Statute of the International Court of Justice (deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America). San Francisco, 24 October 1945

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I 3. CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 1

3. STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE1

San Francisco, 24 October 1945

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TEXT: Statute of the International Court of Justice

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PARTIES: All members of the United Nations. Special cases are noted below:2

Participant

Notes:

1[For the declarations recognizing as compulsory the

jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice under Article

36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court, see chapter I.4.]

2 See chapters I.1 and I.2. Before becoming Members of

the United Nations, Japan, Liechtenstein, San Marino,

Switzerland and Nauru were parties to the Statute of the

International Court of Justice from 2 April 1954 to 18 December

1956, from 29 March 1950 to 18 September 1990, from 18

February 1954 to 2 March 1992, from 28 July 1948 to 10

September 2002 and from 29 January 1988 to 14 September

1999, respectively. For the text of the declaration by the

Government of Japan accepting the conditions determined to

that effect, upon the recommendation of the Security Council,

by the General Assembly in resolution 805 (VIII) of 9 December

1953 (registered under No. 2524), see United Nations, Treaty

Series, vol. 188, p. 137; for that made by Liechtenstein

accepting the conditions determined, upon recommendation of

the Security Council, by the General Assembly in resolution 363

(IV) adopted on 1 December 1949 (registered under No. 758),

see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 51, p. 115; for that made

by San Marino accepting the conditions determined, upon

recommendation of the Security Council, by the General

Assembly in resolution 806 (VIII) of 9 December 1953

(registered under No. 2495), see United Nations, Treaty Series,

vol. 186, p. 295; for that made by Switzerland accepting the

conditions determined, upon recommendation of the Security

Council, by the General Assembly in resolution 91 (I) of 11

December 1946 (registered under No. 271), see United Nations,

Treaty Series, vol. 17, p. 111; and for that made by Nauru

accepting the conditions determined, upon recommendation of

the Security Council, by the General Assembly in resolution

42/21 adopted on 18 November 1987 (registered under No.

25639), see United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1491, p. 199.