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In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICJ has adopted a series of measures to help contain the spread of the virus and to protect the health and wellbeing of its judges and staff members and their families, while at the same time ensuring that it can continue to fulfil its mandate
(for more information please see Press Release No. 2020/9).

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

Latest decisions

Order of 23 January 2020

Fixing of time-limits: Memorial and Counter-Memorial

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

Order of 23 January 2020

Request for the indication of provisional measures

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

Order of 23 January 2020

Fixing of time-limits: Memorial and Counter-Memorial

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

Order of 23 January 2020

Request for the indication of provisional measures

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

Order of 15 November 2019

Fixing of time-limits: Reply and Rejoinder

Certain Iranian Assets (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)

20 March 2020

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICJ has adopted measures to ensure the continuous fulfilment of its mandate

Press release 2020/9

17 March 2020

Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela) - The Court has decided to postpone until further notice the public hearings due to open on Monday 23 March 2020

Press release 2020/8

21 February 2020

Mr. Jean-Pelé Fomété re-elected Deputy-Registrar of the International Court of Justice

Press release 2020/7

17 February 2020 - 21 February 2020

Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) – Public hearings on the merits

23 January 2020

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Delivery of the Order of the Court on the request for the indication of provisional measures made by The Gambia

10 December 2019 - 12 December 2019

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar) - Public hearings on the provisional measures request submitted by The Gambia

27 January 2020

Observations liminaires de S. Exc. M. le juge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, président de la Cour internationale de Justice, lors de la Journée internationale de commémoration de l’Holocauste

30 October 2019

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

3 October 2019

Keynote speech by H.E. Mr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, at the London Conference on International Law

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

Multilingual Resources

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