Separate Opinion of Vice-President Alfaro

SEPARATE OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT ALFARO

The decision rendered by the Court in the present case sets forth
considerations of law and fact in which 1 fully concur, especially
for the reason that its essential basis is a principle of law to
which 1 attribute great weight and which has been frequently
applied by international tribunals, both of justice and arbitration.

This principle, as 1 understand it, is that a State party to an

Dissenting Opinion of Judge Chagla

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE CHAGLA

In my opinion the fifth and sixth objections of India should
prevail and the Court should hold that it has no jurisdiction to
entertain Portugal's Application.

Fifth Objection
With regard to the fifth objection in my opinion it is now only
of academicimportance, and 1 have nothing to add to what 1 have
already stated in my dissenting opinion on the Preliminary

Objections.
Sixth Objection

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