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EMBA§§Y OF NICARAGUA
THE HAGUE

RESPONSE TO JUDGE BENNOUNA'S QUESTION

THE QUESTION

«Les ll·ègRe psoséesà l'article 76 de la convention des Nations Unies de 1982 sur le droit

diela mer, pour la détermination diela limite extérieure du plateau continental au-delà
des 200 milles marins, peuvent-elles être considérées aujourd'hui comme ayant le

caractère de règles diedroit international coutumier »?

THE RESPONSE

Factual background

ELETTRONICA SICULA

14 March 1989.

1have the honour Io transmit to Your Excellency herewith a copy of a letter
dated 13 March 1989 from the Deputy-Agent of the United States in the case
concerning Elettronica Sicula S.P.A. (ELSI), setting out the comments of the
United States on the written replies of Italy to questions put by Members of the
Chamber during the oral proceedings in that case.

14April 1989.

Comments of the Republic of Croatia on the Republic ofSerbia's

further written observations of 6 June 2008

1. The Republic of Croatia notes the contents of the Republic of Serbia's 20-page response

wilh Sùrne surpris'ê. Contrary to established practice and against the background of its limited
first round arguments at the oral phase, the Respondent has taken the opportunity t.osummarise,

restate and then further develop the whole of its case on jurîsdiction ratione personae, and Lo

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF J USTICE

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(Belgium v. Senegal)

Reply of the Kingdom of Belgium to the question put
by Judge Greenwood

INTRODUCTION

1. Judge Greenwood’s question 1 was worded as follows:

CORRESPONDENCE 471

3. Equipment,materialsandpersonnel

With regard to the perplexities raised by you in the course of the meeting, 1
wish to point out the following:

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Malaysia makes the following comments:

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Answers to the Questions of Judge Higgins
Answer to Question (a):
The sustained breach of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
by the United States ôf America suffices to give rise to the international responsibility
of the United States. V\Jhile Germany does not need to establish the point in order for
the United States' responsibility to attach, Germany emphasizes that if the LaGrand
brothers had been notified in timely fashion under the Vienna Convention, assistance

DEMOCRATie REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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in the case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratie Republic of
the Congo v. Uganda)

May 2005

1. Reply to the question of Judge Vereshchetin