Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Niger) - Fixing of time-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings

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Press Release
Unofficial

No. 2010/31
17 September 2010

Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Niger)

Fixing of time-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings

THE HAGUE, 17 September 2010. The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
, the principal
judicial organ of the United Nations, has fixed tim e-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings in

the case concerning the Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Niger).

By an Order of 14September2010, the Cour t fixed 20April2011 and 20January2012,
respectively, as the time-limits for the filing of a Memorial and a Counter-Memorial by each Party.

The Court made the Order taking into account th e agreement of the Parties. The subsequent

procedure has been reserved for further decision.

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Release No. 2010/24 of 21 July 2010,
available on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org).

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The full text of the Order of the Court will be available shortly on the Court’s website.

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