Order of 29 May 2018

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2018
2018
29 May
General List
No. 167
29 May 2018
APPLICATION FOR REVISION OF THE JUDGMENT OF 23 MAY 2008 IN THE CASE CONCERNING SOVEREIGNTY OVER PEDRA BRANCA/PULAU BATU PUTEH, MIDDLE ROCKS AND SOUTH LEDGE (MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE)
(MALAYSIA v. SINGAPORE)
ORDER
Present: President YUSUF; Vice-President XUE; Judges TOMKA, ABRAHAM, BENNOUNA, CANÇADO TRINDADE, DONOGHUE, GAJA, SEBUTINDE, BHANDARI, ROBINSON, GEVORGIAN, SALAM; Registrar COUVREUR.
The International Court of Justice,
Composed as above,
After deliberation,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and Article 88, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Court,
Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 2 February 2017, whereby the Government of Malaysia, referring to Article 61 of the Statute of the Court, requested the Court to revise the Judgment delivered by it on 23 May 2008 in the case concerning Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) (Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2008, p. 12),
Having regard to the letters of 14 February 2017, whereby the Registrar informed the Parties that the Court had fixed 14 June 2017 as the time-limit for the filing by the Republic of Singapore (hereinafter “Singapore”) of its written observations on the admissibility of the Application for revision, as contemplated by Article 99, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court,
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Having regard to the written observations on the admissibility of the Application for revision submitted by Malaysia, which were filed in the Registry by Singapore on 24 May 2017, within the time-limit fixed for that purpose,
Having regard to the letters of 9 and 23 June 2017, whereby the Co-Agent of Malaysia, referring to Article 99, paragraph 3, of the Rules of Court, requested that the Court afford his Government a further opportunity to present its views on the admissibility of the Application, and indicated that Malaysia wished to present further documentation in support of its Application, as well as to the letters of 13 and 28 June 2017, whereby the Co-Agent of Singapore informed the Court of his Government’s objection to the submission by Malaysia of further written observations and documentation,
Having regard to the letters of 9 October 2017, whereby the Registrar informed the Parties that the Court had decided to grant Malaysia’s request, and that it had fixed 11 December 2017 as the time-limit within which Malaysia may submit additional written observations and documentation, and 12 February 2018 as the time-limit within which Singapore may submit written comments and supporting documentation on the additional observations of Malaysia,
Having regard to the additional written observations and documentation filed in the Registry by Malaysia on 11 December 2017, within the time-limit fixed for that purpose, and to the written comments and supporting documentation on the additional observations of Malaysia filed in the Registry by Singapore on 12 February 2018, within the time-limit fixed;
Whereas, by a letter dated 28 May 2018, the Co-Agent of Malaysia notified the Court that the Parties had agreed to discontinue the proceedings; and whereas, by a letter dated 29 May 2018, the Agent of Singapore confirmed his Government’s agreement to the discontinuance of the proceedings,
Places on record the discontinuance, by agreement of the Parties, of the proceedings instituted on 2 February 2017 by Malaysia against the Republic of Singapore; and
Directs that the case be removed from the List.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-ninth day of May, two thousand and eighteen, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of Malaysia and the Government of the Republic of Singapore.
(Signed) Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF,
President.
(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.
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