495

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE OWADA

482

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE RANJEVA

[Translation]

472

JOINT DECLARATION OF JUDGES RANJEVA, SHI, KOROMA
AND PARRA-ARANGUREN

468

SEPARATE OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT
AL-KHASAWNEH

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE BUERGENTHAL

1. 1 have voted against the instant Order because 1 believe that the
Court's decision is wrong as a matter of legal principle.
2. Israel challenges Judge Elaraby's participation in these proceedings
on the ground that his previous professional involvement and persona1
statements on matters which go to the substance of the question before
the Court in this advisory opinion request require that he not participate

450

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC KREĆA

table of contents

Paragraphs

I. Legal Background 1-27
1. Constitutional concept of the Yugoslav State and of Croatia

445

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC VUKAS

As I shared the Court’s conclusion in its Judgment of 18 Novem-

409

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE BHANDARI

Introduction

1. I have voted with the majority on all three operative clauses of the
present Judgment. However, with respect to the second operative clause, h
i.e., the rejection of Croatia’s principal claim, I wish to qualify ahnd expand

400

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SEBUTINDE

Jurisdiction ratione temporis under Article IX of the Genocide Convention —
Disagreement with paragraph (1) of the operative clause — The FRY (Serbia)
cannot be bound by the Genocide Convention prior to 27 April 1992, the date when

394

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE GAJA

1. The Judgment rendered in 2007 on the Application of the Convention