Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras, Nicaragua intervening)(El Salvador v. Hondura

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF WSTICE

Peace Palace, 2517 KJ The Hague. Tel: +31 (0)70 302 23 23. Cables: Intercourt,
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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2003/27
1 September 2003

Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the case concerning the
Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening)
(El Salvador v. Honduras)

Programme of the hearings to be held from 8 to 12 September 2003

THE HAGUE, 1 September 2003. The programme of the public hearings which a special
Chamber of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold in the case conceming the Application
for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case conceming the Land, Island and
Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) (El Salvador v.

Honduras) is as follows:

First round of oral argument

Monday 8 September 2003 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. El Salvador

Tuesday 9 September 2003 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Honduras

Second round of oral argument

Wednesday 10 September 2003 from 3 to 5 p.m. El Salvador
Friday 12 September 2003 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Honduras

History of the proceedings

For the historyof the proceedings, please refer to press release 2003/23 on the website of the
Court (www.icj-cij.org). Click on "Docket" and thenon the hyperlink for the case conceming the
Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case conceming the Land,

Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening)
(El Salvadorv. Honduras).

NOTE TO THE PRESS

1. The public hearings will be held in the Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in
The Hague, Netherlands. Mobile telephones and beepers are allowed in the courtroom provided
they are turned off or set on silent mode. Any offending deviee will be temporarily retained. -2-

2. Members of the Press may attend on presentation of a press card. The tables reserved for

them are situated to the far left of the public entrance to the courtroom.

3. Photographs and TV shots may be taken for a few minutes at the opening of each sitting.
The proceedings will be displayed live on a large TV screen in the Press Room, located on the ground

floor of the Peace Palace (Room 5). In the Press Room, it will be possible for TV crews to
connect recording equipment directly to the Court's new video system, but advance notice of this
should be given to the Information Department. There is also a facility for the connection of
sound-only equipment to the Court's audio system during the proceedings.

4. Telephone calls may be made from the phone located in the Press Room (collect calls only)
or from the public payphones in the Post Office in the basement of the Peace Palace.

5. Verbatim records of the hearings will be published daily on the Court's website
(www.icj-cij.org),with translations to follow as soon as practicable thereafter.

6. Mr. Arthur Witteveen, First Secretary of the Court (tel: +31-70-302 2336), as well as
Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers, are available to deal with any
requests from the Press (tel: +31-70-302 2337; e-mail address: [email protected]).