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No. 2024/1
3 January 2024
Proceedings instituted by South Africa against Israel on 29 December 2023 Request for the indication of provisional measures Public hearings to be held on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 January 2024

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29 December 2023
The Republic of South Africa institutes proceedings against the State of Israel and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures

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APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS
To the Registrar of the International Court of Justice, the undersigned, being duly authorised by the
Government of the Republic of South Africa, state as follows:
In accordance with Articles 36 (1) and 40 of the Statute of the Court and Article 38 of the Rules of
Court, I have the honour to submit this Application instituting proceedings in the name of the Republic
of South Africa (“South Africa”) against the State of Israel (“Israel”). Pursuant to Article 41 of the

81LIST OF ANNEXESANNEX No.LEGISLATIONPAGE1Law N° 420 on Maritime Spaces (2002)832Presidential Decree No. 17-2018, Decree of Reform to Decree No. 33 2013, “Baselines of the Maritime Spaces of the Republic of Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea”91BOOKS/ARTICLES3B. Nietschmann Between Land and Water; The Subsistence Ecology of the Miskito Indians, Eastern Nicaragua (Seminar Press, New York and London, 1973)1014V.

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DISPUTE CONCERNING
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND
MARITIME SPACES IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA
(NICARAGUA V. COLOMBIA)
WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS OF NICARAGUA ON THE
ADMISSIBILITY OF COLOMBIA’S COUNTER-CLAIMS
ANNEXES
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LIST OF ANNEXES
ANNEX
No.
DOCUMENT PAGE
1. Statement of the Colombian President, Juan Manuel
Santos, on the judgments of the International Court of
Justice in The Hague, 17 March 2016 [English and
Spanish version].
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2. Colombia Rompe con la Corte de la Haya por Pleito

79DISPUTE CONCERNINGALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGN RIGHTS AND MARITIME SPACES IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA(NICARAGUA V.COLOMBIA)WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUATO THE PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIAANNEXES
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Annex 1
Declaration of President Juan Manuel Santos
on the Judgment of the International Court of Justice,
19 November 2012 1
Bogotá, 19 November 2012.
“ Today this Court rejected the claims of sovereignty of Nicaragua over our
archipelago. It is a final and unappealable judgment on this issue.
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The Court, in its judgment draws a line that begins on the west of the archipelago,
between our islands and the coast of Nicaragua.

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Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (Request for Advisory Opinion) The Court authorizes the Pacific Islands Forum and the Alliance of Small Island States to participate in the proceedings

Document No. 235
ILC, 81st Session, 1994, Report III (Part 4B), Freedom of
Association and Collective Bargaining, General Survey by
the Committee of Experts on the Application of
Conventions and Recommendations, pp. 61–78

Document No. 148
Economic and Social Council, 5th Session, 1947, Official
Records, Annex 15f, Trade union rights (freedom of
association), Decisions adopted unanimously by the
International Labour Conference in July 1947