Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) - Preliminary Objections - Schedule for public hearings to be held from Monday 4 to Friday 8 June 2007

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)70 302 2323 Fax: +31 (0)70 364 9928
Website: www.icj-cij.org

Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2007/13
11 May 2007

Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia)

Preliminary Objections

Schedule for public hearings to be held from
Monday 4 to Friday 8 June 2007

THE HAGUE, 11May2007. As announced previously, the International Court of

Justice(ICJ), principal judicial organ of the Unite d Nations, will hold public hearings in the case
concerning Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) starting on Monday
4 June 2007, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the Court.

The hearings will be concerned solely with th e preliminary objections raised by Colombia

regarding the jurisdiction of the Court.

Schedule for the hearings

⎯ First round of oral argument

Monday 4 June 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Colombia

Tuesday 5 June 2007 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Nicaragua

⎯ Second round of oral argument

Wednesday 6 June 2007 4 p.m.-6 p.m.: Colombia

Friday 8 June 2007 10 a.m.-12 noon: Nicaragua

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Release. 006/37 of
15 November 2006, available on the Court’s website at www.icj-cij.org.

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N OTE TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

1. The public hearings will be held in th e Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace in
TheHague, Netherlands. Mobile telephones and b eepers are allowed in the courtroom provided
they are turned off. Any offending device will be temporarily retained.

2. Media representatives are subject to an accreditation procedure, the details of which
can be found in the Media Advisory attached to this Press Release.

3. Individual visitors (members of the Di plomatic Corps and the general public) are not
subject to an admission procedure. However, groups of five persons or more are kindly requested
to give advance notification of their attendance by filling out the relevant form on the Court’s

website (to the right of the screen under Calendar, click on “Attending a Hearing”, then under
Admission for Groups, click on “Online Application Form”).

4. Verbatim records of the hearings will be published daily on the Court’s website, with
translations to follow as soon as practicable thereafter.

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Information Department:

Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Secretary of the Court, Head of Department (+31 (0)70 302 2336)
Messrs. Boris Heim and Maxime Schouppe, Information Officers (+31 (0)70 302 2337)
Ms Joanne Moore, Assistant Information Officer (+31 (0)70 302 2394)