Certain Property (Liechtenstein v. Germany) - Preliminary Objections - Conclusion of the public hearings; Court ready to begin its deliberation

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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2004/21
18 June 2004

Certain Property (Liechtenstein v. German y)

Preliminary Objections

Conclusion of the public hearings; Court ready to begin its deliberation

THE HAGUE, 18 June 2004. The public hearings before the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) on the Preliminary Objections to jurisdiction and admissibility raised by Germany in
the case concerning Certain Property (Liechtenstein v. Germany) were concluded on Friday
18 June 2004. The Court will now begin its deliberation.

At the hearings, which opened on Monday 14 June 2004 at the Peace Palace, seat of the
Court, the delegation of Liechtenstein was led by H.E. Mr. Alexander Goepfert, Freshfields
Bruckhaus Deringer, Düsseldorf, Special Commissioner of the Principality of Liechtenstein, as
Agent. The delegation of Germany was led by Mr. Thomas Uiufer, Director General for Legal

Affairs and Legal Adviser, Federal Foreign Office, as Agent.

The Court's judgment on the Preliminary Objections will be delivered at a public sitting, the
date of which will be announced in due course.

Final submissions of the Parties

At the conclusion of the oral proceedings the Parties presented the following final
submissions to the Court:

For Germany:

"Germany requests the Court to adjudge and declare that:

it lacks jurisdiction over the daims brought against Germany by the Principality of
Liechtenstein, referred to it by the Application of Liechtenstein of 30 May 2001,

and that

the daims brought against Germany by the Principality of Liechtenstein are
inadmissible to the extent specified in its Preliminary Objections."

For Liechtenstein:

"The Principality of Liechtenstein respectfully requests the Court:

ill to adjudge and declare that the Court has jurisdiction over the daims presented in
its Application and that they are admissible; - 2 -

and, accordingly,

.(hl to reject the Preliminary Objections of Germany in their entirety."

History of the proceedings and full transcripts of the hearings

The history of the proceedings as well as the full transcripts of the hearings held from
14 to 18 June 2004 can be found on the Court's website (www.icj-cij.org). Click on "Docket" and
then on the hyperlink bearing the name of the case conceming Certain Property (Liechtenstein v.

Germany).

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Mrs. Laurence Blairon and Mr. Boris Heim, Information Officers (+31 70 302 23 37)

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