List of International Court of Justice cases

This is a list of cases and advisory opinions brought to the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...

since its creation in 1946. Only nation-states have standing to bring forward claims, but certain United Nations bodies and agencies such as the UN General Assembly have the power to request advisory opinions.

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Cases and advisory opinions

The following is a list of all the International Court of Justice Cases and advisory opinions

1948

The Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. People's Republic of Albania) – Preliminary Objection – Judgment, 25 March 1948 – General List No. 2 (1947–1948)
Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter) – Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1948 – General List No. 3 (1947–1948)

1949

The Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. People's Republic of Albania) – Merits – Judgment 9 April 1949 – General List No. 1 (1947–1949)
Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949 – General List No. 4 (1948–1949)
The Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. People's Republic of Albania) – Assessment of the Amount of Compensation Due from The People's Republic of Albania to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Judgment 15 December 1949 – General List No. 1 (1947–1949)

1950

Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 3 March 1950 – General List No. 9 (1949–1950)
Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania – Advisory Opinion of 30 March 1950 (First Phase) – General List No. 8 (1949–1949)
International Status of South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 11 July 1950 – General List No. 10 (1949–1950)
Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania – Advisory Opinion of 18 July 1950 (Second Phase) – General List No. 8 (1949–1949)
Asylum (Colombia/Peru)
Asylum (Colombia/Peru)
In the Asylum Case , judgement 20 November 1950 , the International Court of Justice recognised that Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice encompassed local custom as well as general custom, in much the same way as it encompasses bilateral and multilateral treaties....

– Judgment 20 November 1950 – General List No. 7 (1949–1950)
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 20 November 1950 in the Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru) – 27 November 1950 – General List No. 13 (1950)

1951

Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide – Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1951 – General List No. 12 (1950–1951)
Haya de la Torre (Colombia v. Peru) – Judgment 13 June 1951 – General List No. 14 (1950–1951)
Fisheries Case (United Kingdom v. Norway)
Fisheries Case (United Kingdom v. Norway)
The Fisheries Case was the culmination of a dispute, originating in 1933, over how large an area of water surrounding Norway was Norwegian waters and how much was 'high seas' .On 24 September 1949, the UK requested that the International Court of Justice determine how far Norway's...

– Judgment 18 December 1951 – General List No. 5 (1949–1951)

1952

Ambatielos (Greece v. United Kingdom)
Ambatielos (Greece v. United Kingdom)
The Ambatielos Case was the culmination of a disagreement between the Grecian shipowner Nicolas Eustache Ambatielos and the British government, from whom he had commissioned nine ships at an agreed price and delivery date...

– preliminary objections 1 July 1952 – General List No. 15 (1951–1953)
Anglo-lranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v. Iran)
Anglo-lranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v. Iran)
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. case was a dispute between the UK and Iran, in which the UK alleged that the Iranian Oil Nationalization act of 1951 was counter to a convention agreed upon by the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. and the Imperial Government of Persia in 1933, which granted the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co...

– Judgment 22 July 1952 – General List No. 16 (1951–1952)
Rights of Nationals of the United States of America in Morocco (France v. United States) – Judgment 27 August 1952 – General List No. 11 (1950–1952)

1953

Ambatielos (Greece v. United Kingdom)
Ambatielos (Greece v. United Kingdom)
The Ambatielos Case was the culmination of a disagreement between the Grecian shipowner Nicolas Eustache Ambatielos and the British government, from whom he had commissioned nine ships at an agreed price and delivery date...

– Final Judgement 19 May 1953 – General List No. 15 (1951–1953)
Minquiers and Ecrehos (France/United Kingdom)
Minquiers and Ecrehos (France/United Kingdom)
The Minquiers and Ecrehos Case was an International Court of Justice case in which the UK and France requested that the ICJ determine which country held sovereignty over the islets and rocks in the Minquiers and Écréhous groups; France claiming sovereignty...

– Judgment 17 November 1953 – General List No. 17 (1951–1953)
Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala)
Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala)
Liechtenstein v. Guatemala is the proper name for the 1955 contentious case adjudicated by the International Court of Justice . Liechtenstein sought a ruling to force Guatemalan recognition of Friedrich Nottebohm as a Liechtenstein national.-History:...

– preliminary objections 18 November 1953 – General List No. 18 (1951–1955)

1954

Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 (Italy v. France, United Kingdom and United States)
Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 (Italy v. France, United Kingdom and United States)
The Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943 Case was part of a long-running dispute over the fate of Nazi gold that was originally seized from Rome....

– Judgment 15 June 1954 – General List No. 19 (1953–1954)
Effect of Awards of Compensation Made by the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Judgment 13 July 1954 – General List No. 21 (1953–1954)

1955

Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) – Judgment 6 April 1955 – General List No. 18 (1951–1955)
Voting Procedure on Questions relating to Reports and Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 7 June 1955 – General List No. 24 (1954–1955)

1956

Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 1 June 1956 – General List No. 31 (1955–1956)
Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints made against UNESCO – Advisory Opinion of 23 October 1956 – General List No. 30 (1955–1956)

1957

Certain Norwegian Loans (France v. Norway) (1955–1957) (6 July 1957)
Interhandel
Interhandel
Interhandel was a Swiss conglomerate, known for its long-running disputes with the U.S. government over German ownership during World War II. Interhandel, which had both financial as well as industrial holdings was the corporate successor of I.G. Chemie, which the U.S. government had claimed was a...

(Switzerland v. United States) (1957–1959) (24 October 1957)
Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) (1955–1960) (26 November 1957)

1958

Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants (Netherlands v. Sweden) (1957–1958) (28 November 1958)
Boll case
The Boll case was heard before the International Court of Justice in 1958 and remains the only case in which a Convention drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law was the principal subject of interpretation by a court with worldwide jurisdiction.In Boll the Netherlands sued...

1959

Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria) (1957–1959) (26 May 1959)
Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land (Belgium/Netherlands) (1957–1959) (20 June 1959)

1960

Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) (1955–1960) (12 April 1960)
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization – Advisory Opinion of 8 June 1960 – General List No. 43 (1959–1960)
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua) (1958–1960) (18 November 1960)

1962

Preah Vihear Temple (Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

v. Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

) (1959–1962) (15 June 1962)
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (1962) (1961–1962) (20 July 1962)
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa) (1960–1966) (21 December 1962)

1964

Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (New Application: 1962) (Belgium v. Spain) (1962–1970) (24 July 1964)

1966

South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa) (1960–1966) (18 July 1966)

1969

North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark; Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands) (1967–1969) (20 February 1969)

1970

Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (New Application: 1962) (Belgium v. Spain) (1962–1970) (5 February 1970)

1971

Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 – Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971 – General List No. 53 (1970–1971)

1972

Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council (India v. Pakistan) – Judgment – General List No. 54 (18 August 1972)

1973

Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (Federal Republic of Germany v. Iceland) – Jurisdiction of the Court – Judgment – General List No. 56 (2 February 1973)
Application for Review of Judgement No. 158 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Advisory Opinion of 12 July 1973 – General List No. 57 (1972–1973)

1974

Fisheries Jurisdiction Case (United Kingdom v. Iceland) – Merits – Judgment – General List No. 56 (25 July 1974)
Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France) – Judgment – General List No. 58 (20 December 1974)
Nuclear Tests Case (New Zealand v. France) – Judgment – General List No. 59 (20 December 1974)

1975

Western Sahara (ICJ 1975) – Advisory Opinion of 16 October 1975 – General List No. 61 (1974–1975)

1976

Aegean Sea Continental Shelf (Greece v. Turkey)
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=gt&case=62&k=81

1978

Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case (Greece v. Turkey) – Jurisdiction of the Court – Judgment – General List No. 62 (19 December 1978)

1979

United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran)

http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=usir&case=64&k=c9

1980

United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran) – Judgment 24 May 1980 – General List No. 64
Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt – Advisory Opinion of 20 December 1980 – General List No. 65 (1980–1980)

1981

Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) – Application by Malta for Permission to Intervene – Judgment – General List No. 63 (14 April 1981)

1982

Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) – Judgment of 24 February 1982 – General List No. 63 (1978–1982)
Application for Review of Judgement No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal Advisory opinion of 20 July 1982 – General List No. 66 (1981–1982)

1984

Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) – Application by Italy for Permission to Intervene – Judgment – General List No. 68 (21 March 1984)
Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (Canada/United States of America) – Judgment – General List No. 67 (12 October 1984)
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) – Jurisdiction of the Court and Admissibility of the Application – Judgment – General List No. 70 (26 November 1984)

1985

Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) – Judgment of 3 June 1985 – General List No. 68
Application for Revision and Interpretation of the Judgment of 24 Februaiy 1982 in the Case concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) – Judgment of 10 December 1985 – General List No. 71 (1984–1985)

1986

Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) – Merits – Judgment – General List No. 70 (27 June 1986)
Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali) – Judgment – General List No. 69 (22 December 1986)

1987

Application for Review of Judgement No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribuna, Advisory opinion 27 May 1987, General List No. 72 (1984–1987)

1988

Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947 – Advisory Opinion of 26 April 1988 – General List No. 77 (1988–1988)

1989

Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) (United States of America v. Italy) – Judgment – General List No. 76 (20 July 1989)
Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1989) (15 December 1989)

1990

Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras) – Application by Nicaragua for Permission to Intervene – Judgment – General List No. 75 (13 September 1990)

1991

1)Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)

http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=qb&case=87&k=61
2)Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark)
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=fd&case=86&k=a5

3)East Timor (Portugal v. Australia
http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=3&code=pa&case=84&k=66

1992

Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v. Australia) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 80 (26 June 1992)
Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) – Judgment – General List No. 75 (11 September 1992)

1993

Maritime Delimitation in the Area Between Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v. Norway) – Judgment – General List No. 78 (14 June 1993)

1994

Territorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Chad) – Judgment – General List No. 83 (3 February 1994)

1995

East Timor (Portugal v. Australia) – Judgment of 30 June 1995 – General List No. 84 (1991–1995)
Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Court's Judgment of 20 December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) – Order of 22 September 1995 – General List No. 97 (1995–1995)

1996

Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria) – General List No. 94 (15 March 1996)
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons – Advisory Opinion – General List No. 95 (8 July 1996)
Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict – Advisory Opinion – General List No. 93 (8 July 1996)

1997

Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia) – Judgement of 25 September 1997 – General List No. 92 (1993–1997)

1998

Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 88 (27 February 1998)
Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 89 [1998] ICJ 2 (27 February 1998)
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 99 (9 April 1998)
Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria) – Preliminary Objections – General List No. 94 (11 June 1998)
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America) – Order of 10 November 1998 – General List No. 99
Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada) – Judgment 4 December 1988 – General List No. 96 (1995–1998)

1999

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Germany v. United States of America)- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 104 (3 March 1999)
Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights – Advisory Opinion – General List No. 100 (29 April 1999)
Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights – General List No. 100 [1999] ICJ 3 (29 April 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Belgium) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 105 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. France) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 107 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Germany)- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 108 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Italy) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 109 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Netherlands) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 110 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Portugal) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 111 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Spain) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 112 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United Kingdom) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 113 (2 June 1999)
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United States of America)- Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 114 (2 June 1999)
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia) (2 July 1999)

2000

Aerial Incident
Atlantique Incident
The Atlantique Incident was an event in which a Pakistan Navy's Naval Air Arm Breguet Atlantique patrol plane, carrying 16 people on board, was shot down by the Indian Air Force for alleged violation of airspace...

of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) – Jurisdiction of the Court – Judgment – General List No. 119 (21 June 2000)
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) – Request for the Indication of the Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 116 (1 July 2000)
Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 – Request for the Indication of the Provisional Measures (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) – Order – General List No. 121 (8 December 2000)

2001

Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi) – Order 30 January 2001 – General List No. 115 (1999–2001)
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) – Order 30 January 2001 – General List No. 117 (1999–2001)
Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia), Application for Permission to Intervene – Judgment 23 October 2001 – General List No. 102 (2001–2001)

2002

Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) – Judgment – General List No. 121 (14 February 2002)
Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea Intervening) – Judgment of 10 October 2002 – General List No. 94 (−2002)
Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) – Judgment 17 December 2002 – General List No. 102 (1998–2002)

2003

Application for the Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia), Preliminary Objections (Yugoslavia v. Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Judgment 3 February 2003 – General List No. 122 (2001–2003)
Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – Order – General List No. 128 (5 February 2003)
Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France) – Request for the Indication of a Provisional Measure – Order – General List No. 129 (17 June 2003)
Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) – Judgment of 6 November 2003 – General List No. 90 (1992–2003)
Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island And Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua Intervening) (El Salvador v. Honduras) – General List No. 127 (18 December 2003)

2004

Avena And Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States Of America)
Mexico v. United States of America
Mexico v. United States of America, formally Avena and Other Mexican Nationals, was a case before the International Court of Justice of the United Nations...

– Judgment 31 March 2004 – General List No. 128 ICJ (2003–2004)
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – Advisory Opinion – General List No. 131 (7 July 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 105 (15 December 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 106 (15 December 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 107 (15 December 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 108 (15 December 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy)- Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 109 (15 December 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 110 (15 December 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 111 (15 December 2004)
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 112 (15 December 2004)

2005

Certain Property (Liechenstein v. Germany) – Preliminary Objections – Judgment – General List No. 123 ICJ 1 (10 February 2005)
Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) – General List No. 125 (12 July 2005)

2006

Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) – Judgment 3 February 2006 – General List No. 126 (2002–2006)

2007

Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay)
Cellulose plant conflict between Argentina and Uruguay
The pulp mill dispute was a dispute in South America between Argentina and Uruguay concerning the construction of pulp mills on the Uruguay River. The presidents at the time were Néstor Kirchner and Tabaré Vázquez...

– Order – Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures – 23 January
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) – Judgment of 26 February 2007, General List No. 91
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) – Judgment of 24 May
Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine) – Order – Extension of time-limit: Rejoinder – 8 June
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) – Order – Fixing of time-limit: Counter-Memorial – 27 June

2008

Maritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile) – 16 January
Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia v. Singapore)
Pedra Branca dispute
The Pedra Branca dispute was a territorial dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over several islets at the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait, namely Pedra Branca , Middle Rocks and South Ledge...

– General List No. 130, judgement of 23 May
Proceedings instituted by Ecuador against Colombia (Ecuador v. Colombia)
Proceedings instituted by Georgia against Russia for violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is a United Nations convention. A second-generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races...

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Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo
Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v. France) Judgement 4 June

2009

Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) – Judgment of 13 July 2009
Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=1&code=mg&case=142&k=89
Dispute over war crimes and ethnic purges committed during the 2008 South Ossetia War
2008 South Ossetia war
The 2008 South Ossetia War or Russo-Georgian War was an armed conflict in August 2008 between Georgia on one side, and Russia and separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other....

(Georgia v. Russia) – Proceedings began on 2 September 2009
Dispute between the Government of Brazil and the interim Government of Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

over Brazil's continued harboring of former President Manuel Zelaya
Manuel Zelaya
José Manuel Zelaya Rosales is a politician who was President of Honduras from January 27, 2006 until June 28, 2009. The eldest son of a wealthy businessman, he inherited his father's nickname "Mel," and, before entering politics, was involved in his family's logging and timber businesses.Elected...

in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa
Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...

. (Honduras v. Brazil)
Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal)

2010

Dispute over genocide committed against ethnic Serbs during the Croatian War of Independence
Croatian War of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

(Serbia v. Croatia)
Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay): judgment 20 April 2010

Advisory opinions

These are opinions issued by the ICJ that do not have the effect of resolving a specific legal case, but merely advise on the constitutionality or interpretation of a law according to the ICJ's position.

Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter) – Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1948 – General List No. 3 (1947–1948)
Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949 – General List No. 4 (1948–1949)
Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 3 March 1950 – General List No. 9 (1949–1950)
Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania – Advisory Opinion of 30 March 1950 (First Phase), Advisory Opinion of 18 July 1950 (Second Phase) – General List No. 8 (1949–1949)
International Status of South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 11 July 1950 – General List No. 10 (1949–1950)
Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide – Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1951 – General List No. 12 (1950–1951)
Effect of Awards of Compensation Made by the United Nations Administrative Tribuna – Advisory Opinion of 13 July 1954 – General List No. 21 (1953–1954)
Voting Procedure on Questions relating to Reports and Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 7 June 1955 – General List No. 24 (1954–1955)
Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 1 June 1956 – General List No. 31 (1955–1956)
Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints Made against Unesco – Advisory Opinion of 23 October 1956 – General List No. 30 (1955–1956)
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization – Advisory Opinion of 8 June 1960 – General List No. 43 (1959–1960)
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) – Advisory Opinion of 20 July 1962 – General List No. 49 (1961–1962)
Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970) – Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971 – General List No. 53 (1970–1971)
Application for Review of Judgement No. 158 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Advisory Opinion of 12 July 1973 – General List No. 57 (1972–1973)
Western Sahara
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara
One of the main functions of the International Court of Justice is to provide Advisory Opinions - non-binding legal interpretations admitted by United Nations organs. In the summer of 1975, the court considered two questions regarding the disputed territory of Western Sahara...

– Advisory Opinion of 16 October 1975 – General List No. 61 (1974–1975)
Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt – Advisory Opinion of 20 December 1980 – General List No. 65 (1980–1980)
Application for Review of Judgment No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Advisory Opinion of 20 July 1982 – General List No. 66 (1981–1982)
Application for Review of Judgment No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Advisory Opinion of 27 May 1987 – General List No. 72 (1984–1987)
Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947 – Advisory Opinion of 26 April 1988 – General List No. 77 (1988–1988)
Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 15 December 1989 – General List No. 81 (1989–1989)
Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict – Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 – General List No. 93 (1993–1996)
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons – Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 – General List No. 95 (1995–1998)
Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights – Advisory Opinion of 29 April 1999 – General List No. 100 (1998–1999)
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – Advisory Opinion of 7 July 2004 – General List No. 131 (2003–2004)