Order of 17 April 2019

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2019
2019
17 April
General List
No. 163
17 April 2019
IMMUNITIES AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
(EQUATORIAL GUINEA v. FRANCE)
ORDER
The President of the International Court of Justice,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Article 44, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Order dated 24 January 2019, whereby the Court fixed 24 April 2019 and 24 July 2019 as the respective time-limits for the filing of a Reply by the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and a Rejoinder by the French Republic;
Whereas, by a letter dated 11 April 2019 and received in the Registry on the same day, the Agent of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea requested the Court to extend by two weeks the time-limits for the filing of the Reply and the Rejoinder, and indicated the reasons for that request; and whereas, on receipt of that letter, the Registrar transmitted a copy thereof to the Agent of the French Republic, in accordance with Article 44, paragraph 3, of the Rules of Court;
Whereas, by a letter dated 12 April 2019 and received in the Registry on the same day, the Agent of the French Republic indicated that his Government had no objection to the extension of the time-limits requested by the Republic of Equatorial Guinea,
Extends to 8 May 2019 the time-limit for the filing of the Reply of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea;
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Extends to 21 August 2019 the time-limit for the filing of the Rejoinder of the French Republic; 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 April two thousand and nineteen, 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 Equatorial Guinea and the Government of the French Republic, respectively.
(Signed) Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF,
President.
(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.
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