SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE BEDJAOUI

To my regret, 1 was unable to vote in favour of the idea of giving a
hearing to the Republic of El Salvador.
As it had been shown to be impossible for the Court to proceed to a
separate examination, first of the question whether a hearing should be

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE ODA

1. For purely procedural reasons, 1 did not support the request of El
Salvador for an oral hearing relating to its Declaration of Intervention at

this present stage. 1wish in this opinion to clarify those reasons and to
expressmy unease at what 1believetohavebeen unfortunate aspects of the
procedure followed by the Court in this case.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGES RUDA, MOSLER, AGO,
SIR ROBERT JENNINGS AND DE LACHARRIÈRE

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE NAGENDRA SINGH

A tribunal has normally always to respect the principle of judicial
propriety that an applicant before it has to be heard before its request is
rejected, unless of course the request is prima facie absurd or totally
inadmissible, which does not appear to be so in this case. Being a firm
believer in the salutary principle of giving a hearing to an applicant who
has particularly asked for it, 1have strongly felt the need to explain the
circumstances which have led me to vote in this case.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SCHWEBEL

While1havevoted in favour ofthe Court's Order, 1voted against one
paragraph of it and feelbound to state myreasons for objectingto it.
After observingthat it would not be appropriate, in the circumstances

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE THIERRY

[Translation]

Article41 ofthe Statute ofthe Court provides that
"The Court shall have the power to indicate, if it considers that
circumstances so require, any provisional measures which ought to

be taken to preserve the respectiverights of either party",
while Article 75,paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court is to the effect that

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE EVENSEN

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN