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1993-1994 Judicial Activity of the World Court

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Peter H. F. Bekker
Peter H. F. Bekker*
Affiliation:
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 89 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 213 - 215
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1995

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References

1 For a summary of the judicial work of the ICJ during 1991–1992, see my Letter to the Editor, 87 AJIL429 (1993).

2 Application of March 20, 1993, accompanied by a request from Bosnia and Hercegovina for the indication of provisional measures.

3 Special Agreement of July 2, 1993.

4 Request filed on September 3, 1993.

5 These two cases were not joined and appear as separate cases on the General List.

6 1993 ICJ Rep. 3; and id. at 325.

7 Id. at 316.

8 Id. at 319.

9 Id. at 467.

10 Id. at 322.

11 Id. at 29.

12 Id. at 32.

15 Id. at 35.

14 Id. at 470. See ICJ Rules of Court, Art. 13, para. 3, reprinted in 73 AJIL 748, 761 (1979).

15 1993 ICJ Rep. at 38. For a discussion of this Judgment, see Jonathan I. Charney’s case note in 88 AJIL 105 (1994); see also Jonathan I. Charney, Progress in International Maritime Boundary Delimitation Law, 88 AJIL 227 (1994).

16 See ICJ Communique No. 93/20 (July 19, 1993). The legal basis for this Chamber is provided by the ICJ Rules of Court, supra note 14, Art. 26, para. 1. The initial seven members of the Court elected to sit on the Chamber were Judges Schwebel, Bedjaoui, Evensen, Shahabuddeen, Weera-mantry, Ranjeva and Herczegh.

17 For the present composition of the Court, see 88 AJIL 178 (1994).

18 This is only the second time that a Registrar is serving for a second term. The first was Stanislas Aquarone (Australia), who was reelected in 1973.

19 See ICJ Communiqué No. 94/10 (Mar. 14, 1994).

20 Application filed March 29, 1994, ICJ Communiqué No. 94/12 (Mar. 30, 1994), and Additional Application dated June 6, 1994, ICJ Communiqué No. 94/13 (June 20, 1994).

21 The parties are due to file a Counter-Memorial on December 5, which will conclude the first round of written pleadings.

22 See ICJ Statute Art. 66, para. 2. The time limit had originally been fixed for June 10, but was extended by the President’s Order of June 20 to accommodate the wishes of several states. See 1994 ICJ Rep. 109 (Order of June 20).

23 See ICJ Communique No. 94/22 (Oct. 31, 1994).

24 1994 ICJ Rep. 105.

25 Id. at 3.

26 Id. at 109.

27 At present, none of the pending cases were referred to a chamber of the Court.

28 1994 ICJ Rep. 6.