Category Archives: ICJ

ICJ: Australia to Sue Japan Over 'Scientific Whaling'

2010-05-28, Sydney, Australia. The Australian government announced that it will file an application with the International Court of Justice in order to prevent Japan from continuing its practice of ‘scientific whaling’ in the Southern Ocean. The government stated that all of its efforts to deal with the issue through the International Whaling Commission (IWC) have [...]
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ICJ: Pulp Mills: Uruguay Breached Procedural, but not Substantive Obligations

2010-04-20, The Hague, The Netherlands. The Court rendered its judgment in Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay).  The Court found that claims arising from noise, visual pollution, and bad odours produced by the Orion (Botnia) mill did not fall within its jurisdiction because they did not relate to the interpretation or application; [...]
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ICJ: Pulp Mills: The Judgment to be Rendered in April

2010-03-26, The Hague, The Netherlands. The ICJ to render the judgment in the case of Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) on April 20, 2010. The conflict between the two states is in respect of the Botnia pulp mill that Argentina alleged pollutes air and water. The mill, that is worth $1.2B , is Uruguay’s largest [...]
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ICJ: Judicial Vacancy to be Filled on June 29

2010-03-19, New York, NY, USA. The UNSC passed a resolution to the effct that the election for the vacancy on the bench created by the resignation of Judge Shi Jiuyong should take place on June 29. Press Release |
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ICJ: Swiss Lawmakers Want to See Germany before the Court

2010-03-02, Geneva, Switzerland. Swiss Lawmakers of the Radical Party urged the government to take Germany to the ICJ over its purchase of information about Germans’ who use Swiss bank accounts to evade taxes. BusinessWeek |
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