Ll~GALCONSl~QUENCRS OFTl·m Sl~PAH.ATION OFTIII~ CIIAGOS
ARCIIIPl~LAGO FIU)M MAURITIUS IN 1965
(Rl~QtmST FOR ADVISORY OPINIONS)
.JOINT IU~SPONSI~ ownrn REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA
AND THE IUWUHLIC OF VANUATU
ON FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMHER 2019
Question (.Judge AnWnio Augusto Can~ado Trindadc, Cit 2018/25, p. 58):
As recalled in para~raph (a} ,?f the UN General As.,·embly :,· Request fhr an advisOIJ'
opinion <?(the International Court <?{.Justice, (Jenera/ Assembly resolution 71/292 of 22

Australian Government
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
SEPARATION OF THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO FROM MAURITIUS IN 1965
(REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION)
QUESTION PUT BY JUDGE CANCADO TRINDADE
5 SEPTEMBER 2018
Question put by Judge Cancado Trindade:
"As recalled in paragraph (a) of the U.N. General Assembly's request for an Advisory
Opinion of the International Court of Justice (General Assembly resolution 71/292 of
22.06.2017), the General Assembly refers to obligations enshrined into successive pertinent

,.
WRITTEN REPLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS TO JUDGE GAJA'S QUESTION
"In the process of decolonization relating to the Chagos Archipelago, what is the relevance of
the will of the population of Chagossian origin?"
I. The Chagos Archipelago having always been an integral part of the territory of
Mauritius, the "process of decolonization relating to the Chagos Archipelago" could
only be treated as a part of the decolonization of Mauritius as a whole.

SPEECH BY H.E. MR. ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
25 October 2018
Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,

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25 October 2018
The President of the International Court of Justice assures the General Assembly that
“the Court is acutely aware that, with its rulings, it has a responsibility to serve

ADDRESS BY H.E. ABDULQAWI AHMED YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT
OF JUSTICE, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ONE YOUNG WORLD FORUM
ON 17 OCTOBER 2018
Your Majesty,
Excellencies,
Ambassadors,
One Young World.
Nabad. Nabad.
This is the word for “Peace” in my native Somalia, where it is used to greet every person you
meet. So, “Nabad” to you all.
Welcome to the International Court of Justice, or as it is popularly known, “the World
Court”. Welcome to the home of peace-making among nations.

SPEECH OF H.E. JUDGE ABDULQAWI A. YUSUF, PRESIDENT, OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE, AT THE COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY
IN HONOUR OF DR. JOSÉ GUSTAVO GUERRERO
16 OCTOBER 2018
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this ceremony at the Peace Palace to pay tribute to
Judge José Gustavo Guerrero. This is the place in which he spent a significant part of his life as
Judge of two courts, as Vice-President of two courts and as President of two courts: the Permanent

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23 October 2018
Tribute to José Gustavo Guerrero, first President of the International Court of Justice

Written Observations of J a pan on the Declaration of Intervention of New ZeàÏaiid
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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF füSTICE
WHALING IN THE ANTARCTIC
(A USTRALIA v. JAPAN)
WRJTTEN OBSERVATIONS OF AUSTRALIA ON
THE DECLARATION OF INTERVENTION BY THE
GOVERNMENTOFNEWZEALAND
18 DECEMBER2012
On 20 November 2012, New Zealand, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Comt
("the Statute"), filed a Declaration of h1tervention ("the New Zealand Declaration")1 in this
case. By letter of the same date, the Registrar of the Court, acting in accordance with