INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands
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Website: www.icj-cij.org
Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2007/12
11 May 2007
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo
(Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Preliminary Objections
Court to announce its Judgment on Thursday 24 May 2007 at 10 a.m.
THE HAGUE, 11May2007. On Thursday 24May2007, the International Court of
Justice(ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will announce its Judgment on the
preliminary objections raised by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the case
concerning Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo).
A public sitting will take place at 10 a.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which the
President of the Court, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, will read the Court’s Judgment.
History of the proceedings
The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Releases No.2006/36 of
9November2006 and No.2006/41 of 1December 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 sitting will be held in the 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. - 2 -
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 Cale ndar, click on “Attending a Hearing”, then under
Admission for Groups, click on “Online Application Form”).
4. At the end of the sitting, a Press Release, a summary of the Judgment and the full text of
the Judgment will be distributed. All of these docum ents will be made available at the same time
on the Court’s website.
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Information Department:
Mrs. Laurence Blairon, Secretary of the Court, Head of the Department (+31 70 302 23 36)
Messrs. Boris Heim and Maxime Schouppe, Information Officers (+31 70 302 23 37)
Ms Joanne Moore, Assistant Information Officer (+31 70 302 23 94)
- Preliminary Objections - Court to announce its Judgment on Thursday 24 May 2007 at 10 a.m.
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) - Preliminary Objections - Court to announce its Judgment on Thursday 24 May 2007 at 10 a.m.