Questions relating to the request for the indication of provisional measures in the case Germany v Italy
1. Introduction The question of international law that I was entrusted to analyze concerns the procedural aspects and prospects in particular of the request for the indication of provisional measures in the case brought by Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 April 2022.[1] As is well known, the question as to...
The awareness requirement and its problematic consequences for the Court’s jurisdiction
1. Introduction The paper of Béatrice Bonafé takes up a very important and basic question concerning proceedings before the ICJ, namely the issue of the existence of a dispute. It is absolutely evident that where there is no dispute, there is nothing to be decided by a court. But what exactly qualifies a dispute? The...
