Order of 25 July 2018

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2018
2018
25 July
General List
No. 172
25 July 2018
APPLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
(QATAR v. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
ORDER
The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Articles 31, 44, 45, paragraph 1, and 48 of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 11 June 2018, whereby the State of Qatar instituted proceedings against the United Arab Emirates with regard to alleged violations of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 21 December 1965,
Having regard to the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the State of Qatar on 11 June 2018 and to the Order by which the Court indicated certain provisional measures on 23 July 2018;
Whereas, at a meeting held by the President of the Court with the Agents of the Parties on 23 July 2018, pursuant to Article 31 of the Rules of Court, the Agent of the State of Qatar indicated that his Government considered that the Parties should be granted a period of nine months for the preparation of the Memorial and Counter-Memorial, respectively; and whereas the Agent of the United Arab Emirates indicated that, although his Government would have preferred a period of ten months for the preparation of its Counter-Memorial, it could accept the proposal of the Applicant;
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Taking into account the views of the Parties,
Fixes the following time-limits for the filing of the written pleadings:
25 April 2019 for the Memorial of the State of Qatar;
27 January 2020 for the Counter-Memorial of the United Arab Emirates; and
Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-fifth day of July, 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 State of Qatar and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, respectively.
(Signed) Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF,
President.
(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.
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