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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, 2020/15 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 decisions

Judgment of 14 July 2020

Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article 84 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates v. Qatar)

Judgment of 14 July 2020

Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article II, Section 2, of the 1944 International Air Services Transit Agreement (Bahrain, Egypt and United Arab Emirates v. Qatar)

Order of 13 July 2020

Extension of time-limit: Counter-Memorial

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)

Pending cases

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)

Relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem (Palestine v. United States of America)

Latest Press Releases Latest Press Releases

31 July 2020

Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) - Preliminary objections - The Court to hold public hearings from Monday 14 to Monday 21 September 2020

Press release 2020/24

30 July 2020

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. United Arab Emirates) - Preliminary Objections - The Court to hold public hearings from Monday 31 August to Monday 7 September 2020

Press release 2020/23

20 July 2020

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) - Extension of the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Russian Federation

Press release 2020/22

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14 July 2020

Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article 84 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates v. Qatar) - Delivery of the Judgment of the Court

14 July 2020

Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article II, Section 2, of the 1944 International Air Services Transit Agreement (Bahrain, Egypt and United Arab Emirates v. Qatar) - Delivery of the Judgment of the Court

30 June 2020

Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela) – Public hearing on the question of the jurisdiction of the Court (by video link)

Statements by the President

26 June 2020

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

18 June 2020

Speech of His Excellency, Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, to the LLM graduating class at IUHEID

27 January 2020

Introductory remarks of H.E. Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, President of the International Court of Justice, on the Occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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

31 August 2020 - 7 September 2020

Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. United Arab Emirates) - Preliminary Objections - Public hearings by video link from Monday 31 August to Monday 7 September 2020 (the programme of the hearings will be announced at a later stage)

14 September 2020 - 21 September 2020

Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) - Preliminary objections - Public hearings from Monday 14 to Monday 21 September 2020 (the programme of the hearings will be announced at a later stage)

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