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 Twitter Account: @CIJ_ICJ YouTube Channel: CIJ ICJ
LinkedIn page: International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2020/35
10 December 2020
Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela)
The Court to deliver its Judgment on the question of its jurisdiction
on Friday 18 December 2020 at 3 p.m.
THE HAGUE, 10 December 2020. On Friday 18 December 2020, the International Court of
Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Judgment on the question
of its jurisdiction in the case concerning the Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v.
Venezuela).
A public sitting of the Court will take place at 3 p.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, during
which the President of the ICJ, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, will read out the Court’s decision.
In view of the current COVID-19 pandemic, only Members of the Court and representatives
of the Parties will be present in the Great Hall of Justice. Members of the diplomatic corps, the media
and public will be able to follow the reading through a live webcast on the Court’s website, as well
as on UN Web TV.
___________
History of the proceedings
The history of proceedings can be found in Press Releases Nos. 2018/17, 2018/31, 2020/5,
2020/8, 2020/15, 2020/17 and 2020/18, which are available on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org).
___________
- 2 -
Multimedia
The sitting will be streamed live and on demand (VOD) in English and in French on the Court’s
website, as well as on UN Web TV, the United Nations online television channel. High resolution
video files (SD/MPEG2 and HD/MPEG4) and still photos produced by the Registry during the
reading of the Judgments will be available free of charge, for non-commercial use, on the Court’s
website and Twitter feed (@CIJ_ICJ) at the close of the sitting (to download, click on www.icjcij.org/en/multimedia-index).
___________
Note: The Court’s press releases are prepared by its Registry for information purposes only
and do not constitute official documents.
___________
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 its activities in April 1946.
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. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague
(Netherlands). The Court has a twofold role: first, to settle, in accordance with international law,
through judgments which have binding force and are without appeal for the parties concerned, legal
disputes submitted to it by States; and, second, to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred
to it by duly authorized United Nations organs and agencies of the system.
___________
Information Department:
Mr. Andrey Poskakukhin, First Secretary of the Court, Head of Department (+31 (0)70 302 2336)
Ms Joanne Moore, Information Officer (+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)
Arbitral Award of 3 October 1899 (Guyana v. Venezuela) - The Court to deliver its Judgment on the question of its jurisdiction on Friday 18 December 2020 at 3 p.m.