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30 April 2024
Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany) Request for the indication of provisional measures

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands
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No. 2024/37
30 April 2024
Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany) Request for the indication of provisional measures The Court finds that the circumstances do not require the exercise of its power to indicate provisional measures

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC AL-KHASAWNEH
Unusual character of Court’s Order  Divergent from Court’s rich and constant
jurisprudence  Lack of reasoning  Urgency evidently satisfied  Monetary Gold principle
inapplicable  Procedural flaw in hearing the Parties.
1. The Order issued today by the Court on the request for the indication of provisional
measures by Nicaragua is an unusual document, more notable for what it does not contain than for
what it does and, as far as can be ascertained, unlike anything before it in terms of the long, rich and