By an Order dated 18 September 2023, the Court extended to 15 December 2023 the time-limit for the filing of the Rejoinder 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).

The International Court of Justice has authorized the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the Melanesian Spearhead Group and the Forum Fisheries Agency, at their request, to participate in the advisory proceedings on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

The International Court of Justice welcomed the 2023-2024 cohort of Judicial Fellows this week. The Fellows will work under the supervision of a Member of the Court and alongside the primary legal assistant of the judge on a full-time basis for approximately ten months, from early September to June of the following year.

The President of the Court has authorized the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, at its request, to participate in the proceedings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

The International Court of Justice announces the release of its first accessible e-book for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. The International Court of Justice: 75 Years in the Service of Peace and Justice, published to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the inaugural sitting of the ICJ, is now available from a variety of EPUB retailers in an electronic format fully compatible with leading screen-reader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA.

The International Court of Justice announces the publication of two volumes of I.C.J. Pleadings, Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. United Arab Emirates). These volumes of the I.C.J. Pleadings series contain the pleadings, oral arguments and other documents submitted by the Parties in the case.

The Court will hold public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by the Russian Federation in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation: 32 States intervening) from Monday 18 to Wednesday 27 September 2023.

The International Court of Justice announces the publication of the entire set of the reprinted decisions of its predecessor, the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ). The 15 bound volumes include the collections of judgments from 1923-1930 (Series A), advisory opinions from 1923-1930 (Series B), along with the collections of judgments, orders and advisory opinions from 1931-1940 (Series A/B).

The International Court of Justice announces the publication of a volume of I.C.J. Pleadings, Délimitation maritime dans l'océan Indien (Somalie c. Kenya). This volume of the I.C.J. Pleadings contains the pleadings, oral arguments and other documents submitted by the Parties in the case.

The International Court of Justice announces the publication of the 2021 edition of its Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders. This most recent volume of the I.C.J. Reports series contains all the decisions rendered by the Court in 2021.

By an Order dated 4 August 2023 in the advisory proceedings on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, the President of the Court extended to 22 January 2024 the time-limit within which written statements on the questions put to the Court may be submitted and to 22 April 2024 the time-limit within which States and organizations having presented written statements to the Court may submit written comments on the other written statements.

In the advisory proceedings on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, 57 written statements have been filed in the Registry of the International Court of Justice.

On 18 July 2023, Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the Court, addressed the International Law Commission at its seventy-fourth session.

The International Court of Justice has authorized the African Union, at its request, to participate in the advisory proceedings on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

By an Order dated 6 July 2023, in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan), the Court found “that the circumstances, as they now present themselves to the Court, are not such as to require the exercise of its power to modify the Order of 22 February 2023 indicating a provisional measure”.

On 13 July 2023, the International Court of Justice delivered its Judgment in the case concerning Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia).

On 4 July 2023, Canada, the Kingdom of Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland jointly instituted proceedings against the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning a dispute under the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation.

The Registry of the Court published a note for States and international organizations on the procedure followed by the Court in advisory proceedings.

On 27 June 2023, the Islamic Republic of Iran filed an application instituting proceedings against Canada concerning alleged violations of its immunities.

The International Court of Justice has authorized the European Union, at its request, to participate in the advisory proceedings on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

The International Court of Justice has authorized the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law, at its request, to participate in the advisory proceedings on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.