The Court is a body of independent judges, elected, regardless of their nationality, among those with the highest moral consideration, and who meet the conditions for the exercise, in their respective countries, of the most Judicial authorities, or who are jurisconsults of recognized competence in matters of international law.

The Court shall consist of fifteen members. It will not be able to include more than one national of the same State.

2. In this respect, the person who may be considered as a national of more than one State shall be deemed to be a national of the State in which he habitually exercises his civil and political rights.

The members of the Court shall be elected by the General Assembly and by the Security Council on a list of persons nominated by the national groups of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, in accordance with the following provisions.

2. In the case of Members of the United Nations who are not represented at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, candidates shall be nominated by national groups, designated for that purpose by their Governments, under the same conditions as For members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration by Art. 44 of the 1907 Hague Convention on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes ¹ .

3. In the absence of a special agreement, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Security Council, shall settle the conditions under which the members of the Court may participate in the election of a State which, while being a party to this Statute, is not Member of the United Nations.

1. At least three months before the date of the election, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall, in writing, invite members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration of States Parties to this Statute, as well as members of the groups Designated nationals in accordance with par. 2 of the art. 4, to proceed within a specified period, by national groups, to the presentation of persons in situations of fulfilling the duties of a member of the Court.

2. Each group may not, under any circumstances, present more than four persons, two to the most of their nationality. In no case can a number of candidates be presented more than twice the seats to be filled.

Prior to this designation, it is recommended that each national group consult the highest court of justice, faculties and schools of law, national academies and national sections of international academies, dedicated to Study of the law.

The Secretary-General shall prepare, in alphabetical order, a list of all persons so designated; only such persons shall be eligible, except in the case provided for in Art. 12, para. 2.

2. The Secretary-General shall communicate this list to the General Assembly and the Security Council.

The General Assembly and the Security Council shall proceed independently of each other in the election of the members of the Court.

In any election, voters will have in mind that the persons called to be part of the Court, not only individually meet the required conditions, but also ensure the representation of the major forms of civilization as a whole and The world's major legal systems.

Those who have met the absolute majority of votes in the General Assembly and in the Security Council shall be elected.

2. The vote in the Security Council, either for the election of the judges or for the appointment of the members of the committee referred to in Art. 12 below, will not distinguish between permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council.

3. In the event that the two votes of the General Assembly and the Security Council take place on more than one national of the same State, the oldest shall be elected.

If, after the first election day, there are still seats to be filled, the same shall be done for a second and, if necessary, a third.

1. If, after the third election day, there are still seats to be filled, it may at any time be made at the request of either the General Assembly or the Security Council, a six-member mediating committee, appointed three by The General Assembly, three by the Security Council, with a view to choosing by an absolute majority vote, for each unfilled seat, a name to be submitted to the separate adoption of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

2. The mediating commission may refer to its list the name of any person who meets the requirements and who obtains the unanimity of his or her votes, even though he or she would not have been on the list of presentations referred to in s. 7.

3. If the mediating commission finds that it cannot succeed in securing the election, the members of the already appointed Court shall be provided with vacancies, within a time limit to be fixed by the Security Council, by choosing from among the persons who have obtained Either in the General Assembly or in the Security Council.

4. If, among the judges, there is an equal division of votes, the voice of the oldest judge shall prevail.

The members of the Court shall be elected for nine years and shall be eligible for re-election; however, in respect of the judges appointed at the first election of the Court, the duties of five judges shall expire after three years, and those of five other judges shall be elected Will end after six years.

(2) The judges whose functions shall be terminated at the end of the initial periods of three and six years mentioned above shall be appointed by drawing of lots by the Secretary-General, immediately after the first Election.

3. Members of the Court shall remain in office until their replacement. After this replacement, they continue to be aware of the cases before them.

4. In the event of the resignation of a member of the Court, the resignation shall be sent to the President of the Court for transmission to the Secretary-General. The latter notification shall take the seat vacant.

It shall be filled with the seats which have become vacant in accordance with the method followed for the first election, subject to the following provision: within one month of the vacancy, the Secretary-General shall proceed to the invitation prescribed by art. 5, and the date of election shall be fixed by the Security Council.

The member of the Court elected to replace a member whose term of office has not expired shall terminate the term of office of his predecessor.

1. Members of the Court may not exercise any political or administrative functions or engage in any other occupation of a professional nature.

2. In case of doubt, the Court shall decide.

(1) The members of the Court shall not act as an agent, counsel or lawyer in any case.

2. They may not participate in the settlement of any case in which they have previously acted as agents, counsel or counsel of one of the parties, members of a national or international tribunal, of a commission of inquiry, or of any Other title.

3. In case of doubt, the Court shall decide.

(1) Members of the Court may be relieved of their duties only if, in the unanimous judgment of the other members, they have ceased to meet the requirements.

2. The Secretary-General shall be officially informed by the Registrar.

3. This communication shall take the seat vacant.

Members of the Court shall enjoy, in the exercise of their functions, diplomatic privileges and immunities.

Every member of the Court shall, before taking office, in a public sitting, make a solemn undertaking to exercise his powers impartially and conscientious.

The Court shall, for three years, appoint its President and Vice-President; they shall be eligible for re-election.

2. It shall appoint its Registrar and may provide for the appointment of such other officials as may be required.

The seat of the Court shall be established in The Hague. The Court may, however, sit and perform its functions elsewhere where it considers it desirable.

2. The President and the Registrar shall reside at the seat of the Court.

The Court shall remain in office, except during judicial vacations, the periods and duration of which shall be fixed by the Court.

2. Members of the Court shall be entitled to periodic leave, the date and duration of which shall be fixed by the Court, taking into account the distance between The Hague and their homes.

3. Members of the Court shall be obliged, unless there is leave, to prevent the cause of illness or other serious cause duly justified by the President, to be at all times available to the Court.

(1) If, for a special reason, one of the members of the Court does not consider it necessary to participate in the judgment of a particular case, he shall inform the President accordingly.

(2) If the President considers that one of the members of the Court should not, for a special reason, sit in a particular case, he shall notify the latter.

3. If, in such a case, the member of the Court and the President disagree, the Court shall decide.

1. Except as expressly provided for in this Statute, the Court shall exercise its powers in plenary meetings.

2. Subject to the fact that the number of judges available to constitute the Court is not reduced to less than eleven, the Rules of Court may provide that, depending on the circumstances and in turn, one or more judges may be exempted from Sit.

3. The quorum of nine is sufficient to constitute the Court.

(1) The Court may, at any time, constitute one or more chambers composed of at least three judges according to which it will decide, for specific categories of cases, such as business and business cases concerning transit And communications.

2. The Court may, at any time, set up a Chamber to hear a particular case. The number of judges of this Chamber shall be fixed by the Court with the consent of the parties.

(3) The chambers provided for in this Article shall rule, if requested by the parties.

Any stop by one of the rooms provided for in Art. 26 and 29 will be considered as rendered by the Court.

The rooms provided for in art. 26 and 29 may, with the consent of the parties, sit and perform their duties elsewhere than in The Hague.

With a view to the prompt dispatch of cases, the Court shall, on an annual basis, compose a Chamber of five judges, who shall be called upon to give judgment in summary proceedings when the parties so request. In addition, two judges will be appointed to replace the judges who would be unable to sit.

The Court shall determine by regulation the manner in which it exercises its powers. In particular, it regulates its procedure.

2. The Rules of Court may provide for assessors sitting in the Court or in its Chambers, without the right to vote.

1. The judges of the nationality of each party shall retain the right to sit in the case before the Court.

(2) If the Court counts on the seat a judge of the nationality of one of the parties, any other party may appoint a person of his or her choice to sit as a judge. Preference should be given to persons who have been the subject of a submission in accordance with s. 4 and 5.

(3) If the Court does not count on the seat any judge of the nationality of the parties, each of those parties may proceed to the appointment of a judge in the same manner as in the preceding paragraph.

4. This section applies in the case of ss. 26 and 29. In such a case, the President shall pray to one, or, where appropriate, two of the members of the Cotir composing the Chamber, to give way to the members of the Court of Nationality of the interested parties and, in the absence or in the event of incapacity, to the judges specially Designated by the parties.

(5) Where several parties cause common cause, they shall, for the purposes of the foregoing provisions, count for only one. In case of doubt, the Court shall decide.

6. Judges designated as referred to in s. 2, 3 and 4 of this Article shall comply with the requirements of Art. 2; 17, para. 2; 20 and 24 of this Statute. They participate in the decision in full equality with their colleagues.

1. Members of the Court receive annual treatment.

2. The President shall receive a special annual allowance.

3. The Vice-President shall receive a special allowance for each day he serves as President.

4. Judges designated by application of s. 31, other than the members of the Court, shall receive compensation for each day in which they perform their duties.

5. Such salaries, allowances and allowances shall be fixed by the General Assembly. They cannot be decreased for the duration of the duties.

6. The salary of the Registrar shall be fixed by the General Assembly on the proposal of the Court.

7. A regulation adopted by the General Assembly sets out the conditions under which pensions are allocated to the members of the Court and the Registrar, as well as the conditions under which the members of the Court and the Registrar shall be reimbursed Their travel expenses.

8. Salaries, allowances and allowances are exempt from tax.

The costs of the Court shall be borne by the United Nations in the manner decided by the General Assembly.

1. Only States have standing to appear before the Court.

2. The Court, under the conditions prescribed by its Rules of Procedure, may apply to public international organizations for information relating to cases brought before it, and shall also receive such information as presented to it By these organisations on their own initiative.

(3) Where the interpretation of the constituent instrument of a public international organization or of an international convention adopted pursuant to that Act is brought into question in a case before the Court, the Registrar shall so notify Communicates the written procedure to the organization.

The Court shall be open to the States Parties to this Statute.

2. The conditions to which it is open to other States shall, subject to the special provisions of the treaties in force, be settled by the Security Council, and, in all cases, without any resulting from any Inequality before the Court.

3. Where a State, which is not a Member of the United Nations, is a party, the Court shall determine the contribution to the costs of the Court which that Party shall bear. However, this provision shall not apply, if that State participates in the expenses of the Court.

The jurisdiction of the Court shall extend to all cases submitted to it by the parties, as well as to all cases specially provided for in the Charter of the United Nations ¹ Or in the treaties and conventions in force.

2. The States Parties to this Statute may, at any time, declare that, in respect of any other State accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court shall be recognised as being compulsory as a matter of law and without a special agreement. Legal disputes with respect to:

A.

Interpretation of a treaty;

B.

Any international point of law,

C.

A reality of any fact that, if established, would constitute a breach of an international commitment;

D.

The nature or extent of the repair due to the breach of an international commitment.

3. The above statements may be made purely and simply or on the basis of reciprocity by several or certain States, or for a specified period of time.

4. These declarations shall be submitted to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereof to the parties to this Statute and to the Registrar of the Court.

5. Declarations made pursuant to s. 36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice ² For a period which has not yet expired shall be considered, in the relations between the parties to this Statute, as including acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice for the remaining period to run Statements and in accordance with their terms.

6. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the Court shall decide.

Where a treaty or convention in force provides for a referral to a court to be established by the League of Nations or the Permanent Court of International Justice, the International Court of Justice shall establish that jurisdiction between the Parties to this Statute.

1. The Court, whose mission is to settle in accordance with international law the disputes submitted to it, applies:

A.

International conventions, either general or special, laying down rules expressly recognised by the States in dispute,

B.

International custom as evidence of a general practice accepted as the law;

C.

The general principles of law recognized by civilized nations;

D.

Subject to the provision of s. 59, the judicial decisions and the doctrine of the most qualified publicists of the various nations, as an auxiliary means of determining the rules of law.

(2) This provision shall not affect the power of the Court, if the parties agree, to decide Ex aequo and bono.

1. The official languages of the Court are English and French. If the parties agree that all proceedings should take place in French, the judgment will be pronounced in that language. If the parties agree that all proceedings will take place in English, the judgment will be pronounced in that language.

2. In the absence of an agreement setting out the language to be used, the parties will be able to use the two languages they prefer for oral argument, and the judgment of the Court will be rendered in English and French. In this case, the Court shall, at the same time, designate the two texts which will prevail.

3. The Court shall, at the request of any party, authorize the use of that part of a language other than English or French.

(1) Cases shall be brought before the Court, as the case may be, either by notification of the compromise or by a request addressed to the Registrar-in both cases the subject-matter of the dispute and the parties must be indicated.

(2) The Registrar shall immediately communicate the request to all concerned.

3. It shall also inform the Members of the United Nations through the Secretary-General, as well as the other States admitted to trial before the Court.

1. The Court has the power to indicate, if it considers that the circumstances so require, which provisional measures of the right of each individual are to be taken.

2. Pending the final judgment, the parties and the Security Council shall be notified immediately of these measures.

1. The parties are represented by agents.

2. They may be assisted by counsel or by counsel before the Court.

3. The agents, counsel and counsel of the parties before the Court shall enjoy the privileges and immunities necessary for the independent exercise of their functions.

1. The procedure has two phases: one written, the other oral.

2. The written procedure shall include the communication to the judge and to part of the briefs, counter-submissions, and, possibly, replies, as well as any supporting documents and documents.

3. The communication shall be made through the Registrar in the order and within the time limits specified by the Court.

4. Every piece produced by one of the parties shall be communicated to the other in a certified copy.

5. The oral procedure consists of the hearing by the Court of witnesses, experts, agents, counsel and lawyers.

(1) For any notification to be made to persons other than agents, counsel and lawyers, the Court shall address directly to the Government of the State in whose territory the notification is to have effect.

2. The same is true for the establishment of all means of evidence on the ground.

Debates shall be led by the President and, in the absence thereof, by the Vice-President; in the event of incapacity, by the oldest of the judges present.

The hearing shall be public, unless otherwise decided by the Court or the two parties request that the public not be allowed.

1. Minutes signed by the Registrar and the President shall be held at each hearing.

2. This record has the sole authentic character.

The Court makes orders for the direction of the trial, the determination of the forms and time limits in which each party ultimately has to conclude-it takes all the measures involved in the administration of the evidence.

The Court may, even before any debate, request the officers to produce any document and provide any explanations. In the event of refusal, it shall take note of it.

At any time, the Court may entrust an investigation or expert advice to any person, body, office, commission or body of his or her choice.

During the course of the proceedings, all relevant questions shall be put to the witnesses and experts in accordance with the conditions laid down by the Court in the Regulation referred to in Art. 30.

Upon receipt of the evidence and evidence within the time limits specified by the Court, the Court may dismiss any new evidence or documents which one of the parties would like to present to the Court without the consent of the other party.

1. Where one of the parties does not present itself, or refrains from exercising its means, the other party may ask the Court to award it its findings.

2. The Court, before being allowed to do so, must ensure not only that it has jurisdiction under s. 36 and 37, but the conclusions are based in fact and in law.

1. When the officers, counsel and counsel have submitted, under the control of the Court, all the means which they deem useful, the President shall declare the proceedings closed.

2. The Court shall withdraw to the Chamber of the Council to deliberate.

3. The deliberations of the Court are and remain secret.

The decisions of the Court shall be taken by a majority of the judges present.

2. In the event of a tie, the voice of the President or the successor shall be the casting vote.

1. The judgment is justified.

2. It refers to the names of the judges who took part.

If the judgment does not express in whole or in part the unanimous opinion of the judges, any judge shall have the right to attach his or her individual opinion to the judgment.

The judgment shall be signed by the President and by the Registrar. It shall be read in open session, the duly notified officers.

The decision of the Court is binding only on the parties in dispute and in the case which has been decided.

The judgment shall be final and without appeal. In the event of a dispute concerning the meaning and scope of the judgment, it is for the Court to interpret it, at the request of any party.

1. The revision of the judgment may be requested by the Court only because of the discovery of a fact of such a nature as to exercise a decisive influence and which, before the judgment was pronounced, was unknown to the Court and the party requesting the judgment. To revise, without, on the other hand, failing to ignore it.

(2) The revision procedure shall be opened by a judgment of the Court of Justice expressly stating the existence of the new fact, recognising the characters which give rise to the revision, and declaring the application admissible.

3. The Court may make the opening of the procedure for revision conditional on the prior execution of the judgment.

4. The application for revision shall be filed no later than six months after the discovery of the new fact.

5. No application for revision may be filed after the expiration of ten years from the date of the judgment.

(1) Where a State considers that, in a dispute, an interest of a legal nature is for the State concerned, it may, at the end of the intervention, make a request to the Court.

2. The Court shall decide.

In the case of the interpretation of a convention to which other States have participated than the parties in dispute, the Registrar shall notify them without delay.

(2) Each of them shall have the right to intervene in the trial, and if he exercises that right, the interpretation contained in the award shall also be binding on them.

If it is not otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear its procedural costs.

1. The Court may give an advisory opinion on any legal matter, at the request of any organ or institution authorized by the Charter of the United Nations ¹ Or in accordance with its provisions, to request this opinion.

(2) The questions on which the advisory opinion of the Court is sought shall be presented to the Court by a written request which shall, in specific terms, form the question on which the opinion of the Court is requested. It shall be attached to any document which may be used to clarify the question.

The Registrar shall immediately notify the request for an advisory opinion to all States admitted to the Court.

(2) In addition, to any State allowed to be a party before the Court and any international organization tried by the Court or by the President if it is not a seat, capable of providing information on the matter, the Registrar shall make known, by Special and direct communication, whether the Court is prepared to receive written submissions within a time limit to be fixed by the President, or to hear oral presentations at a public hearing held for that purpose.

3. If one of those States has not been the subject of the special communication referred to in s. 2 of this Article, expresses the desire to make a written submission or to be heard, the Court shall act.

4. States or organizations which have made written or oral presentations shall be allowed to discuss the submissions made by other States and organizations in the forms, measures and time limits fixed, in each case, by the Court or, if it does not sit Not, by the President. For this purpose, the Registrar shall communicate, in due course, the written submissions to the States or organizations themselves.

The Court will deliver its advisory opinions at a public hearing, the Secretary-General and representatives of the Members of the United Nations, other States and directly interested international organizations being notified.

In the exercise of its advisory functions, the Court shall also draw upon the provisions of this Statute which apply in contentious matters, to the extent that it will be applicable to them.

The amendments to this Statute shall be made by the same procedure as in the amendments to the Charter of the United Nations ¹ , subject to the provisions adopted by the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Security Council, to settle the participation in that procedure of States which, while having accepted this Statute of the Court, are not Members of the United Nations.

The Court may propose any amendments it deems necessary to the present Statute by means of written communications addressed to the Secretary-General for examination in accordance with the provisions of Art. 69.