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For information on the measures adopted by the Court to help contain the spread of COVID-19 and to protect the health of its judges and staff members, while ensuring the continuation of its mandate, see Press Releases Nos. 2020/9, 2020/10, 2020/11, and 2020/16.

The International Court of Justice, which has its seat in The Hague,
is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations

Latest News

By an Order dated 7 April 2021, the Court fixed 5 October 2021 and 5 May 2022 as the respective time-limits for the filing of the Memorial of Equatorial Guinea and the Counter-Memorial of Gabon in the case concerning Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea).

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By an Order dated 8 March 2021, the Court fixed 8 March 2022 as the time-limit for the filing of the Memorial of Guyana and 8 March 2023 as the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of Venezuela in the case concerning the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela).

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On 5 March 2021, the Court was seised of a dispute between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea by way of a Special Agreement.

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On 8 February 2021, the Court elected H.E. Judge Joan E. DONOGHUE (United States of America) as its President and H.E. Judge Kirill GEVORGIAN (Russian Federation) as its Vice-President, each for a term of three years.

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On 8 February 2021, H.E. Mr. Georg NOLTE, who was elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations on 12 November 2020, was officially sworn in as a new Member of the Court for a term of nine years, beginning on 6 February 2021.

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By an Order dated 3 February 2021, the Court fixed 20 September 2021 as the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the United States of America in the case concerning Alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America).

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On 4 February 2021, the Court delivered its Judgment on the preliminary objections raised by the United Arab Emirates in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. United Arab Emirates).

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On 3 February 2021, the Court delivered its Judgment on the preliminary objections raised by the United States of America in the case concerning Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America).

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By an Order dated 28 January 2021, the Court fixed 20 May 2021 as the time-limit within which The Gambia may present a written statement of its observations and submissions on the preliminary objections raised by Myanmar on 20 January 2021 in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar).

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By an Order dated 20 January 2021, the Court extended from 8 April 2021 to 8 July 2021 the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Russian Federation in the case concerning Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).

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Latest decisions

Order of 7 April 2021

Fixing of time-limits: Memorial and Counter-Memorial

Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea)

Order of 8 March 2021

Fixing of time-limits: Memorial and Counter-Memorial

Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela)

Judgment of 4 February 2021

Preliminary objections

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. United Arab Emirates)

Pending cases

Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea)

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)

Guatemala’s Territorial, Insular and Maritime Claim (Guatemala/Belize)

Latest Press Releases Latest Press Releases

29 March 2021

Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) - The Court to hold public hearings on the question of reparations from Tuesday 20 April to Friday 30 April 2021

Press release 2021/14

18 March 2021

Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) - Conclusion of the public hearings held from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 March 2021 - The Court to begin its deliberation

Press release 2021/13

17 March 2021

Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) - Final submissions of Somalia to be made on Thursday 18 March 2021 at 3 p.m.

Press release 2021/12

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15 March 2021

Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) – Public hearings

8 February 2021

Solemn Declaration by H.E. Mr. Nolte, new Member of the Court

4 February 2021

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. United Arab Emirates) - Delivery of the Judgment of the Court on the preliminary objections raised by the United Arab Emirates

Statements by the President

18 December 2020

Speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, to the Security Council

10 December 2020

Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the one hundreth anniversary of the adoption of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice

2 November 2020

Speech of H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the Seventy-Fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Publications

ICJ Annuaire-Yearbook 2017-2018

Since 1947, the Registry has produced a Yearbook, an annual publication providing general information on the organization, jurisdiction and activities of the Court

The latest edition of the Handbook of the International Court of Justice

In 2019, the Court published the latest edition of the Handbook. Its purpose is to provide the general public with a simple, comprehensible overview of the history, composition, jurisdiction, procedure and decisions of the Court

Catalogue

The Catalogue contains the list of all the publications of the Court published since its establishment in 1946

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The website of the Court is fully available in its two official languages, French and English. A selection of documents and videos can be accessed in the other United Nations official languages

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Calendar

20 April 2021 - 30 April 2021

Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) - public hearings on the question of reparations

Tuesday 20 April 2021: 11.30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Thursday 22 April 2021: 11.30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Uganda)

Friday 23 April 2021: 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (questions for experts)

Monday 26 April 2021: 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (questions for experts)

Wednesday 28 April 2021: 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Friday 30 April 2021: 3 p.m.-6 p.m. (Uganda)

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