SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE LACHS

1wishto make somecomments regarding theJudgment and the solution
of the outstanding issuesbetween the two States concerned. First I wishto
express somepreoccupation over the inclusion of the decision recorded in
subparagraph 5 of the operative part.

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE S0RENSEN

To my great regret 1 find myself unable to concur in the decision of
theCourt,and 1wish to avail myself of the right under Article 57of the
Statute to state the reasons for my dissent.
On certain points 1 agree with the Court. 1 do not think that the
equidistance principle-even subject to modification in special circum-
stances-is inherent in the legal concept of the continental shelf or part
of that concept by necessary implication.

DISSENTJNG OPINION OF JUDGE LACHS

A disagreement has arisen concerning the delimitation of the continen-
tal shelf in the North Sea as between the Federal Republic of Germany
and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The two States have succeeded in
reaching agreement only on the delimitation of the coastal continental
shelf and concluded on I December 1964 a convention to this effect.

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE MORELLI

1. The two Special Agreements asked the Court to indicate "what
principles and rules of international law are applicable to the delimita-
tion as between the Parties of the areas of the continental shelf in the
North Sea which appertain to each of them .. .".It is quite clear that
the principles and rules that the Court was called upon to establish could

DISSENTING OPINION OF JUDGE TANAKA

In spite of my great respect for the Court, 1 am unable, to iny deep
regret, to share the views of the Court concerning some important points
in the operative part as well as in the reasons of the Judgment.
What is requested of the International Court of Justice by virtue of the
two Special Agreements (Article 1, paragraph 1)is to givea decisioii on
the question :

DISSENTING OPINION OF VICE-PRESIDENT KORETSKY

To my great regret,1am unable to concur in the Court's Judgment, for
the reasons which 1 state below.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE FOUAD AMMOUN

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1. The Legal Basis iind the Definition of the Continental Shelf.

Since the Court wa.scalled upon, under the Special Agreements by
the notification of which it was seised, to state the principles and rules
applicable to the disputes between the Fedeial Republic of Germany
and the Kingdoms of Denmark and the Netherlands as to the delimita-

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE PADILLA NERVO

SEPARATE OPINION OF

PRESIDENT J. L. BUSTAMANTE Y RIVER0

1. 1share the opinions expressed in the text of the Judgment and the
conclusions in its operative provisions, except so far as concerns para-
graph 59, with regard to which 1must express the reservation that will
be found below. Nevertheless, 1 believe it to be possible to state some

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE JESSUP

1concur in the Judgment of the Court and especially in its conclusion
that the equidistance method or priiiciple is not established as obligatory
in international law. It would be possible to emphasize by more detailed
quotations how crystal clear it is that neither the International Law
Commission nor its Committee of Experts considered that "equidistance"