SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE ODA

1. When consideringthejurisdiction ofthe International Court ofJus-
tice in contentious cases,1take as my point of departure the conviction

DECLARATION BYJUDGE LACHS

The Court's Judgment has necessarily to dwell on and resolve only
issues of procedure Cjurisdictionand admissibility);judgments of this

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DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE SIR ROBERT JENNINGS

DISSENTING OPINIONOF JUDGE SCHWEBEL

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II. SUMMAR OYF SALIENT LEGALCONCLUSIONS 6-16

DISSENTING OPINIONOF JUDGE ODA

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1-3

1. EFFECTOF THEAPPLICATIOG NIVEN TO THE"VANDENBER GESER-

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE NI

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE SETTE-CAMARA

Since 1 have voted against subparagraph (1) of paragraph 292 of the
Judgment, 1feelmyselfobliged to append this separate opinion stating my
reasons.
During the previous proceedings relating to thejurisdiction and admis-
sibility of the Nicaraguan Application of 9 April 1984,the multilateral
treaty reservation attached to the 26 August 1946United States Declara-
tion of Acceptance of the Court's jurisdiction under Article 36, para-

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE AG0

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1. In the separate opinion which 1appended to the Judgment of 26 No-
vember 1984 on the jurisdiction of the Court and the admissibility of the
Application in the present case, 1explained why 1had felt able to vote in
favour of the findirig that the Court had "a jurisdiction in the present case
enabling it to proceed to examination of the merits", convinced as 1was

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE ELIAS

1have voted, without enthusiasm, for subparagraphs (2) to (16) of the
operative clause, but 1 consider that subparagraph (1) of the operative
clause isout of place in the present Judgment. It isinappropriatebecause it
is contradictory to the Judgment already given in 1984,which, from the

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE RUDA