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International Court of Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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On November 5, 1948, the International Court of Justice began oral hearings on the merits of the Corfu Channel case between Albania and the United Kingdom. By a decision on March 25, 1948, the Court had affirmed its competence in the case, and the following day had fixed time-limits for the subsequent pleadings; the last document of the written procedure, the Albanian rejoinder, had been filed with the Court on September 20, 1948. For the oral pleadings Professor B. Ecer of Czechoslovakia acted as judge ad hoc chosen by the Albanian government, replacing Judge Igor Daxner who was ill. Counsel for the United Kingdom were Sir Hartley Shawcross, Sir Eric Beckett, and Sir Frank Soskice, while Kahreman Ylli, Pierre Cot, and Joë Nordmann represented the Albanian government.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1949

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1 Written arguments of the parties have not yet been made public. For Court consideration of preliminary objections in the case, see International Organization, II, p. 117–8. For original discussion of the facts of the case in the Security Council, see ibid., I, p. 326–9.

2 United Nations Department of Public Informotion, ICJ Press Release 3, November 10, 1948.

3 Ibid., 4, November 10, 1948.

4 Ibid., 5, November 11, 1948.

5 Ibid., 9, November 16, 1948.

6 Ibid., 12, November 17, 1948.

7 ICJ Communiqué 36, December 10, 1948.

8 For complete list of judges of the Court, see this issue, p. 45.