Case 1: 20150310 Marshall Islands v. India (Jurisdiction)

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), principal judicial organ of the UN, holds hearings from 7-16 March 2016 in three distinct cases filedby the Republic of the Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom, with regard to Obligations concerning Negotiations relating to Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race and to Nuclear Disarmament (preliminary phase).

LaCour internationale de Justice (CIJ, organe judiciaire principal des Nations Unies) tient du 7 au 16 mars 2016 des audiences publiques dans trois affaires distinctes introduites par les Iles Marshall contre l’Inde, le Pakistan et le Royaume-Uni, concernantdes Obligations relatives à des négociations concernant la cessation de la course aux armes nucléaires et le désarmement nucléaire (phase préliminaire).

Background: On 24 April 2014, the Republic of the Marshall Islands simultaneously filed in the Registry of the Court separate Applications against nine States (in alphabetical order: China, theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America) accusing them of not fulfilling their obligations with respect to thecessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament. While these nine Applications all relate to the same matter, the Republic of the Marshall Islands distinguishes between those three States (India, Pakistan and the United Kingdomof Great Britain and Northern Ireland) which have recognized the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court (pursuant to Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court), and those which have not done so. Within each of these two groups, the Republic of theMarshall Islands further distinguishes between those States which have currently ratified the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (hereafter: “NPT”), and those which have not done so. The Republic of the Marshall Islands recalls that it acceded tothat Treaty as a Party on 30 January 1995.

Links to documents: More information on the 2014 claim: http://www.icj-cij.org/presscom/files/0/18300.pdf Case 1: Marshall Islands v. India: case file here: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=1&code=miind&case=158&k=2a Case 2: Marshall Islands v. Pakistan: case file here: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=1&code=mipak&case=159&k=fc Case 3: Marshall Islands v. UK: case file here: http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=1&code=miuk&case=160&k=ef

Case-by-case schedule for the hearings/Programme complet des audiences, affaire par affaire:



Case 1: Marshall Islands v. India (Jurisdiction) Monday 7 March 2016 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Thursday 10 March 2016 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Monday 14 March 2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Wednesday 16 March 2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Case 2: Marshall Islands v. Pakistan (Jurisdiction and admissibility) Tuesday 8 March 2016 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Case 3: Marshall Islands v. United Kingdom (Preliminary objections) Wednesday 9 March 2016 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Friday 11 March 2016 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Monday 14 March 2016 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Wednesday 16 March 2016 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Main Speakers: ICJ President: H.E. Judge Ronny Abraham (France) Président de la CIJ: S. Exc. M. le juge Ronny Abraham (France) Name of the Agents/Noms des Agents: Marshall Islands/Iles Marshall: Mr Tony de Brum (Co-Agent) and Mr. Phon van den Biesen (Co-Agent) India/Inde: Dr. Neeru Chadha United Kingdom/Royaume-Uni: Mr Iain Macleod

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For more information, please contact: Boris Heim, attaché d’information (CIJ)/Information Officer (ICJ) at the following e-mail address : b.heim@icj-cij.org