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International Court of Justice


ICJ/560
4 December 1998


Press Release
ICJ/560


INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, BY 12 VOTES TO 5, DETERMINES IT HAS NO

19981204 Upholds Canadian Contention That Dispute Comes Under Previously Declared Reservation Relating to Conservation and Management Measures

THE HAGUE, 4 December (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today declared that it had no jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the dispute brought in 1995 by Spain concerning Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada).