Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France)

Press releases

14 June 2016
The Republic of Equatorial Guinea institutes proceedings against France with regard to "the immunity from criminal jurisdiction of [its] Second Vice-President in charge of Defence and State Security, and the legal status of the building which houses [its] Embassy in France"
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14 July 2016
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Fixing of time-limits for the filing of the initial pleadings
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30 September 2016
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Equatorial Guinea
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6 October 2016
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to hold public hearings from Monday 17 to Wednesday 19 October 2016
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19 October 2016
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Conclusion of the public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures made by Equatorial Guinea - The Court to begin its deliberation
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2 December 2016
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - The Court to deliver its Order on Wednesday 7 December 2016
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7 December 2016
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - The Court finds that France must guarantee the protection of the premises presented as housing the diplomatic mission of Equatorial Guinea in France
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10 April 2017
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Fixing of the time-limit for the filing by Equatorial Guinea of a written statement of its observations and submissions on the preliminary objections raised by France
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8 December 2017
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Preliminary Objections - The Court to hold public hearings from Monday 19 to Friday 23 February 2018
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23 February 2018
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Conclusion of the public hearings - The Court to begin its deliberation
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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30 May 2018
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Preliminary Objections - The Court to deliver its Judgment on Wednesday 6 June 2018 at 3 p.m.
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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6 June 2018
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - The Court finds that it has jurisdiction, on the basis of the Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, to entertain the Application of Equatorial Guinea, in so far as it concerns the status of the building located at 42 Avenue Foch in Paris ...
Procedure(s):Preliminary objections
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11 June 2018
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Fixing of time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of France
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15 February 2019
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - The Court directs the submission of a Reply by Equatorial Guinea and a Rejoinder by France and fixes the time-limits for the filing of these written pleadings
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26 April 2019
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Extension of the time-limits for the filing of the Reply and the Rejoinder
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16 January 2020
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - The Court to hold public hearings from Monday 17 to Friday 21 February 2020
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21 February 2020
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - Conclusion of the public hearings - The Court to begin its deliberation
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24 November 2020
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - The Court to deliver its Judgment on Friday 11 December 2020 at 3 p.m.
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11 December 2020
Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France) - The Court delivers its Judgment on the merits of the case - The Court finds that the building at 42 avenue Foch in Paris has never acquired the status of “premises of the mission” within the meaning of Article 1 (i) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and that France has not breached its obligations under that Convention
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