Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
of the International Court of Justice

The present website contains summaries of judgments, advisory opinions and orders of the International Court of Justice in all the official languages of the United Nations. It contains electronic versions of published volumes, covering the period 1948-2007, as well as of summaries of documents issued by the Court since 2008, which are yet to be published in this series.

Published volumes (1948-2007)

This publication is prepared by the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs with the assistance of the Registry of the International Court of Justice, in the framework of the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law.

The publication contains summaries of judgments, advisory opinions and orders delivered by the Court since 1948. While the publications of the Court appear exclusively in its two official languages (English and French), the present publication is made available in all the official languages of the United Nations, thus aiming at increasing public awareness of the work of the Court and facilitating access to its jurisprudence. The materials contained in this series were prepared by the Registry of the Court and do not involve the responsibility of the Court itself: they are made available for information purposes and should not be quoted as the actual texts they refer to.

Four volumes of this publication have been issued, respectively covering the periods 1948-1991, 1992-1996, 1997-2002 and 2003-2007. Electronic versions of these four volumes are available below.

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Unpublished summaries available online (2008-)

The Codification Division has launched a new initiative, aimed at making available on this website, in all official languages of the United Nations and as soon as possible after their delivery, the summaries of judgments, advisory opinions and orders delivered by the Court as from 2008. This initiative will hopefully further contribute to disseminate information concerning the work of the Court and facilitate access to its latest jurisprudence, pending the publication of the fifth volume of the series (covering the period 2008-2012). Electronic versions of the summaries of judgments, advisory opinions and orders of the Court delivered as from 1 January 2008 are available below.

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Published Volumes (1948-2007)
 
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ST/LEG/SER.F/1 Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
of the International Court of Justice 1948-1991
 
ST/LEG/SER.F/1/Add.1 Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
of the International Court of Justice 1992-1996
 
ST/LEG/SER.F/1/Add.2 Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
of the International Court of Justice 1997-2002
 
ST/LEG/SER.F/1/Add.3 Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
of the International Court of Justice 2003-2007
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Unpublished summaries (2008-)
[electronic version only]
Judgment, advisory opinion or order Case Languages
     
168.
Judgment of 23 May 2008		 Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore)
E F S R C A
     
169.
Judgment of 4 June 2008		 Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v. France)
E F S R C A
     
170.
Order of 16 July 2008 (Provisional measures)		 Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nations (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America)
E F S R C A
     
171.
Order of 15 October 2008 (Provisional measures)		 Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Georgia v. Russian Federation)
E F S R C A
     
172.
Judgment of 18 November 2008 (Preliminary objections)		 Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia)
E F S R C A
     
173.
Judgment of 19 January 2009		 Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nations (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America)
E F S R C A
     
174.
Judgment of 3 February 2009		 Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine)
E F S R C A
     
175.
Order of 28 May 2009 (Provisional measures)		 Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal)
E F S R C A
     
176.
Judgment of 13 July 2009		 Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua)
E F S R C A
     
177.
Judgment of 20 April 2010		 Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay)
E F S R C A
     
178.
Order of 12 May 2010		 Certain Questions Concerning Diplomatic Relations (Honduras v. Brazil)
E F S R C A
     
179.
Order of 6 July 2010		 Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy)
E F S R C A
     
180.
Advisory Opinion of
22 July 2010		 Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo
E F S R C A
     
181.
Order of 16 November 2010 (Removal from List) 		Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France)
E F S R C A
     
182.
Judgment of
30 November 2010		 Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo)
E F S R C A
     
183.
Order of 8 March 2011		 Certain Activities Carried Out by Nicaragua in the Border Area (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua)
E F S R C A
     
184.
Judgment of 1 April 2011		 Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Georgia v. Russian Federation)
E F S R C A
     
185.
Order of 5 April 2011 (Removal from List) 		Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Belgium v. Switzerland)
E F S R C A
     
186.
Judgment of 4 May 2011 (Application by Costa Rica
for Permission to Intervene) 		Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia)
E F S R C A
     
187.
Judgment of 4 May 2011 (Application by Honduras for Permission to Intervene) 		Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia)
E F S R C A
     
188.
Order of 4 July 2011
(Application by Greece for Permission to Intervene)		 Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy)
E F S R C A
     
189.
Order of 18 July 2011
(Provisional measures)		 Request for interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand)
E F S R C A
     
190.
Judgment of 5 December 2011		 Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece)
E F S R C A
     
191.
Advisory opinion of 1 February 2012		 Judgment No. 2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization upon a complaint filed against the International Fund for Agricultural Development
E F S R C A
     
192.
Judgment of 3 February 2012		 Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening)
E F S R C A
     
193.
Judgment of 19 June 2012		 Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v.Democratic Republic of the Congo)
E F S R C A
     
194.
Judgment of 20 July 2012		 Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal)
E F S R C A
     
 
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