Today the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague will begin to hold hearings on Serbia’s challenge to the declaration of independence by Kosovo in 2008. Serbia wants the (ICJ) to give an advisory opinion on the declaration’s legality.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told Reuters news agency that Serbia hoped the court’s ruling would help [...]
The International Court of Justice has announced that it will hold public hearings starting on 1st December 2009 on the question of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence early last year.
The UN and individual Member States will be able present oral statements and comments at the ICJ in The Hague, as will the Provisional Institutions of [...]
On the 13th July 2009 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its decision in the Costa Rica v Nicaragua case, which involved navigational and other rights in relation to the San Juan river. It was not disputed between the parties that the San Juan river belongs to Nicaragua, however, Costa Rica argued that Nicaragua [...]
This week the ICJ issued a Decision in the Avena Case: Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) – Judgment of 19 January 2009.
This case was brought by Mexico in response to the Medellin execution [...]
A summary of the issues to date can be found here: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/142/14881.pdf?PHPSESSID=cae00e9a9bf7c549e654127fdbd9d663
The case is discussed in the article below, from the following source: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/15643/
The first official meeting of Macedonian and Greek representatives at the World Court over Skopje’s suit against Athens is to be held on January 19, Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry says.
The International Court of [...]
This morning the International Court of Justice (ICJ), rendered its Judgment on the preliminary objections raised by Serbia on the Court’s jurisdiction and on the admissibility of Croatia’s Application in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia). The Court found that it [...]