Provisional measures

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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Unofficial
No. 2024/37
30 April 2024
Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany) Request for the indication of provisional measures The Court finds that the circumstances do not require the exercise of its power to indicate provisional measures

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE AD HOC AL-KHASAWNEH
Unusual character of Court’s Order  Divergent from Court’s rich and constant
jurisprudence  Lack of reasoning  Urgency evidently satisfied  Monetary Gold principle
inapplicable  Procedural flaw in hearing the Parties.
1. The Order issued today by the Court on the request for the indication of provisional
measures by Nicaragua is an unusual document, more notable for what it does not contain than for
what it does and, as far as can be ascertained, unlike anything before it in terms of the long, rich and

DECLARATION OF JUDGE TLADI
Assessment of “circumstances” requiring exercise of the Court’s power under Article 41 of the Statute  Court must remain free to weigh all circumstances together in a fluid way  Conditions developed in Court’s jurisprudence for indication of provisional measures are not a “box-ticking” exercise  Present Order is not inconsistent with the approach adopted by the Court in the past.

DECLARATION OF JUDGE CLEVELAND

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE IWASAWA

SEPARATE OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT SEBUTINDE
Although I have voted with the majority in rejecting Nicaragua’s Request for provisional
measures, I do not agree with the approach that the Court has adopted in handling the Request, nor
do I agree with the scanty reasoning that underpins the Order  There is a need to strictly adhere
to the criteria that the Court has developed in its jurisprudence for the indication of provisional
measures  It is highly doubtful whether the Court has prima facie jurisdiction as Nicaragua has

30 AVRIL 2024
ORDONNANCE
MANQUEMENTS ALLÉGUÉS À CERTAINES OBLIGATIONS INTERNATIONALES RELATIVEMENT AU TERRITOIRE PALESTINIEN OCCUPÉ (NICARAGUA c. ALLEMAGNE)
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ALLEGED BREACHES OF CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY (NICARAGUA v. GERMANY)
30 APRIL 2024
ORDER
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
YEAR 2024
2024
30 April
General List
No. 193
30 April 2024
ALLEGED BREACHES OF CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
(NICARAGUA v. GERMANY)

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands
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Unofficial
No. 2024/34
26 April 2024
Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany) Request for the indication of provisional measures The Court to deliver its Order on Tuesday 30 April 2024 at 3 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Peace Palace, Carnegieplein 2, 2517 KJ The Hague, Netherlands
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No. 2024/32
18 April 2024
Proceedings instituted by Mexico against Ecuador on 11 April 2024 Request for the indication of provisional measures Public hearings to be held on Tuesday 30 April and Wednesday 1 May 2024

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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No. 2024/30
11 April 2024
Mexico institutes proceedings against Ecuador and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures