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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

On 18 and 19 October 2021, the Court held public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the Republic of Azerbaijan in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Azerbaijan v. Armenia).

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On 14 and 15 October 2021, the Court held public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the Republic of Armenia in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan).

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By an Order dated 8 October 2021, the Court authorized the submission of a Reply by Ukraine and a Rejoinder by 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) and fixed 8 April 2022 and 8 December 2022 as the respective limit-limits for the filing of these written pleadings.

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The Annual Report of the Court for 2020-2021 is now available online. The report provides an overview of the activities of the Court from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2021.

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On 23 September 2021, the Republic of Azerbaijan instituted proceedings against the Republic of Armenia before the Court with regard to alleged violations of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and requested the Court to indicate provisional measures.

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On 16 September 2021, the Republic of Armenia instituted proceedings against the Republic of Azerbaijan before the Court with regard to alleged violations of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and requested the Court to indicate provisional measures.

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By an Order dated 21 July 2021, the Court extended from 20 September 2021 to 22 November 2021 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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As part of its 75th anniversary celebrations, the Court has released a new institutional film.

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Latest decisions

Judgment of 12 October 2021

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

Order of 8 October 2021

Fixing of time-limits: Reply and Rejoinder

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)

Order of 21 July 2021

Extension of time-limit: Counter-Memorial

Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)

Pending cases

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Azerbaijan v. Armenia)

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan)

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

Latest Press Releases Latest Press Releases

19 October 2021

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Azerbaijan v. Armenia) - Conclusion of the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the Republic of Azerbaijan - The Court to begin its deliberation

Press release 2021/28

15 October 2021

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan) - Conclusion of the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the Republic of Armenia - The Court to begin its deliberation

Press release 2021/27

12 October 2021

Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) The Court determines the course of the maritime boundary between the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Republic of Kenya

Press release 2021/26

Multimedia

18 October 2021 - 19 October 2021

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Azerbaijan v. Armenia) – Public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Azerbaijan

14 October 2021 - 15 October 2021

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan) – Public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Armenia

12 October 2021

Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) - Reading of the Judgment of the Court

Statements by the President

18 April 2021

Speech of Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Court (video message)

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

Publications

ICJ Annuaire-Yearbook 2018-2019

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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