Part
XV of the Law of the Sea Convention
Part
VIII of the UN Fish Stocks Agreement
Settlement of Disputes
Overview of the relevant law and structure from the UN's Oceans and the Law of the Sea pages. Includes list
of:
International
Law and the International Court of Justice
Overview of the relevant international law from the UN's 50th
Anniversary Guide to the Court.
The Dispute Settlement Mechanism of
UNCLOS: A Potentially Important Provision for Marine Wildlife Management
Article by Howard Schiffman, originally appearing in the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy (in pdf).
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International
Court of Justice |
International
Court of Justice
Homepage of the ICJ's excellent site (also in French).
The site has a number of sections, as follows:
General information
Basic Documents
What is new at the ICJ
Including all recent press releases.
List
of all cases brought before the Court
Information on all cases (both contentious and advisory), with copies of
orders and judgments and other relevant documentation for the more recent ones and summaries of judgments of the
older cases.
For more information on cases relating to fisheries, see below.
Current docket of the Court
Information on
all pending cases before the Court, including the current status of cases, relevant press communiqués and any pleadings or preliminary decisions so far
made or given.
Publications
Information on how to order further ICJ publications.
Other ICJ sites:
50th
Anniversary Guide to the Court
On-line version of the UN's handbook to the Court, providing an overview of its history,
composition, jurisdiction, procedure and decisions.
Max Planck Virtual Institute: World
Court Digest
Material from the Max Planck
Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.
The
Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Development of the
Law of the Sea
by
Barbara Kwiatkowska, NILOS On-Line Paper,
January 2001
The
Law of the Sea Related Cases in the International Court of Justice
during the Presidency of Judge Stephen M. Schwebel (1997-2000)
by Barbara Kwiatkowska, Utrecht University,
September 2000
Fisheries
Jurisdiction case (Spain v. Canada) (1995-1998)
Information, documentation and press releases on the ICJ
Website concerning this case, including the judgment (and separate
and dissenting opinions) delivered in December 1998.
Includes:
Fisheries
Jurisdiction case (Federal Republic of Germany v. Iceland) (1972-1974)
Judgments on jurisdiction and the merits and other links in the Compendium of Fisheries
Cases.
Fisheries
Jurisdiction case (United Kingdom v. Iceland) (1972-1974)
Judgments on jurisdiction and the merits and other links in the Compendium of Fisheries cases.
Fisheries case
(United
Kingdom v. Norway) (1949-1950)
Judgment
and links in the Compendium of Fisheries cases.
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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
International
Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Relevant Resolutions:
Resolution 52/251: Agreement on Cooperation and Relationship between the
United Nations and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1998)
Conflicts
Between the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the
International Court of Justice
Article by Tullio
Treves in the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics.
Interpreting
at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Article by
George Drummond, AIIC September 2000.
The
Judgments, declarations, separate and dissenting opinions, verbatim
records and related press releases of these cases are reproduced on the
ITLOS
website.
These documents are also reproduced or linked to in the
Compendium
of Fisheries Cases on this website, which also contains additional
links.
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Other
dispute settlement bodies |
Project
on International Courts and Tribunals
Major reference source for
information on the settlement of international disputes. Among other
things, it Includes a News
section, information on cases
and more links.
World
Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body and Appellate Body
Other selected courts:
For a bigger selection,
try the AUSTLII
World Court links page.
  
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