SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE MOROZOV

1. 1voted for the operative part of the decision because from my point
of view no application to intervene under Article 62 of the Statute can be
entertained by the Court unless jurisdictional links(within the meaning of
Articles 36 and 37 of the Statute) exist between the State presenting the

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE VALTICOS

[Tvanslation]

1. While fully recognizing the qualities of the preceding Judgment, to
which 1 shall return later, 1am not able to associate myself with it.

2. For 1 do not consider that the Court is competent to consider the

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE KOROMA

1regret that 1am unable to agree or to support the present Judgment
of the Court. Al1the more so when much of the reasoning deployed to
reach the findings onjurisdiction and admissibilityshould have led to the
opposite conclusions.
Although the Court in its Judgment of 1 July 1994did not expressly
state it lackedjurisdiction in this case, it was equallyable to declare it
had jurisdiction to entertain the dispute on the basis of the Application

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE ODA

1. To my regret 1am unable to concur with the Court's Judgment. My
position has already been clearly stated in the dissenting opinion which
1 attached to the Judgment of 1 July 1994.1 shall now give my reasons

for having to disagree with the present Judgment and shall be unable to
avoid a certain amount of repetition of what was said in my previous
opinion.

DISSENTING OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT SCHWEBEL

1regret that 1have been unable to join in supporting the Judgment of
the Court.
In the law of treaties, "the primary object of interpretation, namely,
the revealing of the intention of the parties", is, in the words of that late,
great Judge and authority on the law of treaties, Sir Hersch Lauterpacht,
paramount :

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SKUBISZEWSKI

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Introduction:dissent and concurrence 1-2

Historical background 4
Portuguese constitutional law and policies relating to its colo-

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE WEERAMANTRY

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SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE VERESHCHETIN

While 1 am in agreement with the Judgment delivered by the Court,

1 feel obliged to deal in this opinion with one important issue which, in
my view,although not addressed in the reasoning of the Judgment, also
bars the Court from adjudicating upon the submissions in the Applica-
tion of the Portuguese Republic.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE RANJEVA

[Translation]

While the Court is to be applauded for recalling that the right of