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List of contents
- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
- General Introduction
- Historical Introduction
- PART TWO: RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE UN CHARTER
- Article 2, para. 3 UN Charter
- Article 7 UN Charter
- Article 33 UN Charter
- Article 36 UN Charter
- Article 92 UN Charter
- Article 93 UN Charter
- Article 94 UN Charter
- Article 95 UN Charter
- Article 96 UN Charter
- PART THREE: STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
- Article 1
- Chapter I. Organization of the Court
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- Article 6
- Article 7
- Article 8
- Article 9
- Article 10
- Article 11
- Article 12
- Article 13
- Article 14
- Article 15
- Article 16
- Article 17
- Article 18
- Article 19
- Article 20
- Article 21
- Article 22
- Article 23
- Article 24
- Article 25
- Article 26
- Article 27
- Article 28
- Article 29
- Article 30
- Article 31
- Article 32
- Article 33
- Relationship of the ICJ with Other International Courts and Tribunals
- Chapter II. Competence of the Court
- Article 34
- Article 35
- Article 36
- Article 37
- Article 38
- General Principles of Procedural Law
- Chapter III. Procedure
- Article 39
- Article 40
- Counter-Claims Article 80 of the Rules
- Article 41
- Article 42
- Article 43
- Article 44
- Article 45
- Article 46
- Article 47
- Article 48
- Evidentiary Issues
- Article 49
- Article 50
- Article 51
- Article 52
- Article 53
- Article 54
- Article 55
- Article 56
- Article 57
- Article 58
- Article 59
- Discontinuance and Withdrawal
- Article 60
- Article 61
- Article 62
- Article 63
- Article 64
- Chapter IV. Advisory Opinions
- Article 65
- Article 66
- Article 67
- Article 68
- Chapter V. Amendment
- Article 69
- Article 70
About the author
Professor Dr. Andreas Zimmermann is Professor at the University of Potsdam and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights; Dr. jur. (Heidelberg), LL.M. (Harvard); adviser German delegation United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; member Permanent Court of Arbitration; counsel in various cases before the ICJ and arbitral tribunals; judge ad hoc European Court of Human Rights (until 2018); member advisory boards on UN issues and on public international law German Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of the advisory committee on international humanitarian law of the German Red Cross; member of the Human Rights Committee.
Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, where he directs the LLM in international law. He is a qualified lawyer in Germany (admitted in 2005) and holds LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge. His research in international law focuses on the settlement of international disputes, the law of State responsibility and investment arbitration. In addition to his academic work, Professor Tams practices international law as an academic member of Matrix Chambers, London, with a focus on inter-State disputes and investment arbitration.
Summary
This comprehensive Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice analyses in detail the Statute of the Court, and the related provisions of the UN Charter and of the Court's Rules of Procedure. The expertise of its authors, and the depth of its analysis, make this a landmark publication in the field of international law.
