Summaries of Judgments, AdvNot an official documents of the Internationa
l Court of Justice
CASE CONCERNING ARMED ACTIVITIES ON THE TERRITORY OF THE
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO v. RWANDA)
(DISCONTINUANCE)
Order of 30 January 2001
In an order issued in the case concerning Armed admissibility, and fixed 21 April2000 and 23 October
Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic 2000 respectively as the time limits for the filing of the
Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) the Court decided to Memorial of the Rwandese Republic and the Counter-
remove the case from the Court's List at therequest of the Memorial of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on
DemocraticRepublic ofCongo. thosequestions,
Having regard to the Memorial of the Rwandese
Republic, which was filed within the time limit thus
fixed,
The full text ofthe orderreads as follows: Having regard to the Order of 19 October 2000,
"The Presidentof the InternationalCourtof Justice, whereby the President of the Court extended to 23
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the January 2001 the time limit for the filingof the Counter-
Memorial of theDemocraticRepublicof the Congo;
Courtand to Article 89,paragraphs2 and 3, of the Rules Whereas, by a letter dated 15January 2001, received
of Court, in the Registry on the same day by facsimile,the Agent
Having regard to the Application filed in the of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, referring to
Registry of the Court on 23 June 1999, whereby the
Democratic Republic of the Congo instituted Article 89, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court, notified
proceedingsagainstthe RwandeseRepublicin respect of the Court that the Government of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo wished to discontinue the
a dispute concerning "acts of armed aggression proceedings and stated that it "reserve[d] the right to
perpetrated by Rwanda on the territory of the invoke subsequently new grounds of jurisdiction of the
DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, in flagrantviolation Court";
of the United Nations Charter and of the Charter of the
OrganizationofAfricanUnity", Whereas a copy of that letter was immediately
Having regard to the Order of 21 October 1999, communicated to the Government of the Rwandese
whereby the Court, taking into account the agreement Republic, which was informed that the President of the
Court, actingpursuant to Article 89,paragraphs2 and 3,
concerning the procedure reached between the Parties, of the Rules of Court, had fixed23 January 2001 as the
and their views regarding the time limits to be fixed, time limit within which Rwanda could state whether it
decided that the written proceedings would first be opposedthe discontinuance;
addressed to the questions of the jurisdiction of the
Court to entertain the ~~~lication and of its
Continued on next page Whereas,by a letter dated 22 January 2001,received Places on record the discontinuance by the
in the Registry on the same day by facsimile, the Agent Democratic Republic of the Congo of the proceedings
institutedby the Applicationfiledon 23 June 1999;and
of Rwanda informed the Court that his Government
concurred in the Detnocratic Republic of the Congo's Orc~ertshat the case be removed from theList."
discontinuanceof the proceedings,
Summary of the Order of 8 December 2000