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The 2000 Judicial Activity of the International Court of Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2017

John R. Crook
John R. Crook*
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The International Court of Justice bom opened and closed the year 2000 with an unprecedented docket of twenty-four cases; during the year, one case was concluded by ajudgment, and a new one was filed.1 Most of the Court's cases, however, were still in “midstream,” with the parties still exchanging written pleadings. The Court held oral proceedings during 2000 in just five cases: final hearings on the merits in two, hearings on jurisdiction leading to ajudgment in a third, and two requests for provisional measures, one granted and the other not. The year was marked by other events of interest, including some that signal important changes in the Court's procedures.

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Current Developments
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 685 - 691
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2001

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References

1 The new case is Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Dem. Congo v. Belg.), see Press Release 2000/32 (Oct. 17). The judgment, orders, and press communiqués and releases mentioned herein are all available on the Court’s Web site, <http://www.icj-cij.org>.

2 Press Communiqué 2000/5 (Feb. 16, 2000).

3 Press Communiqué 2000/1 (Feb. 7, 2000).

4 Press Communiqué 2000/11 (Mar. 30, 2000).

5 Lori, F. Damrosch, The Election of Thomas Buergenthal to the International Court of Justice, 94 AJIL 579 (2000)Google Scholar; Press Communiqué 2000/8 (Mar. 3, 2000).

6 Press Communiqué 2000/4 (Feb. 11, 2000).

7 Press Communiqué 1999/42 (Sept. 20, 1999).

8 Press Communiqué 2000/36 (Oct. 26, 2000).

9 Press Communiqué 2000/37 (Nov. 1, 2000).

10 Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pak. v. India), Jurisdiction (Int’l Ct. Justice June 21, 2000); see Peter H. F. Bekker, Case Report, Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India), 94 AJIL 707 (2000).

11 Press Communiqué 2000/6 (Feb. 24, 2000).

12 Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999, para. 28.

13 Id., paras. 37-39.

14 Id., para. 40.

15 Id., Diss. Op. A1-Khasawneh, J., paras. 6, 18-19.

16 Press Communiqués 2000/18 (June 19, 2000) & 2000/20 (June 21, 2000).

17 Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Dem. Congo v. Uganda), Provisional Measures, para. 47 (Int’l Ct. Justice July 1, 2000).

18 Press Communiqué 2000/32 (Oct. 17, 2000).

19 Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Dem. Congo v. Belg.), Provisional Measures, para. 26 (Int’l Ct. Justice Dec. 8, 2000).

20 Press Communiqués 2000/35 (Oct. 20, 2000) & 2000/39 (Dec. 5, 2000).

21 Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000; Press Communiqué 2000/40 (Dec. 8, 2000).

22 One of the reasons that the Congo had objected to the warrant was that Ndombasi would be unable to function as foreign minister if he was subject to arrest in states that his official responsibilities required him to visit. Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000, paras. 52-53.

23 Press Release 2000/41 (Dec. 15, 2000).

24 Press Communiqué 2000/13 (Apr. 14, 2000).

25 Id.

26 Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions Between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahr.), Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 1994 ICJ Rep. 112 (July 1).

27 Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions Between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahr.), Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 1995 ICJ Rep. 6 (Feb. 15).

28 Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions Between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahr.), 1999 ICJ Rep. 3 (Feb. 17).

29 Press Communiqué 2000/30 (Sept. 27, 2000). The hearings in LaGrand ended Friday, November 17, and those in Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 began Monday, November 20.

30 The first, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Para. v. U.S.), was withdrawn by the applicant and terminated by the Court’s order of November 10, 1998, 1998ICJ Rep. 426.

31 Press Communiqué 2000/38 (Nov. 17, 2000).

32 Press Communiqué 2000/5 (Feb. 15, 2000).

33 Id.

34 The respondents are Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. The Court dismissed the cases that Yugoslavia filed against Spain and the United States.

36 Press Communiqué 2000/25 (July 7, 2000).

36 Press Communiqué 2000/29 (Sept. 14, 2000).

37 Press Release 2001/5 (Feb. 23, 2000).

38 Press Communiqués 2000/9 (Mar. 17, 2000) & 2000/21 (June 28, 2000).

39 Press Communiqué 2000/26 (Sept. 8, 2000).

40 Press Communiqué 2000/10 (Mar. 23, 2000).

41 Press Communiqué 2000/14 (May 12, 2000).

42 Press Release 2000/33 (Oct. 20, 2000).

43 Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention Arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libya v. UK) (Libya v. U.S.).

44 Press Communiqué 2000/27 (Sept. 13, 2000).

45 Press Communiqué 2000/28 (Sept. 28, 2000).

46 Uganda, the respondent in the third Armed Activities case, did not contest jurisdiction and admissibility as preliminary issues.

47 Press Communiqué 2000/34 (Oct. 20, 2000). Both of these cases were removed from the Court’s list on January 30, 2001, at the request of the Congo. The Armed Activities case involving Uganda remains on the Court’s list. Press Release 2001/2 (Feb. 1, 2001).

48 Press Communiqué 2000/5 (Feb. 15, 2000).

49 Note by the Registry Indicating the Rules of Court (1978) Amended on 5 December 2000, at <http://www.icjcij.org>.

50 Press Release 2001/1 (Jan. 12, 2001).

51 See supra notes 34-35 and accompanying text.