Separate opinion of Judge Cançado Trindade

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE C ANÇADO T RINDADE

1.Although I have concurre d in the adoption today, 22Apri l2015, of the present Order of

Provisional Measures of Protection in the case of Questions Relating to the Seizure and Detention
of Certain Documents and Data (Timor-Leste versus Australia), for standing in agreement with the
resolutory points of its dispositif, I do not entirely share the reasoning of the Court which has led to

Separate Opinion of Judge Donoghue

208

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE DONOGHUE

1. Certain circumstances giving rise to the present case are not in dis ‑
pute. During the pendency of State‑to‑State arbitration, one State seizefd
documents and data from the office of counsel to the opposing State (ffor
convenience, I refer to all seized documents, data and material as “tfhe

Links