Declaration of Judge Oda

DECLARATION OF JUDGE ODA

1. 1should like to add a few lines of explanation in regard to my vote
in favour of the Court's Order constituting the Chamber to deal with

El Salvador's Application for revision.
2. Article 100, paragraph 1,of the Rules of Court provides as follows:

Declaration of Judge Oda

DECLARATION OF JUDGE ODA

1voted in favour of the present Order. However, 1believe it appropri-
ate to state my doubts concerning the Court's definition of "disputes aris-
ing out of the interpretation or application" of the Vienna Convention on
Consular Relations. Those doubts have already been clearly expressed on
three occasions in connection with two similar cases decided by the Court
(see Vienna Convention on Consulur Relutions (Paraguay v. United

Separate Opinion by Judge Koroma

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE KOROMA

Doubts about the Order - Wider rarn~$cationsof dispute in the light of legal
principles and changed circumstance.~ - Application not vvithout merit -
Requirements for indication of provisional measures - Risk of injury - Its
amelioration by change offùnctions - Whether rights of the Democratic Repub-

lic of the Congo iiwe affectrd - Legal issucs to be uddressed if matter gets to
the merits.

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