INTERNATIONAL LAW – LIST OF LEADING CASES a/a 2016– 2017
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1) International Court of Justice, North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany v. Netherlands) Proceedings joined with North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark) on 26 April 1968, Judgment of 20 February 1969, available at: esp §§ 83-101 applicable law).
2) International Court of Justice, Case concerning the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros project (Hungary v. Slovakia), Judgment of 25 September 1997, available at:
3) International Court of Justice, Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence with Respect of Kosovo, Advisory Opinion of 22 July 2010, available at: all
4) ECtHR, Stichting Mothers of Srebrenica v The Netherlands Decision 13 June 2013, available at
5) International Court of Justice, Case concerning United States diplomatic and consular staff in Tehran (United States of America v. Iran), Judgement of 24 May 1981, available at: all
6) International Court of Justice, LaGrand Case (Germany v. United States of America), Judgment of 27 June 2001, available at: esp. §§ 98-109
7) International Court of Justice, Legal Consequences of the construction of a Wall in the occupied Palestinian territory, Advisory Opinion of 9 July 2004, available at: esp §§ 86-113 (Relevant rules and principles of international law, i.e. applicable law).
8)ECtHR A,B & C v Ireland Judgment 16 December 2010, available at:
9) International Court of Justice, Case concerning military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States of America), Judgement of 27 June 1986, available at: esp§§172-225
10)International Court of Justice, Case concerningDisputes “concerning or relating to the delimitation of maritime zones”(Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening))Judgement of 31 March 2014, available at:
§§ to be advised: as follows
see Summary of the case at (not an official document) – pdf file available to download
§§ 24-30 on the position of the parties;
§§ 51-97 on the interpretation of article VIII;
§§ 228-242, on the final interpretation of the Convention accepted by the Court.
11) International Court of Justice, Reparation for Injuries suffered in the service of the United Nations case, Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949, available at: all
12) International Court of Justice, Germany v Italy case, jurisdictional immunitiesof the State, judgment 3 February 2012
case, in particular PartI (§§11-36) and II (§§ 37-51)but focusing especially on Part III
Documents:
Charter of the United Nations, available at:
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, available at:
ILC Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, available at:
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights andFundamental Freedoms, available at:
Blog on the European Journal of International Law
Blog on EU law
Van Gend & Loos, C-26/62, ECR 3 (1963): nature of the EC legal system
Press release 13/56 on the 50th anniversary of Van Gend & Loos case
Other materials:
Opinion 2/94, ECR I-1759 (1996): adhesion to the ECHR
new CELEX numbering:
see also: Article 6 (2) Lisbon Treaty:
and Protocol relating to art. 6 (2):
European Court of Human Rights, Banković case, Decision as to the admissibility of Application no. 52207/99 by Vlastimir and Borka BANKOVIĆ et al. against Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom, Judgment of 30 June 2005, available at: hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR all
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Case concerning the differences between New Zealand and France arising fromthe Rainbow Warrior affair, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, 6 July 1986, Vol. XIX pp. 199-221, available at: all