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Page 110 - The Court may also give an advisory opinion upon any dispute or question referred to it by the Council or by the Assembly.
Page 170 - Cases are brought before the Court, as the case may be either by the notification of the special agreement or by a written application addressed to the Registrar. In either case the subject of the dispute and the parties shall be indicated.
Page 155 - In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court.
Page 117 - Disputes as to the interpretation of a treaty, as to any question of international law, as to the existence of any fact which if established would constitute a breach of any international obligation, or as to the extent and nature of the reparation to be made for any such breach, are declared to be amoo£ those which are generally suitable for submission to arbitration.
Page 171 - The Court shall have the power to indicate, if it considers that circumstances so require, any provisional measures which ought to be taken to preserve the respective rights of either party.
Page 149 - Statute, and to the members of the national groups appointed under Article 4, paragraph 2, inviting them to undertake, within a given time, by national groups, the nomination of persons in a position to accept the duties of a member of the Court. 2. No group may nominate more than four persons, not more than two of whom shall be of their own nationality. In no case may the number of candidates nominated by a group be more than double the number of seats to be filled.
Page 168 - International conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; b. international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law ; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations ; d.
Page 175 - The Court must, before doing so, satisfy itself, not only that it has jurisdiction in accordance with Articles 36 and 37, but also that the claim is well founded in fact and law. Article 54.
Page 176 - The decision of the Court has no binding force except between the parties and in respect of that particular case.
Page 167 - ... international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations ; d. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary...