Right of Passage over Indian Territory. Application. 22 December 1955.
- ↑ Right of Passage over Indian Territory. [Judgment http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/32/4521.pdf]. 12 April 1960.
- ↑ Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants. Application. 22 July 1957.
- ↑ Boll Case. [Judgment http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/33/2263.pdf]. 28 November 1958.
- ↑ Interhandel. Application. 2 October 1957.
- ↑ Interhandel. Judgment. 21 March 1959.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955. Application. 16 October 1957.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 26 May 1959.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United States v. Bulgaria). Application. 28 October 1957.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United States v. Bulgaria). Order Removing from List. 30 May 1960.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United Kingdom v. Bulgaria. Application. 22 November 1957.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United Kingdom v. Bulgaria). Order Removing from List. 3 August 1959.
- ↑ Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Lands. Special Agreement. 27 November 1957.
- ↑ Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land. Judgment. 20 June 1959
- ↑ Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906. Application. 1 July 1958.
- ↑ Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain. Judgment. 18 November 1960
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 4 September 1954. Application. 22 August 1958.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 4 September 1954. Order Removing from List. 9 December 1958.
- ↑ Barcelona Traction. Application. 23 September 1958.
- ↑ Barcelona Traction. Order Removing from List. 10 April 1961.
- ↑ Compagnie du Port. Application. 13 February 1959.
- ↑ Compagnie du Port. Order Removing from List. 31 August 1960.
- ↑ Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee. Request for Advisory Opinion. 25 March 1959.
- ↑ Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee. Advisory Opinion. 8 June 1960.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954. Application. 8 July 1957.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954. Order Removing from List. 7 October 1959.
- ↑ Preah Vihear Temple. Application. 6 October 1959.
- ↑ Preah Vihear Temple. Judgment. 15 June 1962
- ↑ South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa). Application. 4 November 1960.
- ↑ 98.0 98.1 South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa). Judgment. 18 July 1966.
- ↑ South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa). Application. 4 November 1960.
- ↑ Northern Cameroons. Application. 30 May 1961.
- ↑ Northern Cameroons. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 2 December 1963.
- ↑ Certain Expenses of the United Nations. Request for Advisory Opinion. 27 December 1961.
- ↑ Certain Expenses. Judgment. 20 July 1962
- ↑ Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited. Application. 19 June 1962.
- ↑ Barcelona Traction, Light, and Power Company, Limited (Second Application: 1962). Judgment. 5 February 1970.
- ↑ 106.0 106.1 North Sea Continental Shelf. Special Agreement. 20 February 1967
- ↑ 107.0 107.1 North Sea Continental Shelf. Judgment. 20 February 1969.
- ↑ North Sea Continental Shelf. Order Joining Cases. 26 April 1968.
- ↑ Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia. Request for Advisory Opinion. 5 August 1970.
- ↑ Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia. Advisory Opinion. 21 June 1971.
- ↑ Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council. Application. 30 August 1971.
- ↑ Fisheries Jurisdiction (Germany v. Iceland). Application. 5 June 1972.
- ↑ Fisheries Jurisdiction (Germany v. Iceland). Judgment. 25 July 1974.
- ↑ Fisheries Jurisdiction (United Kingdom v. Iceland). Application. 14 April 1972.
- ↑ Application for Review of Judgement No. 158. Request for Advisory Opinion. 3 July 1972.
- ↑ Application for Review of Judgement No. 158. Advisory Opinion. 12 July 1973.
- ↑ Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France). Application. 9 May 1973.
- ↑ Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France). Judgment. 20 December 1974.
- ↑ Nuclear Tests Case (New Zealand v. France). Application. 9 May 1973.
- ↑ Trial of Pakistani Prisoners of War. Application. 11 May 1973.
- ↑ Trial of Pakistani Prisoners of War. Order Discontinuing Case. 15 December 1973.
- ↑ Western Sahara. Request for Advisory Opinion. 21 December 1974.
- ↑ Western Sahara. Advisory Opinion. 16 October 1975.
- ↑ Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case. Application. 10 August 1976.
- ↑ Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya). Special Agreement. 1 December 1978.
- ↑ United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran. Application. 29 November 1979.
- ↑ United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran. Judgment. 24 May 1980.
- ↑ Interpretation of the Agreement between the WHO and Egypt. Request for Advisory Opinion. 28 May 1980.
- ↑ Interpretation of the Agreement between the WHO and Egypt. Advisory Opinion. 20 December 1980.
- ↑ Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area. Special Agreement. 25 November 1981.
- ↑ Application for Review of Judgement No. 333. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 September 1984
- ↑ Application for Review of Judgement No. 333. Advisory Opinion. 27 May 1987.
- ↑ Border and Transborder Armed Activities (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica). Application. 28 July 1986.
- ↑ Border and Transborder Armed Activities. Order Removing Case. 19 August 1987.
- ↑ Border and Transborder Armed Activities (Nicaragua v. Honduras). Application. 28 July 1986.
- ↑ Border and Transborder Armed Activities (Nicaragua v. Honduras). Judgment. 20 December 1988.
- ↑ Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute. Special Agreement. 11 December 1986.
- ↑ Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute. Judgment. 11 September 1992.
- ↑ Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate. Request for Advisory Opinion. 7 March 1988.
- ↑ Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate. Advisory Opinion. 26 April 1988.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988. Application. 17 May 1989.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988. Order Removing Case. 22 February 1996.
- ↑ Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru. Application. 19 May 1989.
- ↑ Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru. Order Removing from List. 13 September 1993.
- ↑ Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989. Application. 23 August 1989.
- ↑ Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989. Judgement. 23 August 1989.
- ↑ Maritime Delimitation between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Application. 12 March 1991.
- ↑ Maritime Delimitation between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Order Removing from List. 8 November 1998.
- ↑ Passage Through the Great Belt. Application. 17 May 1999.
- ↑ Passage Through the Great Belt. Order Removing from List. 10 September 1992.
- ↑ Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain. Application. 8 July 1991.
- ↑ Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain. Judgment. 16 March 2001.
- ↑ Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. UK). Application. 3 March 1992.
- ↑ Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. UK). Order Removing from List. 10 December 2003.
- ↑ Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. USA). Application. 3 March 1992.
- ↑ Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. UK). Order Removing from List. 10 September 2003.
- ↑ The Court returned a judgment on the merits on 25 September 1997. However, on 3 September 1998, Slovakia announced its intention to seek an additional judgment. As of 30 September 2014, the ICJ continues to list the case as "Pending," see List of pending cases on ICJ website, retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict. Request for Advisory Opinion. 3 September 1993.
- ↑ Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict. Advisory Opinion. 8 July 1996.
- ↑ Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. Request for Advisory Opinion. 6 January 1995.
- ↑ Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. Advisory Opinion. 8 July 1996.
- ↑ Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada). Application. 28 March 1995.
- ↑ Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada). Judgment on Jurisdiction. 4 December 1998.
- ↑ Request for an Examination. Application. 21 August 1995.
- ↑ Request for an Examination. Order of Dismissal. 22 September 1995.
- ↑ Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America). Order Removing from List. 10 November 1998.
- ↑ Difference Relating to Immunity. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 August 1998.
- ↑ Difference Relating to Immunity. Advisory Opinion. 29 April 1999.
- ↑ Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998. Application. 28 October 1998.
- ↑ Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998. Judgment. 25 March 1999.
- ↑ Ahmadou Sadio Diallo. Application. 28 December 1998.
- ↑ Ahmadou Sadio Diallo. Judgment on Compensation. 19 June 2012. See also, Ahmadou Sadio Diallo. Judgment on Merits. 30 November 2010.
- ↑ LaGrand Case. Application. 2 March 1999.
- ↑ LaGrand Case. Judgment. 27 June 2001.
- ↑ Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi). Application. 23 June 1999.
- ↑ Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi). Order Removing from List. 30 January 2001.
- ↑ Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia). Application. 2 July 1999.
- ↑ Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia). Judgment. 3 February 2015.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999. Application. 21 September 1999.
- ↑ Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999. Judgment. 21 June 2000.
- ↑ Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000. Application. 17 October 2000.
- ↑ Arrest Warrant of 11 August 2000. Judgment. 14 February 2002.
- ↑ Application for the Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996. Application. 24 April 2001.
- ↑ Application for the Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996. Judgment. 3 February 2003.
- ↑ Certain Property. Application. 1 June 2001.
- ↑ Certain Property. Judgment. 10 February 2005.
- ↑ Territorial and Maritime Dispute. Application. 6 December 2001.
- ↑ Territorial and Maritime Dispute. Judgment. 19 November 2012.
- ↑ Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda). Application. 28 May 2002.
- ↑ Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda). Judgment. 3 February 2006.
- ↑ Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening). Application. 10 September 2002.
- ↑ Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning theLand, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening). Judgment. 18 December 2003.
- ↑ Avena and Other Mexican Nationals. Application. 3 January 2003.
- ↑ Avena and Other Mexican Nationals. Judgment. 31 March 2004.
- ↑ Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 December 2003.
- ↑ Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall. Advisory Opinion. 9 July 2004.
- ↑ Aerial Herbicide Spraying. Application. 31 March 2008.
- ↑ Aerial Herbicide Spraying. Order Removing from List. 13 September 2013.
- ↑ Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Application. 12 August 2008.
- ↑ Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Judgment. 1 April 2011.
- ↑ Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence In Respect of Kosovo. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 October 2008.
- ↑ Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence In Respect of Kosovo. Advisory Opinion. 22 July 2010.
- ↑ Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite. Application. 19 February 2009.
- ↑ Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite. Judgment. 20 July 2012.
- ↑ Judgment No.2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization. Request for Advisory Opinion. 26 April 2010.
- ↑ Judgment No.2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization. Advisory Opinion. 1 February 2012.
- ↑ Whaling in the Antarctic. Application. 31 May 2010.
- ↑ Whaling in the Antarctic. Judgment. 31 March 2014.
- ↑ Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Niger). Special Agreement. 21 July 2010.
- ↑ Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Niger). Judgment. 16 April 2013.
- ↑ Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua. Application. 18 November 2010.
- ↑ Request for Interpretation of Temple of Preah Vihear Case. Application. 28 April 2011
- ↑ Request for Interpretation of Temple of Preah Vihear Case. Judgment. 11 November 2013.
- ↑ Construction of a Road in Costa Rica. Application. 22 December 2011.
- ↑ Construction of a Road in Costa Rica. Order Joining Proceedings. 17 April 2013.
- ↑ Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean. Application. 24 April 2013.
- ↑ Delimitation of the Continental Shelf. Application. 16 September 2013.
- ↑ International Court of Justice. Press Release Number 2013/36. 27 November 2013
- ↑ Application. 24 April 2014
- ↑ Application, 24 April 2014.
- ↑ Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean. Application, 28 August 2014.
