List of International Court of Justice cases

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list of cases and advisory opinions brought to the International Court of Justice since its creation in 1946. Only nation-states have standing to bring forward claims.

Contents: Cases and advisory opinions: 1948 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 2008
Advisory opinions
See also
References
Further reading

[edit] Cases and advisory opinions

The following is a list of all the International Court of Justice Cases and advisory opinions[1]

[edit] 1948

[edit] 1949

[edit] 1950

  • Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations (1949-1950) (3 March 1950)
  • Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania (1949-1950) (30 March 1950)
  • International Status of South West Africa (1949-1950) (11 July 1950)
  • Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania (1949-1950) (18 July 1950)
  • Asylum (Colombia/Peru) (1949-1950) (20 November 1950)
  • Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 20 November 1950 in the Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru) (1950) (27 November 1950)

[edit] 1951

  • Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1950-1951) (28 May 1951)
  • Haya de la Torre (Colombia v. Peru) (1950-1951) (13 June 1951)
  • Fisheries Case (United Kingdom v. Norway) - Judgment - General List No. 5 (18 December 1951)

[edit] 1952

[edit] 1953

[edit] 1954

[edit] 1955

  • Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) (1951-1955) (6 April 1955)
  • Voting Procedure on Questions relating to Reports and Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa (1954-1955) (7 June 1955)

[edit] 1956

  • Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa (1955-1956) (1 June 1956)
  • Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints Made against Unesco (1955-1956) (23 October 1956)

[edit] 1957

  • Certain Norwegian Loans (France v. Norway) (1955-1957) (6 July 1957)
  • Interhandel (Switzerland v. United States) (1957-1959) (24 October 1957)
  • Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) (1955-1960) (26 November 1957)

[edit] 1958

  • Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants (Netherlands v. Sweden) (1957-1958) (28 November 1958)

[edit] 1959

  • Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria) (1957-1959) (26 May 1959)
  • Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land (Belgium/Netherlands) (1957-1959) (20 June 1959)

[edit] 1960

  • Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) (1955-1960) (12 April 1960)
  • Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (1959-1960) (8 June 1960)
  • Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua) (1958-1960) (18 November 1960)

[edit] 1961

[edit] 1962

  • Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (1959-1962) (15 June 1962)
  • Certain Expenses of the United Nations (1962)(1961-1962) (20 July 1962)
  • South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa) (1960-1966) (21 December 1962)

[edit] 1963

  • Northern Cameroons (Cameroons v. United Kingdom) (1961-1963) (2 December 1963)

[edit] 1964

  • Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (New Application: 1962) (Belgium v. Spain) (1962-1970) (24 July 1964)

[edit] 1965

  • non

[edit] 1966

  • South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa) (1960-1966) (18 July 1966)

[edit] 1967

  • non

[edit] 1968

  • non

[edit] 1969

  • North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark; Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands) (1967-1969) (20 February 1969)

[edit] 1970

[edit] 1971

  • Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970) (1970-1971) (21 June 1971)

[edit] 1972

  • Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council (India v. Pakistan) - Judgment - General List No. 54 (18 August 1972)

[edit] 1973

  • Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (Federal Republic of Germany v. Iceland) - Jurisdiction of the Court - Judgment - General List No. 56 (2 February 1973)
  • Application for Review of Judgement No. 158 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (1972-1973) (12 July 1973)

[edit] 1974

  • Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (Federal Republic of Germany v. Iceland) - Merits - Judgment - General List No. 56 (25 July 1974)
  • Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France) - Judgment - General List No. 58 (20 December 1974)
  • Nuclear Tests Case (New Zealand v. France - ) - Judgment - General List No. 59 (20 December 1974)

[edit] 1975

[edit] 1976

  • non

[edit] 1977

  • non

[edit] 1978

  • Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Greece v. Turkey) - Jurisdiction of the Court - Judgment - General List No. 62 (19 December 1978)

[edit] 1979

  • non

[edit] 1980

  • Case Concerning United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran) - Judgment - General List No. 64 (24 May 1980)
  • Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt (1980) (20 December 1980)

[edit] 1981

  • Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) - Application by Malta for Permission to Intervene - Judgment - General List No. 63 (14 April 1981)

[edit] 1982

  • Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) - Judgment - General List No. 63 (24 February 1982)
  • Application for Review of Judgement No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (1981-1982) (20 July 1982)

[edit] 1983

  • non

[edit] 1984

[edit] 1985

  • Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) - Judgment - General List No. 68 (3 June 1985)
  • Application for Revision and Interpretation of the Judgment of 24 February 1982 in the Case Concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) - Judgment - General List No. 71 (10 December 1985)

[edit] 1986

[edit] 1987

  • Application for Review of Judgement No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (1984-1987) (27 May 1987)

[edit] 1988

  • Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947 (1988) (26 April 1988)

[edit] 1989

  • Case Concerning Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) (United States of America v. Italy) - Judgment - General List No. 76 (20 July 1989)
  • Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1989) (15 December 1989)

[edit] 1990

  • Case Concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras) - Application by Nicaragua for Permission to Intervene - Judgment - General List No. 75 (13 September 1990)

[edit] 1991

  • none

[edit] 1992

  • Case Concerning Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v. Australia) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 80 (26 June 1992)
  • Case Concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) - Judgment - General List No. 75 (11 September 1992)

[edit] 1993

[edit] 1994

[edit] 1995

  • Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal v. Australia) - Judgment - General List No. 84 (30 June 1995)

[edit] 1996

  • Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria) - General List No. 94 (15 March 1996)
  • Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons - Advisory Opinion - General List No. 95 (8 July 1996)
  • Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict - Advisory Opinion - General List No. 93 (8 July 1996)
  • Case Concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnian and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)) - Preliminary Objections - General List No. 91 (11 July 1996)

[edit] 1997

Case Concerning the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia)

[edit] 1998

  • Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom)- Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 88 (27 February 1998)
  • Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 89 [1998] ICJ 2 (27 February 1998)
  • Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 99 (9 April 1998)
  • Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and NIgeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria) - Preliminary Objections - General List No. 94 (11 June 1998)
  • Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America) - Order - General List No. 99 (10 November 1998)

[edit] 1999

  • Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Germany v. United States of America)- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 104 (3 March 1999)
  • Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights - Advisory Opinion - General List No. 100 (29 April 1999)
  • Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights - General List No. 100 [1999] ICJ 3 (29 April 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures (Yugoslavia v. Belgium) - Order - General List No. 105 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. France) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 107 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Germany)- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 108 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force Yugoslavia v. Italy) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 109 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Netherlands) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 110 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Portugal) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 111 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Spain) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 112 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United Kingdom) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 113 (2 June 1999)
  • Case Concerning Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United States of America)- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 114 (2 June 1999)

[edit] 2000

  • Case Concerning the Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) - Jurisdiction of the Court - Judgment - General List No. 119 (21 June 2000)
  • Case Concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) - Request for the Indication of the Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 116 (1 July 2000)
  • Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 - Request for the Indication of the Provisional Measures (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - Order - General List No. 121 (8 December 2000)

[edit] 2001

  • Case Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi)- Order - General List No. 115 (30 January 2001)
  • Case Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) - Order - General List No. 117 (30 January 2001)
  • Case Concerning Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) - Application by the Philippines for Permission to Intervene - Judgment - General List No. 102 (23 October 2001)

[edit] 2002

  • Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - Judgment - General List No. 121 (14 February 2002)
  • Case Concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 126 (10 July 2002)
  • Case Concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea Intervening) - Judgment - General List No. 94 (10 October 2002)
  • Case Concerning Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) - General List No. 102 (12 December 2002)
  • Case Concerning Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia ) - Judgment - General List No. 102 (17 December 2002)

[edit] 2003

  • Application for the Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case Concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 122 ICJ 1 (3 February 2003)
  • Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures - Order - General List No. 128 (5 February 2003)
  • Case Concerning Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France) - Request for the Indication of a Provisional Measure - Order - General List No. 129 (17 June 2003)
  • Case Concerning Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic Of Iran v. United States Of America) - Judgment - General List No. 90 (6 November 2003)
  • 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) (El Salvador v. Honduras) - General List No. 127 (18 December 2003)

[edit] 2004

  • Case Concerning Avena And Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States Of America) - Judgment - General List No. 128 ICJ 1 (31 March 2004)
  • Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - Advisory Opinion - General List No. 131 (7 July 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 105 (15 December 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 106 (15 December 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 107 (15 December 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 108 (15 December 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy)- Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 109 (15 December 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 110 (15 December 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 111 (15 December 2004)
  • Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 112 (15 December 2004)

[edit] 2005

  • Certain Property (Liechenstein v. Germany) - Preliminary Objections - Judgment - General List No. 123 ICJ 1 (10 February 2005)
  • Frontie Dispute (Benin/Niger) - General List No. 125 (12 July 2005)

[edit] 2006

  • Armed Activies on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) - Judgment - General List No. 126 (3 February 2006)

[edit] 2007

[edit] 2008

[edit] Advisory opinions

These are opinions issued by the ICJ that do not have the effect of resolving a specific legal case, but merely advise on the constitutionality or interpretation of a law according to the ICJ's position.[2]

  • Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter) - Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1948 - General List No. 3 (1947-1948)
  • Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations - Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949 - General List No. 4 (1948-1949)
  • Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations - Advisory Opinion of 3 March 1950 - General List No. 9 (1949-1950)
  • Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania - Advisory Opinion of 30 March 1950 (First Phase), Advisory Opinion of 18 July 1950 (Second Phase) - General List No. 8 (1949-1949)
  • International Status of South West Africa - Advisory Opinion of 11 July 1950 - General List No. 10 (1949-1950)
  • Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1951 - General List No. 12 (1950-1951)
  • Effect of Awards of Compensation Made by the United Nations Administrative Tribuna -Advisory Opinion of 13 July 1954 - General List No. 21 (1953-1954)
  • Voting Procedure on Questions relating to Reports and Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa - Advisory Opinion of 7 June 1955 - General List No. 24 (1954-1955)
  • Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa - Advisory Opinion of 1 June 1956 - General List No. 31 (1955-1956)
  • Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints Made against Unesco - Advisory Opinion of 23 October 1956 - General List No. 30 (1955-1956)
  • Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - Advisory Opinion of 8 June 1960 - General List No. 43 (1959-1960)
  • Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - Advisory Opinion of 20 July 1962 - General List No. 49 (1961-1962)
  • Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970) - Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971 - General List No. 53 (1970-1971)
  • Application for Review of Judgment No. 158 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal - Advisory Opinion of 12 July 1973 - General List No. 57 (1972-1973)
  • Western Sahara - Advisory Opinion of 16 October 1975 - General List No. 61 (1974-1975)
  • Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt - Advisory Opinion of 20 December 1980 - General List No. 65 (1980-1980)
  • Application for Review of Judgment No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal- Advisory Opinion of 20 July 1982 - General List No. 66 (1981-1982)
  • Application for Review of Judgment No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal- Advisory Opinion of 27 May 1987 - General List No. 72 (1984-1987)
  • Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947 - Advisory Opinion of 26 April 1988 - General List No. 77 (1988-1988)
  • Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations - Advisory Opinion of 15 December 1989 - General List No. 81 (1989-1989)
  • Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict - Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 - General List No. 93 (1993-1996)
  • Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons - Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 - General List No. 95 (1995-1998)
  • Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights - Advisory Opinion of 29 April 1999 - General List No. 100 (1998-1999)
  • Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - Advisory Opinion of 7 July 2004 - General List No. 131 (2003-2004)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ International Court of Justice Database last updated: 22 August 2006. Most recent document: 3 February 2006 Number of documents: 130
  2. ^ 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.)

[edit] Further reading

Languages