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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

1. The judgment shall state the reasons on which it is

based.

2. It shall contain the names of the judges who have

taken part in the decision.

Article 57

If the judgment does not represent in whole or in part the

unanimous opinion of the judges, any judge shall be

entitled to deliver a separate opinion.

Article 58

The judgment shall be signed by the President and by

the Registrar. It shall be read in open court, due notice

having been given to the agents.

Article 59

The decision of the Court has no binding force except

between the parties and in respect of that particular case.

Article 60

The judgment is final and without appeal. In the event of

dispute as to the meaning or scope of the judgment, the

Court shall construe it upon the request of any party.

Article 61

1. An application for revision of a judgment may be made

only when it is based upon the discovery of some fact of

such a nature as to be a decisive factor, which fact was,

when the judgment was given, unknown to the Court

and also to the party claiming revision, always provided

that such ignorance was not due to negligence.

2. The proceedings for revision shall be opened by a

judgment of the Court expressly recording the existence

of the new fact, recognizing that it has such a character

as to lay the case open to revision, and declaring the

application admissible on this ground.

3. The Court may require previous compliance with the

terms of the judgment before it admits proceedings in

revision.

4. The application for revision must be made at latest

within six months of the discovery of the new fact.

5. No application for revision may be made after the lapse

of ten years from the date of the judgment.

Article 62

l. Should a state consider that it has an interest of a legal

nature which may be affected by the decision in the case,

it may submit a request to the Court to be permitted to

intervene.

2 It shall be for the Court to decide upon this request.

Article 63

1. Whenever the construction of a convention to which

states other than those concerned in the case are parties

is in question, the Registrar shall notify all such states

forthwith.

2. Every state so notified has the right to intervene in the

proceedings; but if it uses this right, the construction

given by the judgment will be equally binding upon it.

Article 64

Unless otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall

bear its own costs.

CHAPTER IV ADVISORY OPINIONS

Article 65

1. The Court may give an advisory opinion on any legal

question

at

the

request

of whatever body may be

authorized by or in accordance with the Charter of the

United Nations to make such a request.

2. Questions upon which the advisory opinion of the

Court is asked shall be laid before the Court by means of a

written request containing an exact statement of the

question

upon

which

an

opinion

is

required,

and

accompanied by all documents likely to throw light upon

the question.

Article 66

1. The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of the request

for an advisory opinion to all states entitled to appear

before the Court.

2. The Registrar shall also, by means of a special and

direct communication, notify any state entitled to appear

before the Court or international organization considered

by the Court, or, should it not be sitting, by the President,

as likely to be able to furnish information on the question,

that the Court will be prepared to receive, within a

time-limit

to

be

fixed

by

the

President,

written

statements, or to hear, at a public sitting to be held for

the purpose, oral statements relating to the question.

3. Should any such state entitled to appear before the

Court have failed to receive the special communication

referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, such state may

express a desire to submit a written statement or to be

heard; and the Court will decide.

4. States and organizations having presented written or

oral statements or both shall be permitted to comment

on the statements made by other states or organizations

in the form, to the extent, and within the time-limits

which the Court, or, should it not be sitting, the President,

shall decide in each particular case. Accordingly, the

Registrar

shall

in

due time communicate any such

written statements to states and organizations having

submitted similar statements.

Article 67

The Court shall deliver its advisory opinions in open court,

notice having been given to the Secretary-General and to

the representatives of Members of the United Nations, of

other

states

and

of

international

organizations

immediately concerned.

Article 68

In the exercise of its advisory functions the Court shall

further be guided by the provisions of the present Statute

which apply in contentious cases to the extent to which it

recognizes them to be applicable.

CHAPTER V AMENDMENT

Article 69

Amendments to the present Statute shall be effected by

the same procedure as is provided by the Charter of the

United Nations for amendments to that Charter, subject

however to any provisions which the General Assembly

upon recommendation of the Security Council may adopt

concerning the participation of states which are parties to

the present Statute but are not Members of the United

Nations.

Article 70

The Court shall have power to propose such amendments

to the present Statute as it may deem necessary, through

written communications to the Secretary-General, for

consideration in conformity with the provisions of Article

69.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Preamble

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the

equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human

family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in

the world,

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