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International Court of Justice
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
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Minquiers and Ecrehos Case: In a judgment of November 17,1953, the International Court of Justice unanimously found that jurisdiction over the island groups of Minquiers and Ecrehos was vested in the United Kingdom. The Court interpreted the special agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and France on September 24, 1951, by which the Court was seized of the dispute, as eliminating the possibility of finding the territories to be res nullius or having a status of condominium. The Court further interpreted the phrase “in so far as they are capable of appropriation” as meaning that the Court was asked to determine which party had sovereignty over each island group and not the sovereignty of individual units of which each group consisted.
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- International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
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1 For information on previous action on this case, see International Organization, VI, p. 107, 295 and 623.
2 The Minquiers and Ecrehos case, Judgment of November 17th, 1953: I.CJ. Reports 1953, p. 52–53.
3 Ibid., p. 50.
4 Ibid., p. 50–51.
5 Ibid., p. 56.
6 Ibid., p. 58–59.
7 Ibid., p. 67.
8 Ibid., p. 72.
9 Ibid., p. 73.
10 For previous action on this case, see International Organization, VI, p. 107, 295 and 429.
11 See Nottebohm Case (Preliminary Objection), Judgment of November I8th, 1953: I.C.J. Reports 1953, p. 113, for the text of the declaration of January 27, 1947.
12 Ibid., p. 115.
13 Ibid., p. 122–123.
14 For previous information on this case, see International Organization, VII, p. 406.
15 Case of the monetary gold removed from Rome in 1943, Order of November 3rd, 1953: I.C.J. Reports, 1953, p. 44–45.