Chronicle on International Courts and Tribunals (July - December 2015)

AuthorAnnina Cristina Bürgin
PositionPhD. Visiting Professor of Public International Law. University of Vigo.
Pages1-12
www.reei.org
DOI: 10.17103/reei.31.14
CHRONICLE ON INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND
TRIBUNALS (JULY - DECEMBER 2015)
Annina Cristina Bürgin
Summary: I.
I
NTERNATIONAL
C
OURT
O
F
J
USTICE
(ICJ).
II.
I
NTERNATIONAL
C
RIMINAL
C
OURT
(ICC).
III.
M
ECHANISM
F
OR
I
NTERNATIONAL
C
RIMINAL
T
RIBUNALS
(MICT).
IV.
S
PECIAL
C
OURT
F
OR
S
IERRA
L
EONE
(SCSL)
R
ESIDUAL
S
PECIAL
C
OURT
F
OR
S
IERRA
L
EONA
(RSCSL).
V.
E
XTRAORDINARY
C
HAMBERS
I
N
T
HE
C
OURTS
O
F
C
AMBODIA
(ECCC).
VI.
S
PECIAL
T
RIBUNAL
F
OR
T
HE
L
EBANON
(STL).
VII.
EFTA
C
OURT
.
INTERNATIONAL
JUDICIAL
TRIBUNALS
GENERAL JURISDICTION
I.
I
NTERNATIONAL
C
OURT OF
J
USTICE
(ICJ)
(
WWW
.
ICJ
-
CIJ
.
ORG
)
1. News
New composition of the Rules Committee and the Library Committee As of 3 July 2015,
the composition of the Rules and Library Committees are as follows:
- Rules Committee Judge Hisashi Owada (Chairman); Judges Antônio Augusto
Cançado Trindade, Joan E. Donoghue, Giorgio Gaja, Patrick Lipton Robinson,
James Richard Crawford, Kirill Gevorgian
- Library Committee – Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Chairman);
Judges Giorgio Gaja, Dalveer Bhandari, Kirill Gevorgian
ICJ opens twitter account On 3 November 2015, the Court opened a twitter account
with the following name: @CIJ_ICJ
2. Judgements
Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile) On 24 September
2015, the Court delivered its Judgement, which is final and without appeal, on the
preliminary objection of Chile in this case: first, rejecting the preliminary objection
raised by the Republic of Chile (by fourteen votes to two) and second, finds that the
Court has jurisdiction to entertain the Application filed by Bolivia on 24 April 2013.
PhD. Visiting Professor of Public International Law. University of V igo.

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