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Fifty Years of the World Court: A Critical Appraisal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2017

Stephen M. Schwebel*
Affiliation:
International Court of Justice

Abstract

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Type
Plenary Address
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2015

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References

1 UN Doc. SG/SM/5876, January 18, 1996.

2 United Nations Conference on International Organization (UNCIO), Documents, Volume VIII, p. 487 (1945).

3 ICJ Pleadings, Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter), p. 193.

4 As quoted ibid., p. 195.

5 1CJ Reports 1962, p. 208.

6 G. A. Res. 44/195 (1989).

7 Article 19 of the Charter provides: “A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. The General Assembly may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.“

8 Certain Expenses of the United Nations, ICJ Reports 1962, p. 164.

9 Wilfred Jenks, C. , Some Legal Aspects of the Financing of International Institutions, Transactions of the Grotius Society, Papers Read in the Year 1942, Volume 28 (1962), 87, 100 Google Scholar.

10 Preamble to the United Nations Charter.

11 1931 PCIJ (ser. A/B) No. 41, at 37.

12 Waldock, C.H.M. , Decline of the Optional Clause, The British Year Book of International Law 1955–6, Volume XXXII, p. 244 Google Scholar.

13 1980 ICJ 3, reprinted in 19 ILM 553 (1980).

14 1984 ICJ 392, reprinted in 24 ILM 59 (1985); and 1986 ICJ 14, reprinted in 25 ILM 1023 (1986).

15 1995 1CJ 4.

16 1996 ICJ 9, reprinted in 35 ILM 550 (1996).

17 1995 ICJ 423.

18 1995 ICJ 90, reprinted in 34 ILM 1581 (1995).

19 1966 ICJ 6.

20 1970 ICJ 3, reprinted in 9 ILM 227 (1970).

21 Supra note 14.

22 1994 ICJ 6, reprinted in 33 ILM 571 (1994).

23 1974 ICJ 3, reprinted in 13 ILM 1049 (1974).

24 1980 ICJ 3, reprinted in 19 ILM 553 (1980).