Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) - Preliminary objections - Judgment to be delivered on 11 July

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No. 96/24

8 July 1996

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punisbment
of the Crime of Genocide

lBosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia)

Preliminarv objections

Judgment to be delivered on 11 July 1996

The following information is communicated to the Press by the Registry of the International
Court of Justice:

The Court will hold a public sitting 10 a.m. on Thursdav Il July 1996 in the Great Hall

of Justice of the Peace Palace in The Hague for the purpose of delivering its Judgment on the
preliminary objections flled by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the above case.

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NOTE FOR THE PRESS

1. The public sitting will be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace, The Hague,
The Netherlands. Members of the Press will be entitled to attend on presentation of an admission

card, which may be obtained upon application. The tables reserved for them are situated on the
far left of the public entrance of the courtroom.

2. Photographs may be taken at the opening, during the first five minutes of the sitting; and
also for a few minutes towards its end. Filming for television purposes is authorizeadvance

notice tobe given as per paragraph 6 below.

3. In the Press Room, located on the ground floor of the Peace Palace (R5),the reading
of the Court's Judgment will be relayed through a loudspeaker.

4. After the close of the sitting, a Press Communiqué will be distributed in the Press Room

(Room No. 5).

5. Members of the Press who wish to make telephone caUs may use the public telephones
in the Post Office in the basement of the Palace.

6. Mr. Arthur Witteveen, Secretary of the Court (Press and Information Matters) (tel.
No. 31-70-302 23 36), will be available to deal with any requests for information by members of
the Press or for making arrangements for television coverage.