Chapter VII. Decisions and Advisory Opinions of International Tribunals
international Court of Justice
The .International .Court .of .Justice .(ICJ) .is .the .principal .judicial .organ .of .the .United . Nations .It .was .established .in .June .1945 .by .the .Charter .of .the .United .Nations .and .began . work .in .April .1946 .
Judgments
. (i) . Avena and other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v United States of America), .
31 .March .2004
. (ii) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v Belgium), .15 .December .2004
. (iii) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v Canada), .15 .December .2004
. (iv) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v France), .15 .December .2004
. (v) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v Germany), . 15 .December .2004
. (vi) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v Italy), .15 .December .2004
. (vii) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v Netherlands), . 15 . December . .2004
. (viii) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v Portugal), . 15 . December .
2004
. (ix) . Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v United Kingdom), .15 .December .2004
Advisory Opinions
On .9 .July .2004, .the .Court .delivered .its .advisory .opinion, .Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, .following .a .request .by .the . General .Assembly .in .its .resolution .ES-10/14, .adopted .on .8 .December .2003
1 . .The .texts .of .the .judgments, .advisory .opinions .and .orders .are .published .in .the .I.C.J Reports. Summaries .of .the .judgments, .advisory .opinions .and .orders .of .the .Court .are .provided .in .English .and .French . on .its .website .at .www icj-cij org .In .addition, .extracts .of .these .summaries .are .contained .in .Summaries, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice (United .Nations .Publication, .ST/LEG/ SER F/1 .and .Add 1 .and .2), .which .is .published .in .the .six .official .languages .of .the .United .Nations .The . summaries .of .the .decisions .listed .above .will .appear .in .the .third .addendum .to .this .publication .covering . the .period .from .2003 .to .2007 .See .also .chapter .III .A, .section .18 .above
3 . UNITED .NATIONS .JURIDICAL .YEARBOOK .2004
Pending cases as at 31 December 2004
(i) Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v Ukraine) .(2004- .)
(ii) Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge
(Malaysia v Singapore) (2003- ).
. (iii) . Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v France) .
(2003- .)
. (iv) . Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Rwanda) (2002- .)
(v) Frontier Dispute (Benin v Niger) (2002- ).
. (vi) . Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v Colombia) (2001- .)
. (vii) . Certain Property (Liechenstein v Germany) .(2001- .)
. (viii) . Maritime Delimitation between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea
(Nicaragua v Honduras) .(1999- .)
. (ix) . Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (Croatia v Serbia and Montenegro) (1999- .)
. (x) . Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Uganda) .(1999- .)
. (xi) . Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v Democratic Republic of the Congo) .
(1998- .)
. (xii) . Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros (Hungary v Slovakia) .(1993- .)
. (xiii) . Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro) (1993- .)
international Tribunal for the law of the sea
The .International .Tribunal .for .the .Law .of .the .Sea .is .an .independent .permanent .tribunal .established .by .the .United .Nations .Convention .on .the .Law .of .the .Sea, .1982 3 .The .Agreement .on...
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