Order of 17 September 2018

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2018
2018
17 September
General List
No. 166
17 September 2018
APPLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM AND OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
(UKRAINE v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
ORDER
The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 79, paragraphs 1 and 5, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Order of 12 May 2017, whereby the President of the Court fixed 12 June 2018 and 12 July 2019 as the respective time-limits for the filing of a Memorial by Ukraine and a Counter-Memorial by the Russian Federation,
Having regard to the Memorial of Ukraine filed within the time-limit thus fixed;
Whereas, on 12 September 2018, the Russian Federation raised certain preliminary objections to the jurisdiction of the Court and to the admissibility of the Application;
Whereas, consequently, under the provisions of Article 79, paragraph 5, of the Rules of Court, the proceedings on the merits are suspended and a time-limit must be fixed within which the other Party may present a written statement of its observations and submissions on the preliminary objections;
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Taking account of Practice Direction V, according to which the time-limit for the
presentation of such a written statement shall generally not exceed four months from the date of the
filing of preliminary objections,
Fixes 14 January 2019 as the time-limit within which Ukraine may present a written
statement of its observations and submissions on the preliminary objections raised by the
Russian Federation; and
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 seventeenth day of September, 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
Ukraine and the Government of the Russian Federation, respectively.
(Signed) Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF,
President.
(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.
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