DECLARATION OF JUDGE VERESHCHETIN

DECLARATION OF JUDGE KOROMA

These are perhaps the most serious cases to come before the Court for
injunctive relief.nder Article 41 of the Statute of the Court, a request
for provisional measures should have as its purpose the preservation of
the respective rights of either party to a dispute pending the Court'seci-
sion. Jurisprudentially, the granting of such relief isdesigned to prevent

DECLARATION OF JUDGE SHI

1am in agreement with the majority of the Court that, in the present
case, no basis of prima faciejurisdiction can be found for the indication
of provisional measures requested by the Applicant.

DECLARATION OF VICE-PRESIDENT WEERAMANTRY

1 make this declaration having regard to the human tragedy and the
acute suffering caused throughout Yugoslavia by the present conflict.
The Court has observed that its decision in no way prejudges the ques-
tion of the jurisdiction of the Court to deal with the merits of the case
under Article IX of the GenocideConvention or any questions relating to
the admissibility of the Application or relating to the merits themselves

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DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE VERESHCHETIN

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SHI

To my regret, 1am unable to concur with the findings of the Court
that, given the limitation ratione temporis contained in the declaration of
acceptance of compulsory jurisdiction made by the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (hereinafter Yugoslavia), the Court lacked prima facie juris-

DISSENTING OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT
WEERAMANTRY

Unlike the majority of the Court 1 take the view that the Court has
prima facie jurisdiction in this case. As for the issue of provisional
measures, it is a case where "circumstances so require" (Article 41 of the

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE KOOIJMANS

1. 1have voted in favour of the Court's decision that the request for
the indication of provisional measures submitted by the Federal Republic

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE PARRA-ARANGUREN

1. Notwithstanding my agreement with the operative part of the Order,
1 consider it necessary to make the following observations.
2. Article IX of the Genocide Convention is in force between the
Parties. It prescribes: