Although 1voted in favour of the operative parts of the Court's Order,
1 shall also make some observations on and amplifications to some aspects

of the concept of a counter-claim and its application to this particular case.
1. The Order essentially qualifies a counter-claim as "independent",
"an autonomous legal act" (para. 27) though, it seems to me, this is with
a certain amount of caution (reservutio mentulis). That is to Say, the
Court states that the "counter-claim is independent of the principal claim

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE EL-KOSHERI

1. Toany human being,what happened over Lockerbiewas a horrible
eventwhichrequires that those responsibleforitbe punished and justice
dulyrendered in conformitywiththe applicable legalrules.Withthatend

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AJIBOLA

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE RANJEVA

[Translation]

1. Thepresentrequestforthe indication of provisional measures is,in
many respects, an unprecedented case in international adjudication.
Whilethe Court cannot rejectthe request (1),itcannotpassupon it owing
to the fundamental change of circumstances following the adoption of
SecurityCouncilresolution 748(1992)(II),withoutfor al1that refraining,
in principle,fromthe propriomotuexerciseofitspowers under Article41
ofthe Statute (III).

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE WEERAMANTRY

This application for provisional measures was, as required by
Article 74 (1) of theRules of Court, given priority over al1other cases
pending before the Court. The oral submissions were concluded on
28 March 1992. Three days later, when the case was at the stage of deli-
berations, resolution 748 (1992) was adopted by the Security Council.
Resolution 748 (1992)covered matters of importance which were sub

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE BEDJAOUI

[Translation]

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN

The Court's Order is based solely on SecurityCouncil resolution 748
(1992).Thatalsoistheground ofmyconcurrencewithit. Butforthat reso-
lution, 1should have thought that Libyahad presented an arguable case
for an indication of interim measures. The resolution now makes itun-
necessaryto explore the legal elements of Libya'srequest for such mea-
sures.Inviewoftheturn ofeventsoccasionedbytheresolution, 1propose,

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE LACHS

Whileconcurring inthe Court'sdecision 1consider it myduty to place
on record certain considerationsinrespect ofthe circumstancesin which

itfelltobetaken.Clouded asthe circumstancesmayhavebeen,somelegal
implications maybe ascertained.

JOINT DECLARATION OF JUDGES EVENSEN, TARASSOV,
GUILLAUME AND AGUILAR MAWDSLEY

[Translation]

We agree fully with the decision of the Court, but wish to make some
additional commentson it.

DECLARATION OF JUDGE NI