Dissenting opinion of Judge Sir Robert Jennings
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DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SIR ROBERT JENNINGS
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DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SIR ROBERT JENNINGS
DISSENTING OPINIONOF JUDGE SCHWEBEL
Paragraphs
1-5
II. SUMMAR OYF SALIENT LEGALCONCLUSIONS 6-16
DISSENTING OPINIONOF JUDGE ODA
Paragraphs
1-3
1. EFFECTOF THEAPPLICATIOG NIVEN TO THE"VANDENBER GESER-
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE NI
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SETTE-CAMARA
Since 1 have voted against subparagraph (1) of paragraph 292 of the
Judgment, 1feelmyselfobliged to append this separate opinion stating my
reasons.
During the previous proceedings relating to thejurisdiction and admis-
sibility of the Nicaraguan Application of 9 April 1984,the multilateral
treaty reservation attached to the 26 August 1946United States Declara-
tion of Acceptance of the Court's jurisdiction under Article 36, para-
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE AG0
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1. In the separate opinion which 1appended to the Judgment of 26 No-
vember 1984 on the jurisdiction of the Court and the admissibility of the
Application in the present case, 1explained why 1had felt able to vote in
favour of the findirig that the Court had "a jurisdiction in the present case
enabling it to proceed to examination of the merits", convinced as 1was
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE ELIAS
1have voted, without enthusiasm, for subparagraphs (2) to (16) of the
operative clause, but 1 consider that subparagraph (1) of the operative
clause isout of place in the present Judgment. It isinappropriatebecause it
is contradictory to the Judgment already given in 1984,which, from the
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE RUDA
SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE LACHS
At the outset, 1 am impelled to express my regret at what, to mymind, is
a strange occurrence in the present case. It was stated that much of the
evidence was "of a highly sensitive intelligence character" and asserted
that the Respondent would "not risk United States national security by
presenting such sensitive material in public".
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SEPARATE OPINION OF PRESIDENT NAGENDRA SINGH
While fully endorsing the operative holdings of the Court in this Judg-
ment, 1have considered it necessary to append this separate opinion to
emphasize certain aspects which 1consider essential, either from the legal
standpoint or for promoting peaceful community existence of sovereign
States.