JUDGE ROSALYN HIGGINS ( UNITED KINGDOM ) ELECTED PRESIDENT

OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Judge Awn Shawkat Al Khasawneh ( Jordan ) Elected Vice President

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 9 July (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has today rendered its Advisory Opinion in the case concerning the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (request for advisory opinion).

In its Opinion, the Court finds unanimously that it has jurisdiction to give the advisory opinion requested by the United Nations General Assembly and decides by 14 votes to 1 to comply with that request.

international court to render advisory opinion in case

concerning wall in occupied palestinianterritories

(Reissued as received.)

IN CASE OF MEXICAN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH, INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FINDS

UNITED STATES HAS BREACHED OBLIGATIONS UNDER VIENNA CONSULAR RELATIONS CONVENTION

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PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

ON ISRAELI WALL CONCLUDES AT THE HAGUE

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 25 February (ICJ) -- The public hearings in the case concerning the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the OccupiedPalestinianTerritory (request for advisory opinion) concluded today.

At the hearings, held from 23 to 25 February 2004, the following oral statements were presented:

WORLD COURT AUTHORIZES ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE TO PARTICIPATE

IN PROCEEDINGS ON CONSTRUCTION OF WALL IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

QUESTIONS OF INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF 1971 MONTREAL CONVENTION

ARISING FROM AERIAL INCIDENT AT LOCKERBIE

Cases of Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v.

United States of America Removed from Court’s List at Joint Request of Parties

(Reissued as received.)

CERTAIN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN FRANCE (REPUBLIC OF CONGO V. FRANCE)

Court Rejects Request for Indication

Of Provisional Measure Submitted by Republic of Congo

(Reissued as received.)

JUDGE SHI JIUYONG (CHINA) ELECTED PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE;

JUDGE RAYMOND RANJEVA (MADAGASCAR) ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT

THE HAGUE, 6 February (ICJ) -- Today, Judge Shi Jiuyong (China) was elected

President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by his peers.  Judge Raymond Ranjeva (Madagascar) was elected Vice-President.  They will both serve a three-year term.

WORLD COURT INDICATES UNITED STATES MUST TAKE ‘ALL NECESSARY MEASURES’

TO PREVENT EXECUTION OF THREE MEXICAN NATIONALS