Organization of the Court Article 2, Aznar/MethymakiArticle 3, Aznar/BoosArticle 4, GeorgetArticle 5, GeorgetArticle 6, GeorgetArticle 7, GeorgetArticle 8, GeorgetArticle 9, FassbenderArticle 10, FassbenderArticle 11, FassbenderArticle 12, FassbenderArticle 13, DugardArticle 14, DugardArticle 15, DugardArticle 16, CouvreurArticle 17, CouvreurArticle 18, Anderson/WordsworthArticle 19, Anderson/WordsworthArticle 20, KhanArticle 21, ShawArticle 22, ShawArticle 23, OllivierArticle 24, Jennings/CouvreurArticle 25, PalchettiArticle 26, PalchettiArticle 27, PalchettiArticle 28, PalchettiArticle 29, PalchettiArticle 30, ThirlwayArticle 31, Kooijmans/BordinArticle 32, EspositoArticle 33, EspositoRelationship of the ICJ with Other International Courts and Tribunals, GajaChapter II. All rights reserved. To purchase short term access, please sign in to your Oxford Academic account above. present Statute, and to the members of the na-tional groups appointed under Article 4, para-graph 2, inviting them to undertake, within a given time, by national groups, the nomination of per-sons in a position to accept the duties of a member of the Court. Please contact our Customer Service Team if you have any questions. Don't already have an Oxford Academic account? 49 also covers the right of the Court to request other explanations from the … referred to in this Statute, and shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions. Published by Oxford University Press. Assistant Editor: Felix Boos, LL.M. In addition to his academic work, Professor Tams practices international law as an academic member of Matrix Chambers, London, with a focus on inter-State disputes and investment arbitration. Competence of the Court Article 34, Dupuy/HossArticle 35, ZimmermannArticle 36, TomuschatArticle 37, Simma/Richemond-BarakArticle 38, Pellet/MullerGeneral Principles of Procedural Law, KolbChapter III. Andreas Zimmermann, Professor of International and European Law, University of Potsdam,Christian J. Tams, Chair of International Law, University of GlasgowProfessor Dr. Andreas Zimmermann is Professor at the University of Potsdam and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights; Dr. jur. Learn more about these useful resources on our COVID-19 page. For full access to this pdf, sign in to an existing account, or purchase an annual subscription. Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. Do be advised that shipments may be delayed due to extra safety precautions implemented at our centers and delays with local shipping carriers. (Heidelberg), LL.M. The jurisdiction and The jurisdiction and functioning of the Court shall be governed by the provisions of this Statute. This comprehensive Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice, now in its third edition, analyses in detail not only the Statute of the Court itself but also the related provisions of the United Nations Charter as well as the relevant provisions of the Court's Rules of Procedure. The Commentary has the modest aim “to assist the Court and all of the users in the challenging task of clarifying the procedural foundations of its work” (Preface, P.v). 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You do not currently have access to this article. It illuminates the central issues of procedure and substance that the Court and counsel appearing before it face in their day-to-day work.In addition to commentary covering all of the articles of the Statute of the ICJ, plus the relevant articles of the Charter of the United Nations, the book includes two scene-setting chapters: Historical Introduction and General Principles of Procedural Law, as well as important and instructive chapters on Counter-Claims, Discontinuation and Withdrawal, and Evidentiary Issues. 2. The first comprehensive commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court), its advent on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of the ICJ is timely. Bing Bing Jia, The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary, Chinese Journal of International Law, Volume 5, Issue 3, NOVEMBER 2006, Pages 793–796, https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jml036. 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The size of the undertaking, however, reveals the ambition of the editors and other contributors to deal with the Statute thoroughly and masterfully. The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary. Most users should sign in with their email address. The continuity from the PCIJ and the ICJ was ensured through the Statute of the PCIJ being amended in 1945 to become the basic law for the ICJ. Please check your email address / username and password and try again. 3 UN Charter, Caron/TomuschatArticle 7 UN Charter, Gowlland-Debbas/ForteauArticle 33 UN Charter, Caron/TomuschatArticle 36 UN Charter, GiegerichArticle 92 UN Charter, Chesterman/Oellers-FrahmArticle 93 UN Charter, Oellers-Frahm/ZimmermannArticle 94 UN Charter, TamsArticle 95 UN Charter, FinkeArticle 96 UN Charter, d'ArgentPART THREE: STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Article 1, Chesterman/Gowlland-DebbasChapter I. United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law 1 STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE By Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Judge of the International Court of Justice Former President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Six years after the publication of the second edition, the third edition of the Commentary embraces current events before the International Court of Justice as well as before other courts and tribunals relevant for the interpretation and application of its Statute.The Commentary provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of all legal questions and issues the Court has had to address in the past, and looks forward to those it will have to address in the future. You could not be signed in. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. His research in international law focuses on the settlement of international disputes, the law of State responsibility and investment arbitration. Search for other works by this author on: © The Author 2006. candidate, New York UniversityAssistant Editor: Eleni Methymaki, DPhil candidate, University of Oxford, Faculty of LawDavid Anderson, London Professor Pierre d'Argent, Louvain Professor Mariano J. Aznar, Castellon de la Plana Dr Markus Benzing, Frankfurt Dr Fernando Lusa Bordin, Cambridge Sir Franklin Berman, London Professor Chester Brown, Sydney Professor David D. Caron, London Professor Simon Chesterman, Singapore Professor Christine Chinkin, London Judge Jean-Pierre Cot, Paris/Hamburg Registrar Philippe Couvreur, The Hague Professor Lori F. Damrosch, New York Dr James Devaney, Glasgow Professor John Dugard, The Hague Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy, Geneva Professor Carlos Esposito, Madrid Professor Bardo Fassbender, St. Gallen Dr Jasper Finke, Edinburgh Professor Mathias Forteau, Paris Judge Giorgio Gaja, The Hague Professor Robin Geiss, Glasgow Patricia Georget, New York Professor Thomas Giegerich, Saarbrucken Professor Vera Gowlland-Debbas, Geneva Dr Gleider Hernandez, Durham Professor Rainer Hofmann, Frankfurt/Main Dr Cristina Hoss, The Hague Sir Robert Jennings, Cambridge Professor Daniel-Erasmus Khan, Munich Linda Karl, Frankfurt/Main Professor Wolfram Karl, Salzburg Professor Marcelo G. Kohen, Geneva Professor Robert Kolb, Geneva Professor Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans, Wassenaar Dr Kubo Macak, Exeter Professor Hans von Mangoldt, Tubingen Professor Alina Miron, Angers Professor Makane Moise Mbengue, Geneva Dr Daniel Muller, Paris Professor Sean D. Murphy, Washington D.C. Dr Karin Oellers-Frahm, Heidelberg Dr Antoine Ollivier, The Hague Professor Paolo Palchetti, Macerata Justice Andreas Paulus, Karlsruhe/Gottingen Professor Alain Pellet, Paris Dr Daphne Richemond-Barak, Herzliya Professor Sabine von Schorlemer, Dresden Professor Malcolm Shaw, Leicester/Cambridge Professor Bruno Simma, The Hague Professor Ole Spiermann, Copenhagen Professor Christian J. Tams, Glasgow Dr Tobias Thienel, Kiel Professor Hugh Thirlway, The Hague Judge Peter Tomka, The Hague Professor Christian Tomuschat, Berlin Professor Santiago Torres Bernardez, Madrid Dr Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Oxford Professor Christian Walter, Munich Professor Gerhard Wegen, Stuttgart/Tubingen Professor Stephan Wittich, Wien Samuel Wordsworth, London Professor Sienho Yee, Wuhan Professor Andreas Zimmermann, Potsdam, Margaret M. deGuzman and Diane Marie Amann, H. Jefferson Powell and Philip C. Bobbitt, Ilias Bantekas, Michael Ashley Stein, and Dimitris Anastasiou, Susan Blake, Julie Browne, and Stuart Sime, Law > International Law > Public International Law > International Courts & Tribunals Law > International Law > Public International Law > Settlement of Disputes Law > International Law > Public International Law > International Law & International Relations Law > International Law > Public International Law > International Organizations. (Harvard); adviser German delegation United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; member Permanent Court of Arbitration; counsel in various cases before the ICJ and arbitral tribunals; judge ad hoc European Court of Human Rights (until 2018); member advisory boards on UN issues and on public international law German Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of the advisory committee on international humanitarian law of the German Red Cross; member of the Human Rights Committee.Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, where he directs the LLM in international law.