List of International Court of Justice cases

This is a list of contentious cases and advisory opinions brought to the International Court of Justice since its creation in 1946. As of 1 August 2015, 161 cases have been entered onto the General List for consideration before the court.

The jurisdiction of the ICJ is limited. Only states have standing to bring a compulsory claim against another state, and then only with the consent of the responding state. However, certain United Nations bodies and agencies such as the UN General Assembly have the power to submit questions for advisory opinions.^[1][2] Although these advisory opinions are not binding under international law, they do provide the ICJ's interpretation of what international law is.^[3]

List of cases

The list is organized by and includes only those disputes assigned a General List number by the registrar of the court. In the early days of the court, any formally correct application was accepted by the registrar and entered on to the General List.^[4] If there was no jurisdiction (because of lack of consent by the responding party), the case was soon closed by the court. In 1978, however, the Court amended its rules and instructed the registrar to only enter a case on the General List if there was consent by the responding party,^[5] seemingly reducing the problem of meritless applications.^[6] However, at times consent and therefore jurisdiction is contested by the responding party. Such a case may be ordered to be added to the General List over the protestations of the respondent to allow the court to decide whether there is consent.^[7] In such a situation, however, the mere addition of a dispute to the General List does not have legal significance.^[8]

No.	Name	Applicant	Respondent	Case began	Case ended	Disposition
1	Corfu Channel Case	United Kingdom	Albania	22 May 1947[9]	9 April 1949[10]	Judgment on Merits
2	General List Number 2 assigned to some elements of Corfu Channel Case[11]
3	Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations	United Nations General Assembly		24 November 1947[12]	9 April 1949[13]	Opinion on Merits
4	Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations	United Nations General Assembly		7 December 1948[14]	11 April 1949[15]	Opinion on Merits
5	Fisheries Case	United Kingdom	Norway	28 September 1949[16]	18 December 1951[17]	Judgment on Merits
6	Case Concerning the Protection of French Nationals and Protected Persons in Egypt	France	Egypt	13 October 1949[18]	29 March 1950[19]	Discontinued
7	Asylum Case	Colombia	Peru	15 October 1949[20]	20 November 1950[21]	Judgment on Merits
8	Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania	United Nations General Assembly		31 October 1949[22]	18 July 1950[23]	Opinion on Merits
9	Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations	United Nations General Assembly		28 November 1949[24]	3 March 1950[25]	Opinion on Merits
10	International Status of South West Africa	United Nations General Assembly		27 December 1949[26]	11 July 1950[27]	Opinion on Merits
11	Rights of Nationals of the United States of America in Morocco	France	United States	28 October 1950[28]	27 August 1952[29]	Judgment on Merits
12	Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	United Nations General Assembly		20 November 1950[30]	28 May 1951[31]	Opinion on Merits
13	Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 20 November 1950 in the Asylum Case	Colombia	Peru	20 November 1950[32]	27 November 1950[33]	Judgment on Admissibility
14	Haya de la Torre	Colombia	Peru	13 December 1950[34]	13 June 1951[35]	Judgment on Merits
15	Ambatielos Case	Greece	United Kingdom	9 April 1951[36]	19 May 1953[36]	Judgment on Merits
16	Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.	United Kingdom	Iran	26 May 1951[37]	22 July 1952[38]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
17	Minquiers and Ecrehos Case	France	United Kingdom	5 December 1951[39]	17 November 1953[40]	Judgment on Merits
18	Nottebohm Case	Liechtenstein	Guatemala	17 December 1951[41]	6 April 1955[42]	Judgment on Merits
19	Monetary Gold Removed from Rome in 1943	Italy	France /  United Kingdom /  United States	19 May 1953[43]	15 June 1954[44]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
20	Electricite de Beyrouth Company Case	France	Lebanon	15 August 1953[45]	29 July 1954[46]	Case Dismissed
21	Effect of Awards of Compensation Made by the United Nations Administrative Tribunal	United Nations General Assembly		21 December 1953[47]	13 July 1954[48]	Opinion on Merits
22	Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of the United States (United States v. Hungary)	United States	Hungary	3 March 1954[49]	12 July 1954[50]	Discontinued
23	Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of the United States (United States v. Soviet Union)	United States	Soviet Union	3 March 1954[51]	12 July 1954[52]	Discontinued
24	Voting Procedure on Questions relating to Reports and Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa	United Nations General Assembly		6 December 1954[53]	7 June 1955[54]	Opinion on Merits
25	Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953	United States	Czechoslovakia	29 March 1955[55]	14 March 1956[56]	Discontinued
26	Antarctica (UK v. Argentina)	United Kingdom	Argentina	4 May 1955[57]	16 March 1956[58]	Discontinued
27	Antarctica (UK v. Chile)	United Kingdom	Chile	4 May 1955[59]	16 March 1956[60]	Discontinued
28	Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952	United States	Soviet Union	2 June 1955[61]	14 March 1956[62]	Discontinued
29	Certain Norwegian Loans	France	Norway	6 July 1955[63]	6 July 1957[64]	Judgment on Merits
30	Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints made against UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization		2 December 1955[65]	23 October 1956[66]	Opinion on Merits
31	Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa	United Nations General Assembly		19 December 1955[67]	1 June 1956[68]	Opinion on Merits
32	Right of Passage over Indian Territory	Portugal	India	22 December 1955[69]	12 April 1960[70]	Judgment on Merits
33	Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants	Netherlands	Sweden	10 July 1957[71]	28 November 1958[72]	Judgment on Merits
34	Interhandel Case	Switzerland	United States	2 October 1957[73]	21 March 1959[74]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
35	Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria)	Israel	Bulgaria	16 October 1957[75]	26 May 1959[76]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
36	Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United States v. Bulgaria)	United States	Bulgaria	28 October 1957[77]	30 May 1960[78]	Discontinued
37	Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United Kingdom v. Bulgaria)	United Kingdom	Bulgaria	22 November 1957[79]	3 August 1959[80]	Discontinued
38	Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land	Belgium	Netherlands	27 November 1957[81]	20 June 1959[82]	Judgment on Merits
39	Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906	Honduras	Nicaragua	1 July 1958[83]	18 November 1960[84]	Judgment on Merits
40	Aerial Incident of 4 September 1954	United States	Soviet Union	22 August 1958[85]	9 December 1958[86]	Discontinued
41	Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company	Belgium	Spain	23 September 1958[87]	10 April 1961[88]	Discontinued
42	Compagnie du Port, des Quais et des Entrepôts de Beyrouth and Société Radio-Orient (France v. Lebanon)	France	Lebanon	13 February 1959[89]	31 August 1960[90]	Discontinued
43	Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization	International Maritime Organization		25 March 1959[91]	8 June 1960[92]	Opinion on Merits
44	Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954	United States	Soviet Union	8 July 1957[93]	7 October 1959[94]	Discontinued
45	Preah Vihear Temple	Cambodia	Thailand	6 October 1959[95]	15 June 1962[96]	Judgment on Merits
46	South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa)	Ethiopia	South Africa	4 November 1960[97]	18 July 1966[98]	Judgment on Merits
47	South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa)	Liberia	South Africa	4 November 1960[99]	18 July 1966[98]	Judgment on Merits
48	Northern Cameroons	Cameroon	United Kingdom	30 May 1961[100]	2 December 1963[101]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
49	Certain Expenses of the United Nations	United Nations General Assembly		21 December 1961[102]	20 July 1962[103]	Opinion on Merits
50	Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited(Second Application: 1962)	Belgium	Spain	19 June 1962[104]	5 February 1970[105]	Judgment on Merits
51	North Sea Continental Shelf cases	West Germany	Denmark	20 February 1967[106]	20 February 1969[107]	Joined with Germany v. Netherlands[108]
52	North Sea Continental Shelf cases	West Germany	Netherlands	20 February 1967[106]	20 February 1969[107]	Judgment on Merits
53	Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276	United Nations Security Council		5 August 1970[109]	21 June 1971[110]	Opinion on Merits
54	Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council	India	Pakistan	30 August 1971[111]	18 August 1972	Judgment on Jurisdiction
55	Fisheries Jurisdiction (Germany v. Iceland)	West Germany	Iceland	5 June 1972[112]	25 July 1974[113]	Judgment on Merits
56	Fisheries Jurisdiction (United Kingdom v. Iceland)	United Kingdom	Iceland	14 April 1972[114]	25 July 1974	Judgment on Merits
57	Application for Review of Judgement No. 158 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal	United Nations Administrative Tribunal		3 July 1972[115]	12 July 1973[116]	Opinion on Merits
58	Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France)	Australia	France	9 May 1973[117]	20 December 1974[118]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
59	Nuclear Tests Case (New Zealand v. France)	New Zealand	France	9 May 1973[119]	20 December 1974	Judgment on Jurisdiction
60	Trial of Pakistani Prisoners of War	Pakistan	India	11 May 1973[120]	15 December 1973[121]	Discontinued
61	Western Sahara	United Nations General Assembly		21 December 1974[122]	16 October 1975[123]	Opinion on Merits
62	Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case	Greece	Turkey	10 August 1976[124]	19 December 1978	Judgment on Jurisdiction
63	Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)	Tunisia	Libya	1 December 1978[125]	24 February 1982	Judgment on Merits
64	United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran	United States	Iran	29 November 1979[126]	24 May 1980[127]	Judgment on Merits
65	Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt	World Health Organization		28 May 1980[128]	20 December 1980[129]	Opinion on Merits
66	Application for Review of Judgement No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal	United Nations Administrative Tribunal		28 July 1981	20 July 1982	Opinion on Merits
67	Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area	Canada	United States	25 November 1981[130]	12 October 1984	Judgment on Merits
68	Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malta)	Libya	Malta		3 June 1985
69	Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali)	Burkina Faso	Mali		22 December 1986
70	Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua	Nicaragua	United States		27 June 1986
71	Application for Revision and Interpretation of the Judgment of 24 Februaiy 1982 in the Case concerning the Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)	Tunisia	Libya		10 December 1985
72	Application for Review of Judgement No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal	United Nations Administrative Tribunal		10 September 1984[131]	27 May 1987[132]	Opinion on Merits
73	Border and Transborder Armed Actions (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica)	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	28 July 1986[133]	19 August 1987[134]	Discontinued
74	Border and Transborder Armed Actions (Nicaragua v. Honduras)	Nicaragua	Honduras	28 July 1986[135]	20 December 1988[136]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
75	Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute	El Salvador	Honduras /  Nicaragua	11 December 1986[137]	11 September 1992[138]	Judgment on Merits
76	Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI)	United States	Italy		20 July 1989
77	Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947	United Nations General Assembly		7 March 1988[139]	26 April 1988[140]	Opinion on Merits
78	Maritime Delimitation in the Area Between Greenland and Jan Mayen	Denmark	Norway		14 June 1993
79	Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988	Iran	United States	17 May 1989[141]	22 February 1996[142]	Discontinued
80	Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru	Nauru	Australia	19 May 1989[143]	13 September 1993[144]	Discontinued
81	Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization		13 June 1989	15 December 1989	Opinion on Merits
82	Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989	Guinea-Bissau	Senegal	23 August 1989[145]	12 November 1991[146]	Judgment on Merits
83	Territorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Chad)	Libya	Chad		3 February 1994
84	East Timor	Portugal	Australia		30 June 1995
85	Maritime Delimitation between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal	Guinea-Bissau	Senegal	12 March 1991[147]	8 November 1998[148]	Discontinued
86	Passage through the Great Belt	Finland	Denmark	17 May 1991[149]	10 September 1992[150]	Discontinued
87	Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain	Qatar	Bahrain	8 July 1991[151]	16 March 2001[152]	Judgment on Merits
88	Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom)	Libya	United Kingdom	3 March 1992[153]	10 September 2003[154]	Discontinued
89	Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America)	Libya	United States	3 March 1992[155]	10 September 2003[156]	Discontinued
90	Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v United States of America)	Iran	United States		6 November 2003
91	Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serbia and Montenegro		26 February 2007
92	Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project	Hungary	Slovakia		25 September 1997	In progress[157]
93	Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict	World Health Organization		3 September 1993[158]	8 July 1996[159]	Opinion on Merits
94	Land and Maritime Boundary Between Cameroon and Nigeria	Cameroon	Nigeria /  Equatorial Guinea	29 March 1996	10 October 2002	Judgment on Merits
95	Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons	United Nations General Assembly		6 January 1995[160]	8 July 1996[161]	Opinion on Merits
96	Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada)	Spain	Canada	28 March 1995[162]	4 December 1998[163]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
97	Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Court's Judgment of 20 December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests	New Zealand	France	21 August 1995[164]	22 September 1995[165]	Dismissed
98	Kasikili/Sedudu Island	Botswana	Namibia		13 December 1999
99	Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America)	Paraguay	United States		10 November 1998[166]	Discontinued
100	Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization		10 August 1998[167]	29 April 1999[168]	Opinion on Merits
101	Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998	Cameroon	Nigeria	28 October 1998[169]	25 March 1999[170]	Judgment on Merits
102	Sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan	Indonesia	Malaysia	2 November 1998[171]	17 December 2002[172]	Judgment on Merits
103	Ahmadou Sadio Diallo	Guinea	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28 December 1998[173]	19 June 2012[174]	Judgment on Merits
104	LaGrand	Germany	United States	2 March 1999[175]	27 June 2001[176]	Judgment on Merits
105	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Belgium)	Yugoslavia	Belgium	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
106	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Canada)	Yugoslavia	Canada	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
107	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. France)	Yugoslavia	France	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
108	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Germany)	Yugoslavia	Germany	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
109	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Italy)	Yugoslavia	Italy	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
110	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Netherlands)	Yugoslavia	Netherlands	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
111	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Portugal)	Yugoslavia	Portugal	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
112	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. Spain)	Yugoslavia	Spain	29 April 1999	2 June 1999	Discontinued
113	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United Kingdom)	Yugoslavia	United Kingdom	29 April 1999	15 December 2004	Judgment on Jurisdiction
114	Legality of Use of Force (Yugoslavia v. United States of America)	Yugoslavia	United States	29 April 1999	2 June 1999	Discontinued
115	Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Burundi	23 June 1999[177]	30 January 2001[178]	Discontinued
116	Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Uganda)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Uganda		-	In progress
117	Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Rwanda		30 January 2001
118	Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia)	Croatia	Serbia	2 July 1999[179]	3 February 2015[180]	Judgment on Merits
119	Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999	Pakistan	India	21 September 1999[181]	21 June 2000[182]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
120	Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea	Nicaragua	Honduras		8 October 2007
121	Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Belgium	17 October 2000[183]	14 February 2002[184]	Judgment on Merits
122	Application for the Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996 in the Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yugoslavia	24 April 2001[185]	3 February 2003[186]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
123	Certain Property (Liechenstein v. Germany)	Liechtenstein	Germany	1 June 2001[187]	10 February 2005[188]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
124	Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia)	Nicaragua	Colombia	6 December 2001[189]	19 November 2012[190]	Judgment on Merits
125	Frontier Dispute (Benin/Niger)	Benin	Niger		12 July 2005
126	Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Rwanda	28 May 2002[191]	3 February 2006[192]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
127	Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island And Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua Intervening)	El Salvador	Honduras	10 September 2002[193]	18 December 2003[194]	Judgment on Admissibility
128	Avena and Other Mexican Nationals	Mexico	United States	9 January 2003[195]	31 March 2004[196]	Judgment on Merits
129	Certain Criminal Proceedings in France	Democratic Republic of the Congo	France		16 November 2010	Discontinued
130	Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge	Malaysia	Singapore	24 July 2003[197]	23 May 2008[198]	Opinion on Merits
131	Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory	United Nations General Assembly		10 December 2003[199]	7 July 2004[200]	Opinion on Merits
132	Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea	Romania	Ukraine		3 February 2009
133	Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights	Costa Rica	Nicaragua		13 July 2009
134	Status vis-à-vis the Host State of a Diplomatic Envoy to the United Nations	Dominica	Switzerland		9 June 2006	Discontinued
135	Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay	Argentina	Uruguay		20 April 2010
136	Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters	Djibouti	France		4 June 2008
137	Maritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile)	Peru	Chile		27 January 2014
138	Aerial Herbicide Spraying	Ecuador	Colombia	31 March 2008[201]	13 September 2013[202]	Discontinued
139	Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals	Mexico	United States		19 January 2009
140	Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	Georgia	Russia	12 August 2008[203]	1 April 2011[204]	Judgment on Jurisdiction
141	Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence In Respect of Kosovo	United Nations General Assembly		10 October 2008[205]	22 July 2010[206]	Opinion on Merits
142	Application of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995	Macedonia	Greece		5 December 2011
143	Jurisdictional Immunities of the State	Germany	Italy /  Greece		3 February 2012	Judgment on Merits
144	Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite	Belgium	Senegal	19 February 2009[207]	20 July 2012[208]	Judgment on Merits
145	Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters	Belgium	Switzerland		5 April 2011	Discontinued
146	Judgment No.2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization	International Fund for Agricultural Development		26 April 2010[209]	1 February 2012[210]	Opinion on Merits
147	Certain questions concerning diplomatic relations	Honduras	Brazil		12 May 2010	Discontinued
148	Whaling in the Antarctic	Australia /  New Zealand	Japan	31 May 2010[211]	31 March 2014[212]	Judgment on Merits
149	Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Niger)	Burkina Faso	Niger	21 July 2010[213]	16 April 2013[214]	Judgment on Merits
150	Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua in the Border Area	Costa Rica	Nicaragua	18 November 2010[215]	-	In progress
151	Request for Interpretation of Temple of Preah Vihear Case	Cambodia	Thailand	28 April 2011[216]	11 November 2013[217]	Judgment
152	Construction of a Road in Costa Rica along the San Juan River	Nicaragua	Costa Rica	22 December 2011[218]	17 April 2013[219]	Joined with Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua
153	Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean	Bolivia	Chile	24 April 2013[220]	-	In progress
154	Delimitation of the Continental Shelf	Nicaragua	Colombia	16 September 2013[221]	-	In progress
155	Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights	Nicaragua	Colombia	27 November 2013[222]	-	In progress
156	Seizure of Certain Documents and Data	Timor-Leste	Australia		-	In progress
157	Maritime Delimitation in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean	Costa Rica	Nicaragua	25 February 2014	-	In progress
158	Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. India)	Marshall Islands	India	24 April 2014[223]	-	In progress
159	Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. Pakistan)	Marshall Islands	Pakistan	24 April 2014[224]	-	In progress
160	Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (Marshall Islands v. United Kingdom)	Marshall Islands	United Kingdom	24 April 2014[225]	-	In progress
161	Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean	Somalia	Kenya	28 August 2014[226]	-	In progress

See also

• Lists of case law
• United Nations Security Council resolution

References

1. Staff. International Court of Justice Database, World Legal Information Institute, last updated: 22 August 2006. Most recent document: 3 February 2006 Number of documents: 130
2. Bimal N. Patel, Shabtai Rosenne. The World Court Reference Guide: Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the Permanent Court of international Justice and the International Court of Justice (1922–2000), Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2002, ISBN 90-411-1907-8
3. List of Advisory Proceedings referred to the Court since 1946 by date of introduction (sorted on the date of the Advisory Opinion and then General List No.)
4. Rosenne, Shabtai (2007). Essays on International Law and Practice. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 9789004155367. the previous [pre 1978] procedure, of entering that type of case on the general list was inconvenient. Cases which had no chance of being examined on their substance were entered on the list. External link in |title= (help)
5. International Court of Justice. Rules of the Court (1978), Article 38, paragraph 5. "When the applicant State proposes to found the jurisdiction of the Court upon a consent thereto yet to be given or manifested by the State against which such application is made, the application shall be transmitted to that State. It shall not however be entered in the General List, nor any action be taken in the proceedings, unless and until the State against which such application is made consents to the Court's jurisdiction for the purposes of the case."
6. Rosenne, Shabtai (2007). Essays on International Law and Practice. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 9789004155367. Cases which had no chance of being examined on their substance were entered on the list . . . Paragraph 5 remedies that situation. External link in |title= (help)
7. Rosenne, Shabtai (2007). Essays on International Law and Practice. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 207. ISBN 9789004155367. before and decision can be given on a pre-judicial question of whether the Court has been seised of a case . . . an appropriate entry must be made on the General List. External link in |title= (help)
8. Rosenne, Shabtai (2007). Essays on International Law and Practice. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 207. ISBN 9789004155367. the fact that such an entry is made has no effect whatsoever on the basic question of whether the Court is seized of a case or whether or not it has jurisdiction. External link in |title= (help)
9. Corfu Channel Case, Application. 22 May 1947.
10. Corfu Channel Case, Judgment. 9 April 1949.
11. For example, the Judgment on Preliminary Objections (Corfu Channel Case, 25 March 1948, p.15.) is marked in its margin as General List Number 2. However, it is posted under the ICJ website with the rest of the Corfu Channel Case materials, which are generally marked as General List Number 1. In subsequent cases with judgments on preliminary objections, the Court seems to have assigned the preliminary judgment the same General List Number as the original case to which it belongs, see, e.g. Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 26 June 1992; Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999, Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 21 June 2000; etc.
12. Conditions of Admission. Note from the Secretary General of the United Nations to the Registrar, 24 November 1949.
13. "Conditions of Admission". Advisory Opinion
14. Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Request for Advisory Opinion. 7 December 1948.
15. Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, Advisory Opinion. 11 April 1949.
16. Fisheries Case. Application. 28 September 1948
17. Fisheries Case. Judgment. 18 December 1951.
18. Protection of French Nationals. Application. 13 October 1949
19. Protection of French Nationals. Order of Discontinuance. 29 March 1950.
20. Asylum (Colombia/Peru). Application. 15 October 1949
21. Asylum Case. Judgment, 20 November 1950.
22. Interpretation of Peace Treaties. Request for Advisory Opinion. 31 October 1949.
23. Note: this date is for the final opinion, for the "second phase". An opinion addressing the "first phase" was issued on 30 March 1950.
24. Competence of the General Assembly. Request for Advisory Opinion. 28 November 1949.
25. Competence of the General Assembly. Advisory Opinion. 3 March 1950.
26. International Status of South West Africa. Request for Advisory Opinion. 27 December 1949.
27. International Status of South West Africa. Advisory Opinion. 11 July 1950.
28. Rights of Nationals of the United States, Application. 28 October 1950.
29. Rights of Nationals of the United States, Judgment. 27 August 1952
30. Reservations to the Genocide Convention. Request for Advisory Opinion. 20 November 1950.
31. Reservations to the Genocide Convention. Advisory Opinion. 28 May 1951.
32. Request for Interpretation. Application. 20 November 1950.
33. Request for Interpretation. Judgment. 27 November 1950.
34. Haya de la Torre.Application. 13 December 1950.
35. Haya de la Torre.Judgment. 13 June 1951.
36. Ambatelios Case. Judgment. 19 May 1953.
37. Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Application. 26 May 1951.
38. Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 22 July 1952
39. Minquiers and Ecrehos Case. Special Agreement. 5 December 1951.
40. Minquiers and Ecrehos Case. Judgment. 17 November 1953.
41. Nottebohm Case. Application. 17 December 1951.
42. Nottebohm Case. Judgment. 6 April 1955.
43. Monetary Gold Case. Application. 19 May 1953.
44. Monetary Gold Case. Judgment. 15 June 1954.
45. Electricite de Beyrouth Case. Application. 15 August 1953
46. Electricite de Beyrouth Case Order Dismissing Case. 29 July 1954
47. Effect of Awards of Compensation. Request for Advisory Opinion. 21 December 1953.
48. Effects of Awards of Compensation. Advisory Opinion. 13 July 1954
49. Treatment in Hungary (USA v. Hungary) Application. 3 March 1953
50. Treatment in Hungary (USA v. Hungary) Order Removing Case 12 July 1954
51. Treatment in Hungary (USA v. USSR) Application. 3 March 1953
52. Treatment in Hungary (USA v. USSR) Order Removing Case 12 July 1954
53. Voting Procedure Case. Request for Advisory Opinion. 6 December 1954.
54. Voting Procedure Case. Advisory Opinion. 7 June 1955.
55. Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953. Application. 29 March 1953.
56. Aerial Incident of 10 March 1953. Order Removing from List. 14 March 1956.
57. Antarctica (UK v. Argentina). Application. 4 May 1955
58. Antarctica (UK v. Argentina). Order Removing from List. 16 March 1956.
59. Antarctica (UK v. Chile). Application. 4 May 1955
60. Antarctica (UK v. Chile). Order Removing from List. 16 March 1956.
61. Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952. Application. 2 June 1955.
62. Aerial Incident of 7 October 1952. Order Removing from List. 14 March 1956.
63. Certain Norwegian Loans. Application. 6 July 1955.
64. Certain Norwegian Loans. Judgment. 6 July 1957.
65. Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. Request for Advisory Opinion. 5 December 1955.
66. Judgements of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO. Advisory Opinion. 23 October 1956.
67. Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa. Request for Advisory Opinion. 19 December 1955.
68. Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa. Advisory Opinion. 1 June 1956.
69. Right of Passage over Indian Territory. Application. 22 December 1955.
70. Right of Passage over Indian Territory. [Judgment http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/32/4521.pdf]. 12 April 1960.
71. Application of the Convention of 1902 Governing the Guardianship of Infants. Application. 22 July 1957.
72. Boll Case. [Judgment http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/33/2263.pdf]. 28 November 1958.
73. Interhandel. Application. 2 October 1957.
74. Interhandel. Judgment. 21 March 1959.
75. Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955. Application. 16 October 1957.
76. Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 26 May 1959.
77. Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United States v. Bulgaria). Application. 28 October 1957.
78. Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United States v. Bulgaria). Order Removing from List. 30 May 1960.
79. Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United Kingdom v. Bulgaria. Application. 22 November 1957.
80. Aerial Incident of 27 July 1955 (United Kingdom v. Bulgaria). Order Removing from List. 3 August 1959.
81. Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Lands. Special Agreement. 27 November 1957.
82. Sovereignty over Certain Frontier Land. Judgment. 20 June 1959
83. Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on 23 December 1906. Application. 1 July 1958.
84. Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain. Judgment. 18 November 1960
85. Aerial Incident of 4 September 1954. Application. 22 August 1958.
86. Aerial Incident of 4 September 1954. Order Removing from List. 9 December 1958.
87. Barcelona Traction. Application. 23 September 1958.
88. Barcelona Traction. Order Removing from List. 10 April 1961.
89. Compagnie du Port. Application. 13 February 1959.
90. Compagnie du Port. Order Removing from List. 31 August 1960.
91. Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee. Request for Advisory Opinion. 25 March 1959.
92. Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee. Advisory Opinion. 8 June 1960.
93. Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954. Application. 8 July 1957.
94. Aerial Incident of 7 November 1954. Order Removing from List. 7 October 1959.
95. Preah Vihear Temple. Application. 6 October 1959.
96. Preah Vihear Temple. Judgment. 15 June 1962
97. South West Africa (Ethiopia v. South Africa). Application. 4 November 1960.
98. South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa). Judgment. 18 July 1966.
99. South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa). Application. 4 November 1960.
100. Northern Cameroons. Application. 30 May 1961.
101. Northern Cameroons. Judgment on Preliminary Objections. 2 December 1963.
102. Certain Expenses of the United Nations. Request for Advisory Opinion. 27 December 1961.
103. Certain Expenses. Judgment. 20 July 1962
104. Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited. Application. 19 June 1962.
105. Barcelona Traction, Light, and Power Company, Limited (Second Application: 1962). Judgment. 5 February 1970.
106. North Sea Continental Shelf. Special Agreement. 20 February 1967
107. North Sea Continental Shelf. Judgment. 20 February 1969.
108. North Sea Continental Shelf. Order Joining Cases. 26 April 1968.
109. Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia. Request for Advisory Opinion. 5 August 1970.
110. Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia. Advisory Opinion. 21 June 1971.
111. Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council. Application. 30 August 1971.
112. Fisheries Jurisdiction (Germany v. Iceland). Application. 5 June 1972.
113. Fisheries Jurisdiction (Germany v. Iceland). Judgment. 25 July 1974.
114. Fisheries Jurisdiction (United Kingdom v. Iceland). Application. 14 April 1972.
115. Application for Review of Judgement No. 158. Request for Advisory Opinion. 3 July 1972.
116. Application for Review of Judgement No. 158. Advisory Opinion. 12 July 1973.
117. Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France). Application. 9 May 1973.
118. Nuclear Tests Case (Australia v. France). Judgment. 20 December 1974.
119. Nuclear Tests Case (New Zealand v. France). Application. 9 May 1973.
120. Trial of Pakistani Prisoners of War. Application. 11 May 1973.
121. Trial of Pakistani Prisoners of War. Order Discontinuing Case. 15 December 1973.
122. Western Sahara. Request for Advisory Opinion. 21 December 1974.
123. Western Sahara. Advisory Opinion. 16 October 1975.
124. Aegean Sea Continental Shelf Case. Application. 10 August 1976.
125. Continental Shelf (Tunisia/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya). Special Agreement. 1 December 1978.
126. United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran. Application. 29 November 1979.
127. United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran. Judgment. 24 May 1980.
128. Interpretation of the Agreement between the WHO and Egypt. Request for Advisory Opinion. 28 May 1980.
129. Interpretation of the Agreement between the WHO and Egypt. Advisory Opinion. 20 December 1980.
130. Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the Gulf of Maine Area. Special Agreement. 25 November 1981.
131. Application for Review of Judgement No. 333. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 September 1984
132. Application for Review of Judgement No. 333. Advisory Opinion. 27 May 1987.
133. Border and Transborder Armed Activities (Nicaragua v. Costa Rica). Application. 28 July 1986.
134. Border and Transborder Armed Activities. Order Removing Case. 19 August 1987.
135. Border and Transborder Armed Activities (Nicaragua v. Honduras). Application. 28 July 1986.
136. Border and Transborder Armed Activities (Nicaragua v. Honduras). Judgment. 20 December 1988.
137. Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute. Special Agreement. 11 December 1986.
138. Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute. Judgment. 11 September 1992.
139. Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate. Request for Advisory Opinion. 7 March 1988.
140. Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate. Advisory Opinion. 26 April 1988.
141. Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988. Application. 17 May 1989.
142. Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988. Order Removing Case. 22 February 1996.
143. Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru. Application. 19 May 1989.
144. Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru. Order Removing from List. 13 September 1993.
145. Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989. Application. 23 August 1989.
146. Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989. Judgement. 23 August 1989.
147. Maritime Delimitation between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Application. 12 March 1991.
148. Maritime Delimitation between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal. Order Removing from List. 8 November 1998.
149. Passage Through the Great Belt. Application. 17 May 1999.
150. Passage Through the Great Belt. Order Removing from List. 10 September 1992.
151. Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain. Application. 8 July 1991.
152. Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain. Judgment. 16 March 2001.
153. Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. UK). Application. 3 March 1992.
154. Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. UK). Order Removing from List. 10 December 2003.
155. Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. USA). Application. 3 March 1992.
156. Questions of Interpretation of the 1971 Montreal Convention (Libya v. UK). Order Removing from List. 10 September 2003.
157. The Court returned a judgment on the merits on 25 September 1997. However, on 3 September 1998, Slovakia announced its intention to seek an additional judgment. As of 30 September 2014, the ICJ continues to list the case as "Pending," see List of pending cases on ICJ website, retrieved 30 September 2014.
158. Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict. Request for Advisory Opinion. 3 September 1993.
159. Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict. Advisory Opinion. 8 July 1996.
160. Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. Request for Advisory Opinion. 6 January 1995.
161. Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. Advisory Opinion. 8 July 1996.
162. Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada). Application. 28 March 1995.
163. Fisheries Jurisdiction (Spain v. Canada). Judgment on Jurisdiction. 4 December 1998.
164. Request for an Examination. Application. 21 August 1995.
165. Request for an Examination. Order of Dismissal. 22 September 1995.
166. Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Paraguay v. United States of America). Order Removing from List. 10 November 1998.
167. Difference Relating to Immunity. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 August 1998.
168. Difference Relating to Immunity. Advisory Opinion. 29 April 1999.
169. Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998. Application. 28 October 1998.
170. Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 11 June 1998. Judgment. 25 March 1999.
171. Indonesia and Malaysia jointly bring dispute over islands to the International Court of Justice. 2 November 1998.
172. Judgment on Merits. 17 December 2002.
173. Ahmadou Sadio Diallo. Application. 28 December 1998.
174. Ahmadou Sadio Diallo. Judgment on Compensation. 19 June 2012. See also, Ahmadou Sadio Diallo. Judgment on Merits. 30 November 2010.
175. LaGrand Case. Application. 2 March 1999.
176. LaGrand Case. Judgment. 27 June 2001.
177. Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi). Application. 23 June 1999.
178. Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Burundi). Order Removing from List. 30 January 2001.
179. Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia). Application. 2 July 1999.
180. Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Serbia). Judgment. 3 February 2015.
181. Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999. Application. 21 September 1999.
182. Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999. Judgment. 21 June 2000.
183. Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000. Application. 17 October 2000.
184. Arrest Warrant of 11 August 2000. Judgment. 14 February 2002.
185. Application for the Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996. Application. 24 April 2001.
186. Application for the Revision of the Judgment of 11 July 1996. Judgment. 3 February 2003.
187. Certain Property. Application. 1 June 2001.
188. Certain Property. Judgment. 10 February 2005.
189. Territorial and Maritime Dispute. Application. 6 December 2001.
190. Territorial and Maritime Dispute. Judgment. 19 November 2012.
191. Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda). Application. 28 May 2002.
192. Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda). Judgment. 3 February 2006.
193. Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening). Application. 10 September 2002.
194. Application for Revision of the Judgment of 11 September 1992 in the Case concerning theLand, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras: Nicaragua intervening). Judgment. 18 December 2003.
195. Avena and Other Mexican Nationals. Application. 3 January 2003.
196. Avena and Other Mexican Nationals. Judgment. 31 March 2004.
197. Malaysia and Singapore jointly submit a dispute concerning sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge to the International Court of Justice. 24 July 2003.
198. The Court finds that Singapore has sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh; that Malaysia has sovereignty over Middle Rocks; and that sovereignty over South Ledge belongs to the State in the territorial waters of which it is located. 23 May 2008.
199. Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 December 2003.
200. Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall. Advisory Opinion. 9 July 2004.
201. Aerial Herbicide Spraying. Application. 31 March 2008.
202. Aerial Herbicide Spraying. Order Removing from List. 13 September 2013.
203. Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Application. 12 August 2008.
204. Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. Judgment. 1 April 2011.
205. Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence In Respect of Kosovo. Request for Advisory Opinion. 10 October 2008.
206. Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence In Respect of Kosovo. Advisory Opinion. 22 July 2010.
207. Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite. Application. 19 February 2009.
208. Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite. Judgment. 20 July 2012.
209. Judgment No.2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization. Request for Advisory Opinion. 26 April 2010.
210. Judgment No.2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization. Advisory Opinion. 1 February 2012.
211. Whaling in the Antarctic. Application. 31 May 2010.
212. Whaling in the Antarctic. Judgment. 31 March 2014.
213. Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Niger). Special Agreement. 21 July 2010.
214. Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso v. Niger). Judgment. 16 April 2013.
215. Certain Activities carried out by Nicaragua. Application. 18 November 2010.
216. Request for Interpretation of Temple of Preah Vihear Case. Application. 28 April 2011
217. Request for Interpretation of Temple of Preah Vihear Case. Judgment. 11 November 2013.
218. Construction of a Road in Costa Rica. Application. 22 December 2011.
219. Construction of a Road in Costa Rica. Order Joining Proceedings. 17 April 2013.
220. Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean. Application. 24 April 2013.
221. Delimitation of the Continental Shelf. Application. 16 September 2013.
222. International Court of Justice. Press Release Number 2013/36. 27 November 2013
223. . 24 April 2014
224. Application. 24 April 2014
225. Application, 24 April 2014.
226. Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean. Application, 28 August 2014.

Further reading

• International Court of Justice official list of cases
  • List of Contentious Cases by date of introduction
  • List of Advisory Proceedings referred to the Court since 1946 by date of introduction