Order of 23 May 2018

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2018
2018
23 May
General List
No. 162
23 May 2018
DISPUTE OVER THE STATUS AND USE OF THE WATERS OF THE SILALA
(CHILE v. BOLIVIA)
ORDER
Present: President YUSUF; Vice-President XUE; Judges TOMKA, ABRAHAM, BENNOUNA, CANÇADO TRINDADE, DONOGHUE, GAJA, SEBUTINDE, BHANDARI, ROBINSON, GEVORGIAN, SALAM; Registrar COUVREUR.
The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,
After deliberation,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 44, paragraph 3, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Order of 1 July 2016, whereby the Court fixed 3 July 2017 and 3 July 2018 respectively as the time-limits for the filing of the Memorial of the Republic of Chile and the Counter-Memorial of the Plurinational State of Bolivia,
Having regard to the Memorial duly filed by the Republic of Chile within the time-limit thus fixed;
Whereas, by a letter dated 14 May 2018 and received in the Registry on the same day, the Agent of the Plurinational State of Bolivia requested the Court, for the reasons given in that letter, to extend by two months the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial; and whereas, on receipt of that letter, the Registrar transmitted a copy thereof to the Republic of Chile;
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Whereas, by a letter dated 16 May 2018 and received in the Registry on 17 May 2018, the Agent of the Republic of Chile indicated that her Government had no objection to an extension of no more than two months of the time-limit initially granted to the Plurinational State of Bolivia to file its Counter-Memorial;
Taking account of the views of the Parties,
Extends the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to 3 September 2018;
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-third day of May, two thousand and eighteen, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the Republic of Chile and the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, respectively.
(Signed) Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF,
President.
(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.
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