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A. PROVISIONS
Court of Justice.
A State which is not a Member of the United
NATIONS
make recommendations or decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.
Nothing in the Charter is to prevent Members of the United Nations from entrusting the
solution of their differences to other tribunals
by virtue of agreements already in existence
or which may be concluded in the future.
The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of
Justice to give an advisory opinion on any
legal question.
Other organs of the United Nations and
specialized agencies, which may at any time be
so authorized by the General Assembly, may
also request advisory opinions of the Court on
legal questions arising within the scope of
their activities.
This and the following section provide a summary of the provisions of the Charter relating to
the International Court of Justice and of the
Statute of the Court. Chapter XIV of the Charter
defines the position of the Court in the United
Nations organization, the obligations of Members
of the United Nations with respect to the Court
and the relationship between the Court and the
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a list of candidates thus nominated. From this tional Justice the Statute further stipulates
list the General
Council, voting independently, elect the Mem- provides for reference of a matter to the Perbers of the Court, an absolute majority in both manent
the
obligation.
These declarations may be made (1) unconditionally, (2) on condition of reciprocity on
the part of several or certain States, (3) for a
certain time.
The Statute
have to run.
Fifty-six nations had accepted compulsory
parties, any other party may choose a person jurisdiction of the Permanent Court in some
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remain secret.
All questions before the Court are decided
by a majority of judges present. In the event
of an equality of votes the President has a casting vote. The judgment is to state the reasons
on which it is based and contain the names of
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Six-year Term
Isidro Fabela Alfaro (Mexico)
Green H. Hackworth (U. S. A.)
Helge Klaestad (Norway)
Sergei Borisovich Krylov (U.S.S.R.)
Charles de Visscher (Belgium)
Three-year Term
Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha (Egypt)
Hsu Mo (China)
John E. Read (Canada)
Bogdan Winiarski (Poland)
Milovan Zoricic' (Yugoslavia)
On February 10, 1946, the General Assem-
bly adopted a resolution instructing the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to
summon a first meeting of the Court at The
Hague as soon as could be arranged. The
Secretary-General was to appoint a Secretary
duct preliminary negotiations with the Carnegie Foundation in order to fix the conditions
on which the premises in the Peace Palace at
rules as adopted by the Court were based largely on the rules of the Permanent Court of
International Justice. As the rules of the Permanent Court had been adopted as recently as
1936 and represented the outcome of experience gained, it was generally agreed that it was
not necessary to undertake extensive amendment. Accordingly, the changes introduced
were for the most part designed to bring the
The Hague could be placed at the Court's General Assembly had invited the Court to consider the question of privileges and immunities
disposal.
bly approved the setting up of a small nego- Accordingly, the Court adopted a report rectiating committee to assist the Secretary-Gen- ommending that Members of the United Naeral in negotiating agreements for the use by
tions grant to the judges and the Registrar
the Court of the premises in the Peace Palace.
Two agreements concluded accordingly by the
Committee with the Carnegie Foundation were
approved by the General Assembly on Decem1
ber 11, 1946.
The first meeting of the Court was held on
April 3, 1946. On April 6, 1946, the Court
elected J. G. Guerrero President and J. Basdevant Vice-President.
E. Hambro, who had
previously been appointed Acting-Secretary of
the Court by the Secretary-General and who
had made arrangements for the first meeting
of the Court, was chosen as Registrar. On April
18 the Court appointed J. Garnier-Coignet
Deputy Registrar.
On April 18, 1946, the official inaugural sitting of the Court was held in the Great Hall
of Justice in the Peace Palace. All judges were
present with the exception of A. Alvarez
(Chile), who was unable to reach the Hague
in time. Each of the judges in turn made the
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ANNEX I.
RULES OF COURT
(Adopted on May 6, 1946)
PREAMBLE
The Court,
Having regard to Chapter XIV of the Charter of the United Nations;
Having regard to the Statute of the Court
annexed thereto;
Acting in pursuance of Article 30 of the
Statute;
Makes the present Rules:
HEADING I.
CONSTITUTION AND WORKING OF THE COURT
Section I. Constitution of the Court
Judges and Assessors
Article 1
Article 3
1. Any State which considers that it possesses and which intends to exercise the right
to choose a judge under Article 31 of the
Statute shall so notify the Registry within the
time-limit fixed for the filing of the Memorial
or Counter-Memorial, as the case may be, or,
when it is a case of summary procedure, the
filing of the corresponding pleading. The name
of the person chosen to sit as judge shall be
stated either at the time of giving the notification above-mentioned or within a time-limit to
be fixed by the President. These notifications
shall be communicated to the other parties and
any doubt or objection should arise, the decision shall rest with the Court, if necessary
after hearing the parties.
2. If, on receipt of one or more notifications
under the terms of the preceding paragraph,
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The President shall direct the work and administration of the Court; he shall preside at
the meetings of the Court.
is present after his election or after being majority of votes shall be declared elected.
chosen under Article 31 of the Statute.
Article 10
Article 6
Article 11
The Vice-President shall take the place of
the President if the latter is unable to fulfil
4. The same functions shall belong to the as President in respect of that case. The same
Chamber provided for by Article 29 of the rule applies to the Vice-President or to any
Statute and to its President, and may be exer- member of the Court who may be called on to
cised in the same manner.
act as President.
2. If a case is begun before a periodic elecArticle 8
Before entering upon their duties, assessors tion of members of the Court and continues
shall make the following declaration at a public after such election, the duties of President
shall be discharged by the member of the Court
sitting:
who presided when the case was last under
"I solemnly declare that I will perform my examination. If he is unable to sit, the duties
duties as an assessor honourably, faithfully, of President shall be performed by the newly
impartially and conscientiously, and that I elected President or, failing him, the newly
will scrupulously observe all the provisions elected Vice-President, provided that the Presof the Statute and of the Rules of the Court." ident or the Vice-President, as the case may
be, is qualified to sit in the case. If neither is
The Presidency
able to sit, the duties of President shall be
Article 9
performed by the oldest among the members
1. The Court shall proceed to elect the Presi- of the Court who have been longest on the
dent and the Vice-President in the course of Bench.
the month following the date on which the
The Registry
judges elected at the periodic election of members of the Court enter upon their duties. The
Article 14
President and Vice-President thus elected shall
1. The Court shall select its Registrar from
take up their duties forthwith. If, at the peri- amongst candidates proposed by members of
odic election, the President is not re-elected a the Court. The members of the Court shall
member of the Court, the duties of President receive adequate notice of the date on which
shall in the meantime be discharged in accord- the list of candidates will be closed so as to
ance with Article II and Article 12, paragraph enable nominations and information concern2, of these Rules.
ing the nationals of distant countries to be
2. If the President or the Vice-President received in sufficient time.
should cease to be a member of the Court or
2. Nominations must give the necessary parshould resign the office of President or Vice- ticulars regarding the candidates' age, nationPresident before the expiry of his normal term,
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Article 19
If neither the Registrar nor the DeputyRegistrar can be present or if both these offices
are vacant at the same time, the President
shall appoint an official of the Registry to act
as a substitute for the Registrar for such time
as may be necessary.
Article 20
1. The General List of cases submitted to
the Court for decision or for advisory opinion
shall be prepared and kept up to date by the
Registrar on the instructions and subject to
the authority of the President. Cases shall be
entered in the list and numbered successively
according to the date of the receipt of the document bringing the case before the Court.
2. The General List shall contain the following headings :
I. Number in list.
II. Short title.
III. Date of registration.
IV. Registration number.
V. File number in the archives.
VI. Class of case (contentious procedure or advisory opinion).
VII. Parties.
VIII. Interventions.
IX. Method of submission.
X. Date of document instituting proceedings.
XI. Time-limits for filing pleadings.
XII. Prolongation, if any, of timelimits.
XIII. Date of closure of the written proceedings.
XIV. Postponements.
XV. Date of the beginning of the hearing (date of the first public sitting).
XVI. Observations.
XVII. References to earlier or subsequent cases.
XVIII. Result (nature and date).
XIX. Removal from the list (cause and
date).
XX. References to publications of the
Court relating to the case.
Article 16
The Registrar is entitled to two months'
holiday in each year.
Article 17
1. The officials of the Registry, other than
the Deputy-Registrar, shall be appointed by
the Court on proposals submitted by the Registrar.
2. Before taking up his duties, each official
shall make the following declaration before
the President, the Registrar being present:
"I solemnly declare that I will perform the
duties incumbent upon me as an official of the
International Court of Justice in all loyalty,
3. The General List shall also contain a space
discretion and good conscience."
for notes, if any, and spaces for the inscription,
above the initials of the President and of the
Article 18
Registrar, of the dates of the entry of the case,
1. The Court shall prescribe and, when nec- of its result, or of its removal from the list,
essary, modify the plan of the organization of as the case may be.
the Registry and for this purpose shall request
Article 21
the Registrar to make proposals.
1. The Registrar shall be the regular chan2. The Regulations for the staff of the Registry shall be drawn up having regard to the nel for communications to and from the Court.
plan of the organization prescribed by the
2. The Registrar shall ensure that the date
Court and to the provisions of the Regulations of despatch and receipt of all communications
for the staff of the Secretariat of the United and notifications may be readily verified. ComNations to which they shall, as far as possible, munications addressed to the agents of the
conform. Their adoption by the President on parties shall be considered as having been adthe proposal of the Registrar is subject to dressed to the parties themselves. The date of
subsequent approval by the Court.
receipt shall be noted on all documents received
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Article 28
1. The Registrar shall be responsible for the
archives, the accounts and all administrative
work. He shall have the custody of the seals
and stamps of the Court. The Registrar or his
substitute shall be present at all sittings of the
Court and at sittings of the Chambers. The
Registrar shall be responsible for drawing up
the minutes of the meetings.
2. He shall undertake, in addition, all duties
which may be laid upon him by these Rules.
3. Instructions for the Registry shall be
drawn up by the Registrar and approved by
the President.
The Chambers
Article 24
1. When the Court decides to form one or
more of the Chambers provided for in Article
26, paragraph 1, of the Statute, it shall determine the particular category of cases for which
each Chamber is formed, its composition, the
period for which its members will serve, and
Article 25
Article 27
Members of the Court who are prevented by
February 6th, and the members thus elected illness or other serious reasons from attending
shall enter upon their duties at the expiration a sitting of the Court to which they have been
of their predecessors' term. If, however, as the summoned by the President, shall notify the
result of a periodic election of members of the President who will inform the Court.
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Article 28
1. The date and hour of sittings of the Court
shall be fixed by the President.
2. The President of the Court shall fix the
date for the convening of any Chamber referred to in Articles 26 and 29 of the Statute.
The date and hour of the sittings of such
Chamber shall be fixed by the President of the
Chamber.
3. The Court, or if it is not sitting the President, may fix the place, other than The Hague,
where one of the Chambers provided for by
Articles 26 and 29 of the Statute shall sit and
exercise its functions.
Article 29
If a sitting of the Court has been convened
and it is found that there is no quorum, the
President shall adjourn the sitting until a
quorum has been obtained. Judges chosen under
Article 31 of the Statute shall not be taken
into account for the calculation of the quorum.
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Article 30
1. The Court shall sit in private to deliberate upon disputes which are submitted to it
and upon advisory opinions which it is asked to
give.
2. Only the judges, and the assessors, if any,
shall take part in the deliberations. The Registrar or his substitute shall be present. No other
person shall be admitted except in pursuance
of a special decision taken by the Court.
3. Every judge who is present at the deliberations shall state his opinion together with
the reasons on which it is based.
4. Any judge may request that a question
which is to be voted upon shall be drawn up in competent authority of the government con-
cerned.
Article 33
1. When a case is brought before the Court
by means of an application, the Registrar shall
forthwith transmit to the party against whom
the claim is made a copy of the application
certified as correct.
2. When a case is brought before the Court
by means of a special agreement filed by one
only of the parties, the Registrar shall forthwith notify the other party that it has been
so filed.
Article 34
1. The Registrar shall forthwith transmit to
all the members of the Court copies of special
agreements or applications submitting a case
to the Court.
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Article 401
1. The original of every pleading shall be
signed by the agent and filed in the Registry.
It shall be accompanied by a number of printed
copies fixed by the President but without prejudice to an increase in that number should the
need arise later.
2. When communicating a copy of a pleading
to a party in pursuance of Article 43 of the
Statute, the Registrar shall certify that it is
pliance shall be filed in the Registry at the a correct copy of the original filed in the
same time as the notification of the appoint- Registry.
ment of the agent.
3. All pleadings shall be dated. When a pleading has to be filed by a certain date, it is the
Preliminary measures
date of the receipt of the pleading in the Registry which will be regarded by the Court as
Article 37
1. In every case submitted to the Court, the the material date.
4. If the Registrar at the request of the
President will ascertain the views of the parties with regard to questions of procedure; for agent of a party arranges for the printing, at
this purpose he may summon the agents to the cost of that party, of a pleading which it
meet him as soon as they have been appointed. is intended to file with the Court, the text must
2. In the light of the information obtained be sent to the Registry in sufficient time to
by the President, the Court will make the nec- enable the printed pleading to be filed before
essary orders to determine inter alia the num- the expiry of any time-limit which may apply
ber and the order of filing of the pleadings to it. The printing is done under the responsiand the time-limits within which they must be bility of the party in question.
filed.
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The agents of the parties are requested to
3. So far as possible, in making an order ascertain
from the Registry the usual format of
under paragraph 2 of this Article, any agree- the pleadings.
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Oral Proceedings
Article 47
1. When a case is ready for hearing, the date
for the commencement of the oral proceedings
shall be fixed by the Court, or by the President if the Court is not sitting.
2. If occasion should arise, the Court or the
President, if the Court is not sitting, may decide that the commencement or continuance
of the hearings shall be postponed.
Article 48
1. After the closure of the written proceedings no further documents may be submitted
to the Court by either party except with the
consent of the other party or as provided in
paragraph 2 of this Article. The party desiring
to produce a new document shall file the original or a certified copy thereof in the Registry,
which will be responsible for communicating it
to the other party and will inform the Court.
Article 44
The other party shall be held to have given
1. The Registrar shall transmit to the judges its consent if it does not lodge an objection to
and to the parties copies of the pleadings and the production of the document.
documents annexed in the case, as and when
2. Should the other party decline to consent
he receives them.
to the production of a new document, the
2. The Court, or the President if the Court Court, after hearing the parties, may either
is not sitting, may, after obtaining the views permit or refuse to permit its production. If
1. There must be annexed to every Memorial
and Counter-Memorial and other pleadings, copies of all the relevant documents, a list of
which shall be given after the submissions. If,
on account of the length of a document, extracts only are attached, the document itself
or a complete copy of it must, if possible, unless
the document has been published and is available to the public, be communicated to the
Registrar for the use of the Court and of the
other party.
2. Every pleading and every document annexed which is in a language other than French
or English, must be accompanied by a translation into one of the official languages of the
Court. Nevertheless, in the case of lengthy
documents, translations or extracts may be
submitted, subject, however, to any subsequent
decision by the Court, or, if it is not sitting,
by the President.
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the Court grants permission, the other party duction of any other evidence on points of fact
shall have an opportunity of commenting upon in regard to which the parties are not in agree-
it and of submitting documents in support of ment. If need be, the Court shall apply the
provisions of Article 44 of the Statute.
its comments.
Article 55
Article 49
Without prejudice to the provisions of the
Witnesses or experts who appear at the inRules concerning the production of documents, stance of the Court shall be paid out of the
each party shall communicate to the Registry, funds of the Court,
in sufficient time before the commencement of
the oral proceedings, information regarding
the evidence which it intends to produce or
which it intends to request the Court to obtain.
This communication shall contain a list of the
surnames, first names, descriptions and places
of residence of the witnesses and experts whom
the party intends to call, with indications in
Article 56
The Court, or the President if the Court is
not sitting, shall, at the request of one of the
the parties.
3. At any stage in the proceedings before
th
t
e termination of he hearing, the Court may,
either proprio motu, or at the request of one
of the parties communicated as provided in
Article 52
Article 49 of these Rules, request a public
1. The Court may, during the hearing, put international organization, pursuant to Article
questions to the agents, counsel and advocates, 34 of the Statute, to furnish information releand may ask them for explanations.
vant to a ease before it. The Court shall decide
2. Each judge has a similar right to put whether such information shall be presented
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Article 58
1. In the absence of any decision to the contrary by the Court, or by the President if the
Court is not sitting at the time when the decision has to be made, speeches or statements
made before the Court in one of the official
languages shall be translated into the other
official language; the same rule shall apply in
regard to questions and answers. The Registrar shall make the necessary arrangements
for this purpose.
2. Whenever, in accordance with Article 39,
paragraph 3, of the Statute, a language other
than French or English is used, the necessary
arrangements for translation into one of the
two official languages shall be made by the
party concerned: the evidence of witnesses
and the statements of experts shall, however,
be translated under the supervision of the
Court. In the case of witnesses or experts who
appear at the instance of the Court, arrangements for translation shall be made by the
Registry.
3. The persons making the translations referred to in the preceding paragraph shall
make the following declaration in Court:
"I solemnly declare upon my honour and
conscience that my translation will be a
complete and faithful rendering of what I
am called upon to translate."
proceedings.
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Counter-claims
Article 63
When proceedings have been instituted by
means of an application, a counter-claim may
be presented in the submissions of the CounterMemorial, provided that such counter-claim is
directly connected with the subject-matter of
the application and that it comes within the
jurisdiction of the Court. In the event of doubt
as to the connection between the question presented by way of counter-claim and the subject-matter of the application the Court shall,
after due examination, direct whether or not the case.
the question thus presented shall be joined to
the original proceedings.
Article 66
1. A State which desires to avail itself of the
right conferred upon it by Article 63 of the
Intervention
Statute shall file in the Registry a declaration
Article 64
to that effect. This declaration may be filed by
1. An application for permission to inter- a State even though it has not received the
vene under the terms of Article 62 of the notification referred to in that Article.
Statute shall be filed in the Registry at latest
declarations shall be communicated
before the commencement of the oral proceed- to 2.theSuch
parties.
If any objection or doubt should
ings.
arise as to whether the intervention is admis2. The application shall contain :
sible under Article 63 of the Statute, the deci-
take part.
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Article 67
Article 70
Procedure before the Chambers mentioned
in Articles 26 and 29 of the Statute shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute and of
these Rules relating to the Chambers and to
any special rules which the Court may make,
be governed by the provisions relating to procedure before the Court.
Article 71
1. When it is desired that a case should be
dealt with by one of the Chambers which has
been formed in pursuance of Article 26, paragraph 1, or Article 29 of the Statute, a request
to this effect should either be made in the document instituting the proceedings or accompany it. Effect will be given to the request if
the parties are in agreement.
2. Upon receipt by the Registry of this request, the President of the Court shall commu-
nicate it to the members of the Chamber concerned. He shall take such steps as may be
necessary to give effect to the provisions of
Article 31, paragraph 4, of the Statute.
3. A request for the formation of a Chamber
to deal with a particular case as provided for
in Article 26, paragraph 2, of the Statute, can
be filed at any moment until the closure of the
tinuance is received, the respondent has al- Summary Procedure shall consist of two parts :
ready taken some step in the proceedings, the written and oral.
Court, or the President if the Court is not sitting, shall fix a time-limit within which the
respondent must state whether it opposes the
discontinuance of the proceedings. If no objection is made to the discontinuance before the
expiration of the time-limit, acquiescence will
be presumed and the Court, or the President if
the Court is not sitting, will make an order
proceedings are instituted by means of an application, the written proceedings shall consist
of similar pleadings filed in turn, first by the
officially recording the discontinuance of the applicant and secondly by the respondent withproceedings and directing the removal of the in the time-limits fixed by the President of the
case from the list. If objection is made, the Chamber. The Chamber may, nevertheless,
proceedings shall continue.
whatever may be the method of instituting the
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Article 77
The party in whose favour an order for the
payment of the costs has been made shall present his bill of costs within ten days after the
judgment has been delivered. The Court shall
decide any dispute concerning the bill.
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Article 84
Article 81
1. Advisory opinions shall be given after deThe decision of the Court on requests for
revision or interpretation shall be given in the liberation by the Court. They shall mention the
number of judges constituting the majority.
form of a judgment.
2. Any judge may, if he so desires, attach
HEADING III
his individual opinion to the advisory opinion
of the Court, whether he dissents from the
ADVISORY OPINIONS
majority or not, or a bare statement of his
Article 82
dissent.
1. In proceedings in regard to advisory opinions, the Court shall, in addition to the proviArticle 85
sions of Article 96 of the Charter and Chapter
1.
The
Registrar
will in due time inform the
IV of the Statute, apply the provisions of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and
Articles which follow. It shall also be guided the appropriate organ of the institution, if
by the provisions of these Rules which apply any, which requested the advisory opinion, as
in contentious cases to the extent to which it to the date and the hour fixed for the sitting
recognizes them to be applicable; for this pur- to be held for the reading of the opinion.
pose it shall above all consider whether the
2. One original copy of the advisory opinion,
request for the advisory opinion relates to a
legal question actually pending between two duly signed and sealed, shall be placed in the
archives of the Court and another shall be sent
or more States.
2. If the Court is of the opinion that a re- to the Secretariat of the United Nations. Cerquest for an advisory opinion necessitates an tified copies shall be sent by the Registrar to
early answer, it shall take the necessary steps Members of the United Nations and to the
States, specialized agencies and public interto accelerate the procedure.
national organizations directly concerned.
Done at The Hague, this sixth day of May
Article 83
If the advisory opinion is requested upon a nineteen hundred and forty-six.
(Signed) J. G. GUERRERO,
legal question actually pending between two or
President.
more States, Article 31 of the Statute shall
apply, as also the provisions of these Rules
(Signed) E. HAMBRO,
concerning the application of that Article.
Registrar.
ANNEX II.
STATES ACCEPTING COMPULSORY JURISDICTION
AUSTRALIA
Australia;
1930.
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HAITI
Conditions : Unconditional.
INDIA
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5) disputes arising out of events occurring at a time when the Government of India
were involved in hostilities.
IRAN
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
acceptance.
Conditions: Effective without special convention on condition of reciprocity over all disputes arising after March 29, 1930 (date of
ratification of a previous declaration by New
Zealand) with regard to situations or facts
subsequent to that date, other than:
1) disputes in regard to which the parties
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Conditions: Effective without special agree4) subject to the condition that His Majesty's Government in New Zealand reserve ment in relation to any other State accepting
the right to require that proceedings in the the same obligation in all disputes which will
Court shall be suspended in respect of any arise in the future concerning:
dispute which has been submitted to and
1) the interpretation of a treaty;
is under consideration by the Council of the
2) any question of international law;
League of Nations;
3) the existence of any fact, which, if
5) disputes arising out of events occurestablished, would constitute a breach of an
ring at a time when His Majesty's Governinternational obligation;
ment in New Zealand were involved in hos4) the nature or extent of the reparation
tilities.
to be made for the breach of an international
obligation;
NICARAGUA
with the exception of :
Date of Signature: September 24, 1929.
1) situations previous to this declaration
Date of Deposit of Ratification: Declaration
and differences which arise therefrom;
took effect on November 29, 1939, when the
2) disputes for which it may be possible
Nicaraguan Government notified the Secretaryto apply, directly or indirectly, agreements
General of the League of Nations of Nicaand conventions concluded by Turkey proragua's ratification of the Protocol of Signaviding for a different method of settling
ture of the Statute of the Permanent Court.
disputes.
Effective Until : Indefinite.
Conditions: Unconditional.
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA
Date
of
Signature:
April 7, 1940.
NORWAY
Date of Ratification: Not required.
Date of Signature: November 16, 1946.
Effective Until: Until such time as notice
Date of Deposit of Ratification: Not re- may be given to terminate the acceptance.
quired.
Conditions: Effective without special convenEffective Until: October 3, 1956.
tion on condition of reciprocity over all disConditions: Without special agreement in putes arising after April 7, 1930 (date of ratirelation to any other State accepting the same fication of a previous declaration by South
obligation.
Africa) with regard to situations or facts subsequent to that date other than:
PANAMA
Date of Signature: October 25, 1921.
1) disputes in regard to which the parties
Date of Deposit of Ratification: June 14,
to the dispute have agreed or shall agree to
1929.
have recourse to some other method of peaceEffective Until: Indefinite.
ful settlement;
Conditions : Effective without special conven2) disputes with the Government of any
tion in relation to any other State accepting
other Member of the League of Nations
the same obligation.
which is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, all of which disputes shall
SIAM
be settled in such manners as the parties
Date of Signature: September 20, 1929.
have agreed or shall agree;
Date of Deposit of Ratification: May 7, 1930.
3) disputes with regard to questions which
Effective Until: May 7, 1950.
by international law fall exclusively within
Conditions: Effective without special conventhe jurisdiction of the Union of South
tion in relation to any other Member or State
Africa;
which accepted the same obligation in all dis4) subject to the condition that His Majputes as to which no other means of pacific
esty's Government in the Union of South
settlement is agreed upon between the parties.
Africa reserve the right to require that proceedings of the Court shall be suspended in
SWEDEN
respect of any dispute which has been subDate of Signature: April 5, 1947.
mitted to and is under consideration by the
Date of Deposit of Ratification: Not reCouncil of the League of Nations;
quired.
5) disputes arising out of events occurEffective Until: April 5, 1957.
ring during any period in which the Union
Conditions: Effective in relation to any other
of South Africa is engaged in hostilities as
State accepting the same obligation in all disa belligerent.
putes which may arise with regard to situUNITED KINGDOM
ations or facts subsequent to this declaration.
Date of Signature: February 28, 1940.
TURKEY
Date of Deposit of Ratification: Not reDate of Signature: May 22, 1947.
quired.
Date of Deposit of Ratification: Not reEffective Until: February 28, 1945, and
thereafter until such time as notice may be
quired.
Effective Until: May 22, 1952.
given to terminate the acceptance.
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Conditions: Effective without special convention on condition of reciprocity over all disputes arising after February 5, 1930 (date of
ratification of previous declaration by United
Kingdom) with regard to situations or facts
subsequent to that date, other than:
1) disputes in regard to which the parties
to the dispute have agreed or shall agree to
have recourse to some other method of peaceful settlement;
2) disputes with the government of any
other Member of the League of Nations
which is a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, all of which disputes shall
be settled in such manner as the parties have
agreed or shall agree;
3) disputes with regard to questions which
by international law fall exclusively within
the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom;
4) subject to the condition that His Majesty's Government reserve the right to require that proceedings in the Court shall be
suspended in respect of any dispute which
has been submitted to and is under consideration by the Council of the League of
Nations;
5) disputes arising out of events occurring at a time when His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom were involved
in hostilities.
Additional Declaration by
United Kingdom Government
Date of Signature: February 13, 1946.
Date of Deposit of Ratification: Not required.
Effective Until: February 13, 1951.
Conditions: Effective without special agreement, in relation to any other State accepting
the same obligation in all legal disputes con-
cerning the interpretation, application or validity of any treaty relating to the boundaries of
British Honduras, and over any questions arising out of any conclusion which the Court may
reach with regard to such treaty.
UNITED STATES