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Jadhav Case (India v. Pakistan): Order on Provisional Measures (I.C.J.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2018

Surabhi Ranganathan
Surabhi Ranganathan*
Affiliation:
University Lecturer in Law and Fellow of King's College, University of Cambridge.
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Extract

On May 18, 2017, the International Court of Justice (ICJ or Court) granted provisional measures in the Jadhav Case brought by India against Pakistan. This unremarkable order is in line with the Court's ordinary approach to requests for interim relief in death penalty cases. The Court ordered Pakistan to stay the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian national, pending a final decision in the proceedings instituted by India. It reiterated that orders on provisional measures are binding on the parties to whom they are addressed.

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International Legal Documents
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International Legal Materials , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 2018 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © 2018 by The American Society of International Law 

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ENDNOTES

1 Jadhav Case (India v. Pak.), Order on Provisional Measures (May 18, 2017), available at http://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/168/168-20170518-ORD-01-00-EN.pdf [hereinafter Order].

2 See LaGrand Case (Ger. v. U.S.), Judgment, 2001 ICJ Rep. 466, ¶ 109 (June 27).

3 For an overview, see Cameron Miles & Surabhi Ranganathan, Some Thoughts on the Jadhav Case: Jurisdiction, Merits and the Effect of a Presidential Communication, EJIL: Talk! (May 12, 2017), at https://www.ejiltalk.org/some-thoughts-on-the-jadhav-case-jurisdiction-merits-and-the-effect-of-a-presidential-communication/.

4 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Apr. 18, 1961, 500 UNTS 95.

5 Order, supra note 1, ¶ 20.

6 Id. ¶ 2.

7 Statute of the International Court of Justice, June 26, 1945, 59 Stat. 1055, 33 UNTS 933.

8 Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, Apr. 24, 1963, 596 UNTS 487.

9 Order, supra note 1, ¶ 2.

10 Id. ¶ 4.

11 Id. ¶ 24.

12 Id. ¶ 25. The agreement in question is the Agreement on Consular Access, signed on May 21, 2008. This previously unregistered agreement was registered by Pakistan on May 17, 2017.

13 Id. ¶ 52.

14 Id., Separate Opinion of J. Bhandari, ¶ 10.

15 Id. ¶ 15.

16 Id. ¶¶ 32–34.

17 Id. ¶¶ 42–44.

18 Id. ¶¶ 47–48.

19 Id. ¶¶ 53–54.

20 Case Concerning the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Para. v. U.S.), Provisional Measures, Order of 9 April 1998, 1998 ICJ Rep. 248.

21 LaGrand Case (Ger. v. U.S.), Provisional Measures, Order of 3 March 1999, 1999 ICJ Rep. 9.

22 Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mex. v. U.S.), Provisional Measures, Order of 5 February 2003, 2003 ICJ Rep. 77.

23 Order, supra note 1, ¶ 54.

24 Id. ¶ 52.

25 Id. ¶ 54.