SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE BROMS

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN

1have voted for the Order of the Court but would like to explain my
approach and reasoning with respect to the point of law whether a State

requesting interim measures must establish a prima facie case as to the
existence of the right sought to be preserved by the requested measures.

SEPARATE OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT ODA

DECLARATION OF JUDGE TARASSOV

1have voted for the present Order, albeit not without some hesitation.
Asitseemsto me,the continuation ofthe construction work on the East
Channel Bridgeover the Great Belteven now constitutes a serious threat
to the continued, unimpeded passage of international shipping through
this international strait. The present bridgeroject has been conceivedin
such a way that not only after its final realization, but even during the
construction process, it would impose serious physical limitations upon

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SCHWEBEL

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE BEDJAOUI

To my regret, 1 was unable to vote in favour of the idea of giving a
hearing to the Republic of El Salvador.
As it had been shown to be impossible for the Court to proceed to a
separate examination, first of the question whether a hearing should be

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE ODA

1. For purely procedural reasons, 1 did not support the request of El
Salvador for an oral hearing relating to its Declaration of Intervention at

this present stage. 1wish in this opinion to clarify those reasons and to
expressmy unease at what 1believetohavebeen unfortunate aspects of the
procedure followed by the Court in this case.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGES RUDA, MOSLER, AGO,
SIR ROBERT JENNINGS AND DE LACHARRIÈRE

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE NAGENDRA SINGH

A tribunal has normally always to respect the principle of judicial
propriety that an applicant before it has to be heard before its request is
rejected, unless of course the request is prima facie absurd or totally
inadmissible, which does not appear to be so in this case. Being a firm
believer in the salutary principle of giving a hearing to an applicant who
has particularly asked for it, 1have strongly felt the need to explain the
circumstances which have led me to vote in this case.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SHAHABUDDEEN