List of International Court of Justice cases
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, but certain United Nations bodies and agencies such as the UN General Assembly have the power to request advisory opinions.
Cases and advisory opinions
The following is a list of all the International Court of Justice Cases and advisory opinions[1][2]
1948
1949
1950
- 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) – General List No. 8 (1949–1949)
- International Status of South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 11 July 1950 – General List No. 10 (1949–1950)
- Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania – Advisory Opinion of 18 July 1950 (Second Phase) – General List No. 8 (1949–1949)
- Asylum (Colombia/Peru) – Judgment 20 November 1950 – General List No. 7 (1949–1950)
- Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 20 November 1950 in the Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru) – 27 November 1950 – General List No. 13 (1950)
1951
- 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)
- Haya de la Torre (Colombia v. Peru) – Judgment 13 June 1951 – General List No. 14 (1950–1951)
- Fisheries Case (United Kingdom v. Norway) – Judgment 18 December 1951 – General List No. 5 (1949–1951)
1952
1953
1954
1955
- Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) – Judgment 6 April 1955 – General List No. 18 (1951–1955)
- 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)
1956
- Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 1 June 1956 – General List No. 31 (1955–1956)
- Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints made against UNESCO – Advisory Opinion of 23 October 1956 – General List No. 30 (1955–1956)
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)
1958
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)
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 – Advisory Opinion of 8 June 1960 – General List No. 43 (1959–1960)
- Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua) (1958–1960) (18 November 1960)
1961
1962
- Preah Vihear Temple (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)
1963
- Northern Cameroons (Cameroons v. United Kingdom) (1961–1963) (2 December 1963)
1964
- Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (New Application: 1962) (Belgium v. Spain) (1962–1970) (24 July 1964)
1965
1966
- South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa) (1960–1966) (18 July 1966)
1967
1968
1969
- North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark; Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands) (1967–1969) (20 February 1969)
1970
1971
- Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 – Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971 – General List No. 53 (1970–1971)
1972
- Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council (India v. Pakistan) – Judgment – General List No. 54 (18 August 1972)
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 – Advisory Opinion of 12 July 1973 – General List No. 57 (1972–1973)
1974
- Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom 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)
1975
1976
Aegean Sea Continental Shelf (Greece v. Turkey) http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=gt&case=62&k=81
1977
1978
- Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Greece v. Turkey) – Jurisdiction of the Court – Judgment – General List No. 62 (19 December 1978)
1979
United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran)
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=usir&case=64&k=c9
1980
- United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran) – Judgment 24 May 1980 – General List No. 64
- 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)
1981
- Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) – Application by Malta for Permission to Intervene – Judgment – General List No. 63 (14 April 1981)
1982
- Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) – Judgment of 24 February 1982 – General List No. 63 (1978–1982)
- Application for Review of Judgement No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal Advisory opinion of 20 July 1982 – General List No. 66 (1981–1982)
1983
1984
- Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) – Application by Italy for Permission to Intervene – Judgment – General List No. 68 (21 March 1984)
- Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (Canada/United States of America) – Judgment – General List No. 67 (12 October 1984)
- Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) – Jurisdiction of the Court and Admissibility of the Application – Judgment – General List No. 70 (26 November 1984)
1985
- Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) – Judgment of 3 June 1985 – General List No. 68
- Application for Revision and Interpretation of the Judgment of 24 Februaiy 1982 in the Case concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) – Judgment of 10 December 1985 – General List No. 71 (1984–1985)
1986
1987
- Application for Review of Judgement No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribuna, Advisory opinion 27 May 1987, General List No. 72 (1984–1987)
1988
- 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)
1989
- 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)
1990
- Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras) – Application by Nicaragua for Permission to Intervene – Judgment – General List No. 75 (13 September 1990)
1991
1)Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=qb&case=87&k=61
2)Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark) http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=fd&case=86&k=a5
3)East Timor (Portugal v. Australia http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=pa&case=84&k=66
1992
- Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v. Australia) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 80 (26 June 1992)
- Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) – Judgment – General List No. 75 (11 September 1992)
1993
- Maritime Delimitation in the Area Between Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v. Norway) – Judgment – General List No. 78 (14 June 1993)
1994
- Territorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Chad) – Judgment – General List No. 83 (3 February 1994)
1995
- East Timor (Portugal v. Australia) – Judgment of 30 June 1995 – General List No. 84 (1991–1995)
- Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Court's Judgment of 20 December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) – Order of 22 September 1995 – General List No. 97 (1995–1995)
1996
1997
- Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia) – Judgement of 25 September 1997 – General List No. 92 (1993–1997)
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)
- 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)
- Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria) – Preliminary Objections – General List No. 94 (11 June 1998)
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America) – Order of 10 November 1998 – General List No. 99
- Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada) – Judgment 4 December 1988 – General List No. 96 (1995–1998)
1999
- 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)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Belgium) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 105 (2 June 1999)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. France) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 107 (2 June 1999)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Germany)- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 108 (2 June 1999)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Italy) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 109 (2 June 1999)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Netherlands) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 110 (2 June 1999)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Portugal) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 111 (2 June 1999)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Spain) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 112 (2 June 1999)
- Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United Kingdom) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 113 (2 June 1999)
- 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)
- Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia) (2 July 1999)
2000
- Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) – Jurisdiction of the Court – Judgment – General List No. 119 (21 June 2000)
- 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)
- 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)
2001
- Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi) – Order 30 January 2001 – General List No. 115 (1999–2001)
- Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) – Order 30 January 2001 – General List No. 117 (1999–2001)
- Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia), Application for Permission to Intervene – Judgment 23 October 2001 – General List No. 102 (2001–2001)
2002
- Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) – Judgment – General List No. 121 (14 February 2002)
- Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea Intervening) – Judgment of 10 October 2002 – General List No. 94 (−2002)
- Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) – Judgment 17 December 2002 – General List No. 102 (1998–2002)
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 (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Judgment 3 February 2003 – General List No. 122 (2001–2003)
- 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)
- 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)
- Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) – Judgment of 6 November 2003 – General List No. 90 (1992–2003)
- 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)
2004
- Avena And Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States Of America) – Judgment 31 March 2004 – General List No. 128 ICJ (2003–2004)
- 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)
2005
- Certain Property (Liechenstein v. Germany) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 123 ICJ 1 (10 February 2005)
- Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) – General List No. 125 (12 July 2005)
2006
- Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) – Judgment 3 February 2006 – General List No. 126 (2002–2006)
2007
2008
2009
2010
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.[5]
- 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 Judgement 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)
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