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The International Court of Justice and Scientific Expertise
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2017
Abstract
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- Fact-Finding in Interstate Disputes
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- Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012
References
1 Statute of the International Court of Justice, art. 9.
2 Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Arg. v. Uru.), Judgment of 20 April 2010, at http://www.icj-cij.org.
3 The entire material can conveniently be found on the Court’s website.
4 This fact was criticized by several members of the Court, particularly by judges with a common law background who otherwise found themselves satisfied with the parties’ and the Court’s handling of scientific evidence.
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7 Cf. Tams, Christian, Commentary on Article 50, in the Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary 1109, 1118 (Zimmermann, Andreas, Tomuschat, Christian & Oellers-Frahm, Karin eds., 2006)Google Scholar.
8 An aspect on which the separate opinion of Judge Keith concentrates.
9 Cf. Payne, Cymie, Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay, 105 AJIL 94 (2011)Google Scholar.
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11 Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v. Colom.), Whaling in the Antarctic (Austl. v. Japan), Construction of a Road in Costa Rica Along the San Juan River (Nicar. v. Costa Rica).
12 For a succinct overview and references to the pertinent literature on our topic, see Jacur, F. Romanin, Remarks on the Role of Ex Curia Scientific Experts in International Environmental Disputes , in Festschrift for Tullio Treves (forthcoming)Google Scholar.
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