INTERNATIONAL COURT OF WSTICE
Peace Palace, 2517 KJ The Hague. Tel: +31 (0)70 302 23 23. Cables: Intercourt,
The Hague. Fax: +31 (0)70 364 99 28. Telex: 32323. E-mail address:
[email protected]. Internet address: http://www.icj-cij.org.
Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2004110
19 February 2004
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
(Reguest for advisory opinion)
Live video coverage of Court hearings on the Internet
THE HAGUE, 19 February 2004. The public hearings before the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, to be held from 23 to
25 February 2004 in the case concerning the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory (request for advisory opinion), will be broadcast live and in full
on the Court's official website (www.icj-cij.org).
The Court has decided to provide video coverage of its hearings on the Internet in response
to the exceptional interest in this case shawn by the general public, civil society and the media
worldwide, and in view of the Court's very limited seating space for members of the public and
journalists at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Court intends to provide such webstreaming in
the future for cases of a similar nature.
The hearings will be filmed by the Court's permanent network of cameras in the Great Hall
of Justice at the Peace Palace. Audio streaming will be available only in the Court's two official
languages, English and French.
The programme of hearings scheduled by the Court can be found under Press
Release 2004/9. The names of the various speakers will not be indicated on the viewing screen for
technical reasons.You will hear the name announced by the President when the speaker takes the
floor or you can check the listf members of delegations elsewhere on the Court's website (click
on "Docket" thenon the hyperlink for the case and lastly on "Oral Pleadings", where you will find
a listof the transcripts (CR references) of the oral statements arranged by half-day session. Each
transcript starts with a list of the members ofthe various delegations).
Practical information
To ensure that the webcast hearings reach the widest possible audience, it has been decided
to provide for two streaming options that will be suitable for different typesernet connection:
1. audio and video streaming for fast broadband connections;
2. audio and video streaming for slower ordinary telephone connections. -2-
To follow the webcasting of the Court's hearings in the best possible conditions, we
recommend the use of a recent model of computer and an up-to-date version of the Windows
Media Player software.
It is still possible that there may be temporary pauses in the live video coverage due to high
traffic on the Court's website. We recommend in such cases that you try again later, either during
the hearings or afterwards, when the same footage will be available via the archive link.
If you miss the live hearings (for example, because of website congestion or of the time
difference with your country) you can always click on "Video Archive". Here you can retrieve the
completed webcast hearings which will be archived after every half-day session, like the written
transcripts.
Information Department:
Mr. Arthur Witteveen, First Secretaryof the Court (tel:+ 31 70 302 23 36)
Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers (tel: + 31 70 302 23 37)
E-mail address: [email protected]
Legal Consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian Territory - Request for Advisory Opinion -Live video coverage of Court hearings on the Internet