Cases in Which the ICJ/PCIJ Were Evenly Split
When I supplied an answer to my earlier trivia question on the ICJ case in which every judge appended an individual opinion, I asked a further question In which other judgment (or opinion) has the ICJ...
View ArticleTrivia: Ad Hoc Judges in Agreement
Many international tribunals allow for States to appoint ad hoc judges in cases involving that State and where no national of the State is a judge on the Court. It is often said that these judges (and...
View ArticleTrivia: Cases Where Judge Votes Against National State or Appointing Party
In international tribunals it is often the case that a judge will vote in favour of a State that appoints that particular judge or that a judge will vote in favour of their State of nationality where...
View ArticleTimor-Leste v Australia: Provisional Observations
As has already been reported in this forum, earlier this week the International Court of Justice issued an order indicating provisional measures in Questions Relating to the Seizure and Detention of...
View ArticleComposition of the Bench in ICJ Advisory Proceedings: Implications for the...
In our previous post we discussed the prospects of the International Court of Justice giving an Advisory Opinion, as requested by the UN General Assembly, on the matter of the separation of the Chagos...
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