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2 Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo), Preliminary Objections, para. 14.
3 Between 1971 and 1997, the DRC was known as “Zaire.“
4 The facts are recited at paras. 13-15.
5 Para. 15.
6 Id.
7 See Article 34 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, which states, “Only states may be parties in cases before the Court.“
8 See para. 31.
9 See paras. 34-48.
10 Article 1 of the draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection adopted by the ILC at its Fifty-eight Session (2006), ILC Report, doc. A/61/10, p. 24.
11 Para. 39.
12 See para. 45.
13 See para. 46.
14 See para. 47.
15 Para. 47 (emphasis added).
16 Para. 47.
17 See paras. 50-75.
18 See para. 53.
19 Para. 61.
20 See id.
21 Para. 64.
22 See paras. 76-95.
23 See Speech by H.E. Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, at the 59th Session of the International Law Commission, on July 10, 2007, available at http://www.icjcij.org/presscom/files/9/13919.pdf>(last visited Aug. 22, 2007).
24 Para. 87 (quoting Barcelona Traction, I.C.J. Reports 1970, p. 48, para. 93.
25 Para. 88.
26 See para. 93.
27 See Order dated June 27, 2007.
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