Culminated
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
On 9 May 1973, Australia and New Zealand each instituted proceedings against France concerning tests of nuclear weapons which France proposed to carry out in the atmosphere in the South Pacific region. France stated that it considered the Court manifestly to lack jurisdiction and refrained from appearing at the public hearings or filing any pleadings. By two Orders of 22 June 1973, the Court, at the request of Australia and New Zealand, indicated provisional measures to the effect, inter alia, that pending judgment France should avoid nuclear tests causing radioactive fall-out on Australian or New Zealand territory. By two Judgments delivered on 20 December 1974, the Court found that the Applications of Australia and New Zealand no longer had any object and that it was therefore not called upon to give any decision thereon. In so doing the Court based itself on the conclusion that the objective of Australia and New Zealand had been achieved inasmuch as France, in various public statements, had announced its intention of carrying out no further atmospheric nuclear tests on the completion of the 1974 series.
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Institution of proceedings
Written proceedings
14 May 1973
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
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18 May 1973
Procedure(s):Intervention
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29 October 1973
Procedure(s):Questions of jurisdiction and/or admissibility
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Oral proceedings
Oral Arguments on the Request for the Indication of Interim Measures of Protection - Minutes of the Public Sittings held at the Pease Palace, The Hague, on 24 and 25 May 1973, President Lachs presiding, and on 22 June 1973, Vice-President Ammoun presiding
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
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Oral Arguments on Jurisdiction and Admissibility - Minutes of the Public Sittings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, on 10 and 11 July and 20 December 1974, President Lachs presiding
Procedure(s):Questions of jurisdiction and/or admissibility
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Other documents
1 June 1973
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Orders
Request for the indication of measures of protection and fixing of time-limits: Memorial and Counter-Memorial
Procedure(s):Provisional measures
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Application by Fiji for Permission to Intervene
Procedure(s):Intervention
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Application by Fiji for Permission to Intervene
Procedure(s):Intervention
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Judgments
Procedure(s):Questions of jurisdiction and/or admissibility
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Summaries of Judgments and Orders
Press releases
14 May 1973
Essais nucléaires (Nouvelle-Zélande c. France) - La Nouvelle-Zélande demande à la Cour d'indiquer des mesures conservatoires (French version only)
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17 May 1973
Essais nucléaires - La France n'accepte pas la juridiction de la Cour (French version only)
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17 May 1973
Essais nucléaires - Les audiences s'ouvriront le lundi 21 mai à 15 heures (French version only)
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18 May 1973
Essais nucléaires - Composition des délégations (French version only)
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25 May 1973
Essais nucléaires - Audiences du 21 au 25 mai 1973 (French version only)
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20 June 1973
Essais nucléaires - Le rendu des décisions de la Cour sur les demandes en indication de mesures conservatoires aura lieu le vendredi 22 juin 1973 (French version only)
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22 June 1973
Essais nucléaires (Nouvelle Zélande c. France) - La Cour internationale de Justice indique des mesures conservatoires (French version only)
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12 July 1973
Essais nucléaires - Requêtes à fin d'intervention (French version only)
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8 August 1973
Essais nucléaires - Déclarations publiées dans la presse (French version only)
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7 September 1973
Suite de la procédure dans l'affaire des Essais nucléaires (Nouvelle Zélande c. France) (French version only)
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24 June 1974
Essais nucléaires - Début des audiences le jeudi 4 juillet 1974 (French version only)
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9 July 1974
Essais nucléaires - Composition des délégations (French version only)
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11 July 1974
Essais nucléaires - Audiences des 10 et 11 juillet 1974 (French version only)
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16 December 1974
La Cour rendra ses arrêts dans les deux affaires des Essais nucléaires le vendredi 20 décembre 1974 à 15 heures (French version only)
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20 December 1974
Essais nucléaires (Australie c. France) - Arrêt de la Cour (French version only)
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
Belgium had ceased pursuing the aforementioned case on account of efforts to negotiate a friendly settlement. The negotiations broke down, however, and Belgium filed a new Application on 19 June 1962. The following March, Spain filed four preliminary objections to the Court’s jurisdiction, and on 24 July 1964 the Court delivered a Judgment dismissing the first two but joining the others to the merits. After the filing, within the time-limits requested by the Parties, of the pleadings on the merits and on the objections joined thereto, hearings were held from 15 April to 22 July 1969. Belgium sought compensation for the damage claimed to have been caused to its nationals, shareholders in the Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Ltd., as the result of acts contrary to international law said to have been committed by organs of the Spanish State. Spain, on the other hand, submitted that the Belgian claim should be declared inadmissible or unfounded. In a Judgment delivered on 5 February 1970, the Court found that Belgium had no legal standing to exercise diplomatic protection of shareholders in a Canadian company in respect of measures taken against that company in Spain. It also pointed out that the adoption of the theory of diplomatic protection of shareholders as such would open the door to competing claims on the part of different States, which could create an atmosphere of insecurity in international economic relations. Accordingly, and in so far as the company’s national State (Canada) was able to act, the Court was not of the opinion that jus standi was conferred on the Belgian Government by considerations of equity. The Court accordingly rejected Belgium’s claim.
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Institution of proceedings
19 June 1962
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Written proceedings
15 March 1963
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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14 August 1963
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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31 December 1965
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16 May 1967
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30 June 1968
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30 June 1968
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Oral proceedings
Minutes of the Public hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 11 March to 19 May and 24 July 1964, the President sir Percy Spender, presiding (Minutes and Annexes to the Minutes)
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Annexes to the Minutes of the Public hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 16 April to 19 May 1964, the President sir Percy Spender, presiding (concluded)
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Minutes of the Public hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 15 April to 14 May 1969 the President, M. Bustamante y Rivero, presiding
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Minutes of the Public hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 20 May to 20 June 1960 the President, M. Bustamante y Rivero, presiding
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Minutes of the Public hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 25 June to 22 July 1969 and 5 February 1970, the President, M. Bustamante y Rivero, presiding
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Other documents
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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7 April 1969
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Orders
Fixing of time-limit: Written Statement of observations and submissions on Preliminary Objections
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Judgments
Preliminary Objections
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Second Phase
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Summaries of Judgments and Orders
Press releases
20 March 1963
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Time-limit for the filing by Belgium of its Observations and Submissions on the Preliminary Objections presented by the Spanish Government
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3 February 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - The hearings on the Preliminary Objections will begin on 11 March 1964
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11 March 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Representatives of the Parties at the hearings
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11 March 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Hearing of 11 March 1964
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25 March 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Hearing of 11 to 25 March 1964
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24 April 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Hearing of 1 to 23 April 1964
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29 April 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Hearing of 27 to 29 April 1964
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19 May 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Hearing of 4 to 19 May 1964
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21 July 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - The Court will deliver its Judgment on the Preliminary Objections on 24 July 1964
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24 July 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Judgment (Preliminary Objections)
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5 August 1964
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Spanish Government
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11 June 1965
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company - Extension of the time-limit fixed for the filing of the Government of Spain
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
On 4 November 1960, Ethiopia and Liberia, as former States Members of the League of Nations, instituted separate proceedings against South Africa in a case concerning the continued existence of the League of Nations Mandate for South West Africa and the duties and performance of South Africa as mandatory Power. The Court was requested to make declarations to the effect that South West Africa remained a territory under a Mandate, that South Africa had been in breach of its obligations under that Mandate, and that the Mandate and hence the mandatory authority were subject to the supervision of the United Nations. On 20 May 1961, the Court made an Order finding Ethiopia and Liberia to be in the same interest and joining the proceedings each had instituted. South Africa filed four preliminary objections to the Court’s jurisdiction. In a Judgment of 21 December 1962, the Court rejected these and upheld its jurisdiction. After pleadings on the merits had been filed within the time-limits fixed at the request of the Parties, the Court held public sittings from 15 March to 29 November 1965 in order to hear oral arguments and testimony, and judgment in the second phase was given on 18 July 1966. By the casting vote of the President — the votes having been equally divided (7-7) — the Court found that Ethiopia and Liberia could not be considered to have established any legal right or interest appertaining to them in the subject-matter of their claims, and accordingly decided to reject those claims.
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Institution of proceedings
Written proceedings
30 November 1961
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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1 March 1962
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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10 January 1964
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22 December 1964
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Oral proceedings
Minutes of the Public Hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 2 to 22 October and on 21 December 1962, the President, Mr. Winiarsky, presiding
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Minutes of the Public Hearings held from 15 March to 14 July, 20 September to 15 November and 29 November 1965, 21 March and on 18 July 1966, the President, Sir Percy Spender, presiding (Minutes and Annexes to the Minutes)
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Minutes of the Public Hearings held from 15 March to 14 July, 20 September to 15 November and 29 November 1965, 21 March and on 18 July 1966, the President, Sir Percy Spender, presiding (Annexes to the Minutes - continued)
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Minutes of the Public Hearings held from 15 March to 14 July, 20 September to 15 November and 29 November 1965, 21 March and on 18 July 1966, the President, Sir Percy Spender, presiding (Annexes to the Minutes - continued)
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Minutes of the Public Hearings held from 15 March to 14 July, 20 September to 15 November and 29 November 1965, 21 March and on 18 July 1966, the President, Sir Percy Spender, presiding (Annexes to the Minutes - continued)
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Minutes of the Public Hearings held from 15 March to 14 July, 20 September to 15 November and 29 November 1965, 21 March and on 18 July 1966, the President, Sir Percy Spender, presiding (Annexes to the Minutes - concluded)
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Other documents
24 May 1965
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Orders
Fixing of time-limit: Written Statement of observations and submissions on preliminary objections
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Judgments
Preliminary Objections
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Second Phase
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Summaries of Judgments and Orders
Press releases
5 November 1960
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The Government of Ethiopia files an Application instituting proceedings against the Union of South Africa
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17 December 1960
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The Government of the Union of South Africa appoints its Agent
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6 February 1961
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Time-limits for the filing of the pleadings
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29 May 1961
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Order of 20 May 1961
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5 December 1961
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The Government of South Africa present Preliminary Objections to the jurisdiction of the Court
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7 December 1961
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Time-limit for the presentation by Ethiopia and Liberia of a written statement of their observations and submissions on the Preliminary Objections
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25 September 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Representatives of the Parties at the hearings which will begin on 2 October 1962
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2 October 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 2 October 1962
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11 October 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 3 to 11 October 1962
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17 October 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 15, 16 and 17 October 1962
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19 October 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 19 October 1962
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22 October 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 22 October 1962
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23 October 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Closing of the oral procedure (Preliminary Objections)
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17 December 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The Court will deliver its Judgment on the Preliminary Objections on 21 December 1962
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21 December 1962
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Judgment (Preliminary Objections)
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8 February 1963
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of South Africa
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23 September 1963
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Extension of the time-limit fixed for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of South Africa
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22 January 1964
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Time-limits for the filing of the Reply of Ethiopia and Liberia and the Rejoinder of South Africa
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23 October 1964
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Extension of the time-limit for the filing of South Africa's Rejoinder
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4 January 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The hearings will begin on 15 March 1965
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11 March 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Representatives of the Parties at the hearings
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15 March 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 15 March 1965
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15 March 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The Court will resume its public hearings on the conclusion of its closed hearings on a preliminary matter now under consideration
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17 March 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The Court will resume its public hearings on 18 March 1965
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24 March 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 18 to 24 March 1965
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28 April 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 22 to 28 April 1965
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4 May 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 30 April to 4 May 1965
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19 May 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 7 to 19 May 1965
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27 May 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 24 au 27 May 1965
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17 June 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 8 to 17 June 1965
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23 June 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 18 to 23 June 1965
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14 July 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 30 June to 14 July 1965
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20 September 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 20 September 1965
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21 October 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 20 September to 21 October 1965
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5 November 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 26 October to 5 November 1965
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10 November 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 9 and 10 November 1965
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15 November 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearings of 12 and 15 November 1965
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24 November 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - On 29 November 1965, the Court will give its decision on South Africa's request for an inspection in loco
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29 November 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - Hearing of 29 November 1965
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13 December 1965
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) - The Court will meet as early as possible in 1966 to begin its formal deliberations
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8 July 1966
Judgment in the South West Africa cases (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa)
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18 July 1966
Arrêt en la deuxième phase des affaires du Sud-Ouest africain (Ethiopie c. Afrique du Sud; Libéria c. Afrique du Sud) (French version only)
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20 July 1966
Deuxième phase des affaires du Sud-Ouest africain (Ethiopie c. Afrique du Sud; Libéria c. Afrique du Sud) (French version only)
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
In this case, as well as in the cases concerning the Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of the United States of America (United States of America v. Hungarian People's Republic); Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of the United States of America (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953 (United States of America v. Czechoslovakia); Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); and Aerial Incident of 4 September 1954 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), the United States did not claim that the States against which the Applications were made had given any consent to jurisdiction, but relied on Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Court’s Statute, which provides that the jurisdiction of the Court comprises all cases which the parties refer to it. The United States stated that it submitted to the Court’s jurisdiction for the purpose of the above-mentioned cases and indicated that it was open to the other Governments concerned to do likewise. These Governments having stated in each case that they were unable to submit to the Court’s jurisdiction in the matter, the Court found that it did not have jurisdiction to deal with these six cases, and removed them from its List.
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Institution of proceedings
Orders
Press releases
7 July 1959
Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) - The Government of the United States of America files an Application against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations provides that : “The expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the General Assembly.” On 20 December 1961, the General Assembly adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion on whether the expenditures authorized by it relating to United Nations operations in the Congo and to the operations of the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East constituted “expenses of the Organization” within the meaning of this Article of the Charter. The Court, in its Advisory Opinion of 20 July 1962, replied in the affirmative that these expenditures were expenses of the United Nations. The Court pointed out that under Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter, the “expenses of the Organization” are the amounts paid out to defray the costs of carrying out the purposes of the Organization. After examining the resolutions authorizing the expenditures in question, the Court concluded that they were so incurred. The Court also analysed the principal arguments which had been advanced against the conclusion that these expenditures should be considered as “expenses of the Organization” and found these arguments to be unfounded.
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Request for Advisory Opinion
27 December 1961
Request for Advisory Opinion (including the dossier of documents transmitted to the Court pursuant to article 65, paragraph 2 of the Statute)
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Written proceedings
Oral proceedings
Minutes of the Public Hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 14 to 21 May and on 20 July 1962, the President, M. Winiarski, presiding
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Orders
Advisory opinions
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Summaries of Judgments and Orders
Press releases
28 December 1961
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - The United Nations General Assembly requests an Advisory Opinion of the Court
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16 March 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - List of the States which have filed written statements
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26 March 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - The oral proceedings will open towards the beginning of May
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17 April 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - List of the Governments whose representatives will make oral statements at the hearings which will begin on 14 May 1962
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10 May 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - List of the States which will participate in the oral proceedings
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14 May 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - Hearing of 14 May 1962
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19 May 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - Hearings of 14 to 19 May 1962
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21 May 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - Sittings of 21 May 1962
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18 July 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - The Court will deliver its Advisory Opinion on 20 July 1962
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20 July 1962
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) - Advisory Opinion
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
The Republic of Cameroon claimed that the United Kingdom had violated the Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of the Cameroons under British administration (divided into the Northern and the Southern Cameroons) by creating such conditions that the Trusteeship had led to the attachment of the Northern Cameroons to Nigeria instead of to the Republic of Cameroon, the territory of which had previously been administered by France and to which the Southern Cameroons had been attached. The United Kingdom raised preliminary objections to the Court’s jurisdiction. The Court found that to adjudicate on the merits would be devoid of purpose since, as the Republic of Cameroon had recognized, its judgment thereon could not affect the decision of the General Assembly providing for the attachment of the Northern Cameroons to Nigeria in accordance with the results of a plebiscite supervised by the United Nations. Accordingly, by a Judgment of 2 December 1963, the Court found that it could not adjudicate upon the merits of the claim.
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Institution of proceedings
Written proceedings
12 December 1961
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13 August 1962
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13 August 1962
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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27 June 1963
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Oral proceedings
Minutes of the Public Hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 19 September to 3 October and on 2 December 1963, the President, M. Winiarski, presiding
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Other documents
27 August 1963
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Orders
Fixing of time-limit: Written Statement of observations and submissions on Preliminary Objection
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Extension of time-limit: Written Statement of observations and submissions on Preliminary Objection
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Extension of time-limit: Written Statement of observations and submissions on Preliminary Objection
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Judgments
Preliminary Objections
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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Summaries of Judgments and Orders
Press releases
1 June 1961
Northern Cameroons - The Government of the Republic of Cameroon files an Application instituting proceedings against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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8 November 1961
Northern Cameroons - Extension of the time-limits for the filing of the Memorial and Counter-Memorial
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11 July 1962
Northern Cameroons - Extension of the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the United Kingdom
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14 September 1962
Northern Cameroons - The United Kingdom Government presents a preliminary objection to the jurisdiction of the Court
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29 November 1962
Northern Cameroons - Extension of the time-limit for the filing of the Observations and Submissions of Cameroon on the United Kingdom's Preliminary Objection
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14 January 1963
Northern Cameroons - Extension of the time-limit for the filing by Cameroon of its Observations and Submissions on the United Kingdom's Preliminary Objection
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9 July 1963
Northern Cameroons - The hearings on the Preliminary Objection will begin on 19 September 1963
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11 September 1963
Northern Cameroons - Representatives of the Parties at the hearings
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19 September 1963
Northern Cameroons - Hearing of 19 September 1963
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23 September 1963
Northern Cameroons - Hearings of 19 to 23 September 1963
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27 September 1963
Northern Cameroons - Hearings of 25, 26 and 27 September 1963
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1 October 1963
Northern Cameroons - Hearings 30 September and 1 October 1963
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26 November 1963
Northern Cameroons - The Court will deliver its Judgment on the Preliminary Objections on 2 December 1963
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2 December 1963
Northern Cameroons - Judgment (Preliminary Objections)
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
This overview is provided for information only and in no way involves the responsibility of the Court.
Institution of proceedings
Orders
Press releases
3 March 1954
Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of United States of America (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) - The United States file Applications instituting proceedings against Hungary and the USSR
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15 July 1954
Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of United States of America (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) - The case is removed from the Court's List
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
The Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) (now the International Maritime Organization (IMO)) comprises, among other organs, an Assembly and a Maritime Safety Committee. Under the terms of Article 28 (a) of the Convention for the establishment of the organization, this Committee consists of 14 members elected by the Assembly from the members of the organization having an important interest in maritime safety, “of which not less than eight shall be the largest ship-owning nations”. When, on 15 January 1959, the IMCO Assembly, for the first time, proceeded to elect the members of the Committee, it elected neither Liberia nor Panama, although those two States were among the eight members of the organization which possessed the largest registered tonnage. Subsequently, the Assembly decided to ask the Court whether the Maritime Safety Committee had been constituted in accordance with the Convention for the establishment of the organization. In its Advisory Opinion of 8 June 1960, the Court replied to this question in the negative.
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Request for Advisory Opinion
25 March 1959
Request for Advisory Opinion (including the dossier of documents transmitted to the Court pursuant to article 65, paragraph 2 of the Statute)
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Written proceedings
Oral proceedings
Minutes of the Public Hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 26 April to 4 May and on 8 June 1960, the President, Mr. Klaestad, presiding
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Other documents
29 April 1960
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Orders
Advisory opinions
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Summaries of Judgments and Orders
Press releases
26 March 1959
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - The Assembly of Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization submits to the Court a request for an advisory opinion
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20 August 1959
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - The States Members of the International Maritime Consultative Organization as well as that Organization itself are considered likely to be able to furnish information on the question
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28 December 1959
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - List of the governments from which the Court has received written statements or communications
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21 March 1960
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - The hearings will begin on Tuesday, 26 April 1960
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25 April 1960
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - Representatives of the States participating in the oral proceedings
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26 April 1960
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - Hearing of 26 April 1960
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29 April 1960
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - Hearings of 26 to 29 April 1960
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4 May 1960
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - Hearings of 2 to 4 May 1960
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6 June 1960
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - The Court will deliver its Advisory Opinion on 8 June 1960
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8 June 1960
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization - Advisory Opinion
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
On 7 October 1894, Honduras and Nicaragua signed a treaty on the delimitation of the frontier between the two countries, one of the Articles of which provided that, in certain circumstances, any points of the boundary line which were left unsettled should be submitted to the decision of the Government of Spain. In October 1904, the King of Spain was asked to determine that part of the frontier line on which the Mixed Boundary Commission appointed by the two countries had been unable to reach agreement. The King gave his arbitral award on 23 December 1906. Nicaragua contested the validity of the award and, in accordance with a resolution of the Organization of American States, the two countries agreed in July 1957 on the procedure to be followed for submitting the dispute on this matter to the Court. In the Application by which the case was brought before the Court on 1 July 1958, Honduras claimed that failure by Nicaragua to give effect to the arbitral award constituted a breach of an international obligation and asked the Court to declare that Nicaragua was under an obligation to give effect to the award. After considering the evidence produced, the Court found that Nicaragua had in fact freely accepted the designation of the King of Spain as arbitrator, had fully participated in the arbitral proceedings, and had thereafter accepted the award. Consequently the Court found in its Judgment delivered on 18 November 1960 that the award was binding and that Nicaragua was under an obligation to give effect to it.
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Institution of proceedings
Written proceedings
5 January 1959
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5 May 1959
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3 August 1959
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4 January 1960
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Oral proceedings
Minutes of the Public Hearings held at the Peace Palace, The Hague, from 15 September to 11 October and 18 November 1960, the president, M. Klaestad, presiding
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Other documents
13 September 1960
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Orders
Fixing of time-limits: Memorial, Counter-Memorial, Reply and Rejoinder
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Judgments
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Summaries of Judgments and Orders
Press releases
3 July 1958
The Government of Honduras files an Application instituting proceedings against the Government of Nicaragua
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5 September 1958
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua) - The Court fixes the time-limits for the filing of the Pleadings
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7 October 1959
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Extension of the time-limit for the filing of the Rejoinder of Nicaragua
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21 March 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - The hearings will begin on 15 September 1960
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10 September 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Opening of the oral proceedings on 15 September 1960
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15 September 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Hearing of 15 September 1960
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17 September 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Hearings of 16 and 17 September 1960
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24 September 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Hearings of the week of 24 September 1960
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4 October 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Hearings of 27 September to 4 October 1960
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8 October 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Hearings of 6 to 8 October 1960
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12 October 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Hearings of 10 and 11 October 1960
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14 November 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - The Court will read its Judgment on 18 November 1960
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18 November 1960
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 - Judgment
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Correspondence
OVERVIEW OF THE CASE
In this case, as well as in the cases concerning the Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of the United States of America (United States of America v. Hungarian People's Republic); Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of the United States of America (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953 (United States of America v. Czechoslovakia); Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); and Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), the United States did not claim that the States against which the Applications were made had given any consent to jurisdiction, but relied on Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Court’s Statute, which provides that the jurisdiction of the Court comprises all cases which the parties refer to it. The United States stated that it submitted to the Court’s jurisdiction for the purpose of the above-mentioned cases and indicated that it was open to the other Governments concerned to do likewise. These Governments having stated in each case that they were unable to submit to the Court’s jurisdiction in the matter, the Court found that it did not have jurisdiction to deal with these six cases, and removed them from its List.
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