INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2017/21
17 May 2017
Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan)
Request for the indication of provisional measures
The Court to deliver its Order tomorrow on Thursday 18 May 2017
THE HAGUE, 17 May 2017. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial
organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Order on the r equest for the indication of provisional
measures made by India in the Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan), tomorrow on Thursday
18 May 2017.
A public sitting will take place at 12 noon at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during which
Judge Ronny Abraham, President of the Court, will read the Court’s Decision.
History of the proceedings
The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Releases Nos. 2017/16, 2017/17,
and 2017/20 available on the Court’s website ( www.icj-cij.org) under the heading “Press
Room”/“Press Releases”.
Multimedia
The sitting will be streamed live and on demand (VOD) on the Court’s website
(www.icj-cij.org/multimedia) as well as on UN Web TV, the United Nations o nline television
channel. Still photographs of the sitting will be posted on the same day, on the ICJ aPhoto
websites, as well as on the Court’s Twitter feed (@CIJ_ICJ). Selected high -resolution video
footage (b-roll) of the event will be available f or TV use on the Court’s website on the same day.
The sitting will also be covered by the United Nations television broadcasting service (UNifeed,
New York).
All ICJ photographs and videos are available free of charge, for non-commercial use.
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A. Admission procedures
Owing to the limited number of seats available in the Great Hall of Justice, priority access
will be given to representatives of the States parties to the case, and to members of the diplomatic
corps.
1. Members of the diplomatic corps
The Information Department requests members of the diplomatic corps who plan to attend
the reading to notify it accordingly today, before 6 p.m. (The Hague time), by e -mail to
2. Members of the public
A number of seats w ill be allocated to members of the public on a first -come,
first-served basis. There will be no advance registration procedure, and admission requests
submitted beforehand will not be considered.
3. Media representatives
Media representatives are subject to a compulsory online accreditation procedure, which will
close today at 6 p.m . Requests submitted after this deadline will not be considered. Media
representatives accredited for the hearings on Monday 15 May 2017 need not reapply. Their
accreditation remains valid.
B. Further practical information for the media
1. Entry to the Peace Palace
The Press Room will be open from 10.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Accredited media representatives
must bring with them their personal ID and press card. They are asked to arrive at the Peace Palace
gates between 10.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Only duly accredited individuals with valid identification
will be permitted to enter the Peace Palace grounds.
2. Parking at the Peace Palace, satellite vehicles
No parking is allowed in the Peace Palace grounds apart from satellite vehicles. Media
wishing to park satellite vehicles are requested to fill in the appropriate fields in the online
accreditation form. Televised media wishing to broadcast the sitting live should contact the
Information Department as soon as possible to make the necessary arrangements. Satellite vehicle
technicians/drivers will be informed in due course of the access times for the Peace Palace grounds.
3. Access to the courtroom
Photographers and camera crews will only be permitted to enter the courtroom between
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4. Press Room
The reading will be transmitted live on a large screen, in English and French, in a press room
(located in the Small Hall of Justice) equipped wi th a shared Internet access (Wi -Fi, Ethernet).
TV crews can connect to the Court’s PAL (HD and SD) and NTSC (SD) audio visual system and
radio reporters to the audio system.
5. Videos, still photographs
As indicated above, video files (SD/MPEG2 and HD/MPEG4) and still photos produced by
the Registry during tomorrow’s sitting will be available free of charge, for non- commercial use, at
the close of the proceedings (to download, click on www.icj-cij.org/multimedia).
6. Other media services
For further practical information (on requests for interviews, TV stand up positions, audio
and video outputs available, etc.), please visit the Court’s website. Click on “Press Room”, and
then on “Media Services”.
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Note: The Court’s press releases do not constitute official documents.
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
It was established by the United Nations Charter in June 1945 and began it s activities in
April 1946. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). Of the six
principal organs of the United Nations, it is the only one not located in New York. The Court has a
twofold role: first, to settle, in accordanc e with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by
States (its judgments have binding force and are without appeal for the parties concerned); and,
second, to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized United
Nations organs and agencies of the system. The Court is composed of 15 judges elected for a
nine-year term by the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations.
Independent of the United Nations Secretariat, it is assisted by a Registry, its o wn international
secretariat, whose activities are both judicial and diplomatic, as well as administrative. The official
languages of the Court are French and English. Also known as the “World Court”, it is the only
court of a universal character with general jurisdiction.
The ICJ, a court open only to States for contentious proceedings, and to certain organs and
institutions of the United Nations system for advisory proceedings, should not be confused with the
other mostly criminal judicial institutions based in The Hague and adjacent areas, such as the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY, an ad hoc court created by the
Security Council), the International Criminal Court (ICC, the first permanent international criminal
court, established by treaty, which does not belong to the United Nations system), the Special
Tribunal for Lebanon (STL, an international judicial body with an independent legal personality,
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and composed of Lebanese and international judges), or the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA,
an independent institution which assists in the establishment of arbitral tribunals and facilitates
their work, in accordance with the Hague Convention of 1899).
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Information Department:
Mr. Andrey Poskakukhin, First Secretary of the Court, Head of Department (+31 (0)70 302 2336)
Mr. Boris Heim and Ms Joanne Moore, Information Officers (+31 (0)70 302 2337)
Mr. Avo Sevag Garabet, Associate Information Officer (+31 (0)70 302 2394)
Ms Genoveva Madurga, Administrative Assistant (+31 (0)70 302 2396)
Jadhav (India v. Pakistan) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to deliver its Order tomorrow on Thursday 18 May 2017