List of All Cases
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Question of the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia beyond 200 nautical miles from the Nicaraguan Coast (Nicaragua v. Colombia) |
2023 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia) |
2022 | Contentious | |
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda) |
2022 | Contentious | |
Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia) |
2022 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Qatar v. United Arab Emirates) |
2021 | Contentious | |
Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya) |
2021 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 |
2019 | Advisory | |
Jadhav (India v. Pakistan) |
2019 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia) |
2015 | Contentious | |
Questions relating to the Seizure and Detention of Certain Documents and Data (Timor-Leste v. Australia) |
2015 | Contentious | |
Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica) |
2015 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) |
2014 | Contentious | |
Maritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile) |
2014 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Aerial Herbicide Spraying (Ecuador v. Colombia) |
2013 | Contentious | |
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) (Cambodia v. Thailand) |
2013 | Contentious | |
Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Niger) |
2013 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening) |
2012 | Contentious | |
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
2012 | Contentious | |
Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) |
2012 | Contentious | |
Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal) |
2012 | Contentious | |
Judgment No.2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization upon a Complaint Filed against the International Fund for Agricultural Development |
2012 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Belgium v. Switzerland) |
2011 | Contentious | |
Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia v. Greece) |
2011 | Contentious | |
Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Georgia v. Russian Federation) |
2011 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Accordance with international law of the unilateral declaration of independence in respect of Kosovo |
2010 | Advisory | |
Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) |
2010 | Contentious | |
Certain Questions concerning Diplomatic Relations (Honduras v. Brazil) |
2010 | Contentious | |
Certain Criminal Proceedings in France (Republic of the Congo v. France) |
2010 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua) |
2009 | Contentious | |
Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea (Romania v. Ukraine) |
2009 | Contentious | |
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) (Mexico v. United States of America) |
2009 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore) |
2008 | Contentious | |
Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v. France) |
2008 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro) |
2007 | Contentious | |
Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras) |
2007 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Status vis-à -vis the Host State of a Diplomatic Envoy to the United Nations (Commonwealth of Dominica v. Switzerland) |
2006 | Contentious | |
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) |
2006 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Certain Property (Liechtenstein v. Germany) |
2005 | Contentious | |
Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger) |
2005 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory |
2004 | Advisory | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) |
2004 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) |
2004 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) |
2002 | Contentious | |
Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria: Equatorial Guinea intervening) |
2002 | Contentious | |
Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) |
2002 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) |
2001 | Contentious | |
LaGrand (Germany v. United States of America) |
2001 | Contentious | |
Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain) |
2001 | Contentious | |
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi) |
2001 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India) |
2000 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia) |
1999 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United States of America) |
1999 | Contentious | |
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998 in the Case concerning the Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria), Preliminary Objections (Nigeria v. Cameroon) |
1999 | Contentious | |
Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Spain) |
1999 | Contentious | |
Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights |
1999 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America) |
1998 | Contentious | |
Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada) |
1998 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988 (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America) |
1996 | Contentious | |
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons |
1996 | Advisory | |
Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict |
1996 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
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Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Courts Judgment of 20 December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) Case |
1995 | Contentious | |
East Timor (Portugal v. Australia) |
1995 | Contentious | |
Maritime Delimitation between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal (Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal) |
1995 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Territorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Chad) |
1994 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru (Nauru v. Australia) |
1993 | Contentious | |
Maritime Delimitation in the Area between Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v. Norway) |
1993 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Border and Transborder Armed Actions (Nicaragua v. Honduras) |
1992 | Contentious | |
Passage through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark) |
1992 | Contentious | |
Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening) |
1992 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America) |
1991 | Contentious | |
Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal) |
1991 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations |
1989 | Advisory | |
Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) (United States of America v. Italy) |
1989 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947 |
1988 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Border and Transborder Armed Actions (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica) |
1987 | Contentious | |
Application for Review of Judgment No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal |
1987 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali) |
1986 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Application for Revision and Interpretation of the Judgment of 24 February 1982 in the Case concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (Tunisia v. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) |
1985 | Contentious | |
Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta) |
1985 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area (Canada/United States of America) |
1984 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Application for Review of Judgment No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal |
1982 | Advisory | |
Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) |
1982 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran) |
1981 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt |
1980 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Aegean Sea Continental Shelf (Greece v. Turkey) |
1978 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Western Sahara |
1975 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) |
1974 | Contentious | |
Fisheries Jurisdiction (United Kingdom v. Iceland) |
1974 | Contentious | |
Nuclear Tests (Australia v. France) |
1974 | Contentious | |
Fisheries Jurisdiction (Federal Republic of Germany v. Iceland) |
1974 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Trial of Pakistani Prisoners of War (Pakistan v. India) |
1973 | Contentious | |
Application for Review of Judgment No. 158 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal |
1973 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council (India v. Pakistan) |
1972 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970) |
1971 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain) (New Application: 1962) |
1970 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark) |
1969 | Contentious | |
North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands) |
1969 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa) |
1966 | Contentious | |
South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa) |
1966 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Northern Cameroons (Cameroon v. United Kingdom) |
1963 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) |
1962 | Contentious | |
Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) |
1962 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain) |
1961 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization |
1960 | Advisory | |
Compagnie du Port, des Quais et des Entrepôts de Beyrouth and Société Radio-Orient (France v. Lebanon) |
1960 | Contentious | |
Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United States of America v. Bulgaria) |
1960 | Contentious | |
Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) |
1960 | Contentious | |
Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua) |
1960 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
1959 | Contentious | |
Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land (Belgium/Netherlands) |
1959 | Contentious | |
Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria) |
1959 | Contentious | |
Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United Kingdom v. Bulgaria) |
1959 | Contentious | |
Interhandel (Switzerland v. United States of America) |
1959 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Aerial Incident of 4 September 1954 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
1958 | Contentious | |
Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants (Netherlands v. Sweden) |
1958 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Certain Norwegian Loans (France v. Norway) |
1957 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Antarctica (United Kingdom v. Argentina) |
1956 | Contentious | |
Antarctica (United Kingdom v. Chile) |
1956 | Contentious | |
Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952 (United States of America v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
1956 | Contentious | |
Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints Made against UNESCO |
1956 | Advisory | |
Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa |
1956 | Advisory | |
Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953 (United States of America v. Czechoslovakia) |
1956 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Nottebohm (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) |
1955 | Contentious | |
Voting Procedure on Questions relating to Reports and Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa |
1955 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Minquiers and Ecrehos (France/United Kingdom) |
1953 | Contentious | |
Ambatielos (Greece v. United Kingdom) |
1953 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. (United Kingdom v. Iran) |
1952 | Contentious | |
Rights of Nationals of the United States of America in Morocco (France v. United States of America) |
1952 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Fisheries (United Kingdom v. Norway) |
1951 | Contentious | |
Haya de la Torre (Colombia v. Peru) |
1951 | Contentious | |
Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide |
1951 | Advisory |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 20 November 1950 in the Asylum Case (Colombia v. Peru) |
1950 | Contentious | |
Asylum (Colombia/Peru) |
1950 | Contentious | |
International Status of South West Africa |
1950 | Advisory | |
Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania |
1950 | Advisory | |
Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations |
1950 | Advisory | |
Protection of French Nationals and Protected Persons in Egypt (France v. Egypt) |
1950 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations |
1949 | Advisory | |
Corfu Channel (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Albania) |
1949 | Contentious |
Title | Introduction | Culmination | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter) |
1948 | Advisory |