Jurisdiction of Specific International Tribunals

CONTENTS......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 14
Table of Cases......Page 20
CHAPTER 1 PROLOGUE......Page 48
The Consent by the Parties......Page 58
(i) Consent in More than One Step Required......Page 61
(ii) Form of Consent......Page 64
(iii) The Relationship of Consent to Inherent Jurisdiction......Page 66
(iv) Parameters of Consent......Page 67
La Compétence de la Compétence......Page 69
Compétence to Settle Disputes......Page 80
A. The Judgment on Compétence and Res judicata......Page 83
B. Identifying Matters of Compétence......Page 84
C. Time for Raising Issues of Compétence......Page 85
(i) Multiple Sources......Page 86
(ii) Validity in Time......Page 88
(iii) Termination of Validity......Page 89
E. Fundamental Limitations on the Scope of Primary Jurisdiction......Page 90
(i) The Need for a Dispute which is Legal......Page 91
(iii) Mootness or Absence of Object
......Page 95
(v) The Rule in the Monetary Gold Case......Page 97
F. Jurisdiction under the Optional Clause......Page 102
(i) The Content of Article 36(2) and (3)......Page 105
(ii) Reciprocity......Page 110
(iii) Reservations......Page 114
(a) Content and Application of Reservations Ratione Materiae......Page 116
(b) Subjective Reservations......Page 120
(c) Reservations Ratione Temporis......Page 122
(iv) The Validity of Declarations and Reservations......Page 129
(v) Interpretation of Declarations and Reservations – Special Considerations......Page 137
G. Forum Prorogatum......Page 141
(i) General Considerations......Page 142
(ii) The Principle and its Evolution......Page 143
(iii) The Maturation of Consent or Agreement
......Page 145
(iv) Procedure Evolved......Page 154
(v) Conclusion......Page 155
H. Exercise of Compétence and Discretion......Page 156
I. Proof of Compétence......Page 157
Recevabilité (Admissibility)......Page 158
(a) Grounds for Inadmissibility......Page 161
(i) General......Page 162
(ii) Nationality of Claims......Page 165
(iii) Exhaustion of Local Remedies......Page 166
(b) Waiver and Estoppel......Page 167
(ii) Implied Waiver......Page 168
(iii) The Principles of Estoppel and Good Faith......Page 172
(c) Time for Raising Objections to Admissibility......Page 174
Incidental Jurisdiction......Page 175
(1) Consent of the Principal Parties......Page 178
(2) Other Requirements......Page 184
(3) Scope and Procedures......Page 188
B. Interim Measures......Page 191
(1) Basis of Jurisdiction......Page 192
(2) The Principles Underlying the Exercise of the Jurisdiction......Page 199
(3) The Legal Effect of Orders of Interim Measures......Page 207
Jurisdiction in Regard to Remedies......Page 211
(1) Res Judicata and Finality......Page 225
(2) Review......Page 233
(3) Fraud and Corruption......Page 236
(4) Rectifi cation......Page 237
(5) Interpretation......Page 238
CHAPTER 3 THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: ADVISORY JURISDICTION......Page 246
(A) The Limitation that Requests must be Within the Scope of an Organization's Activities......Page 252
(i) Abstract or Political Nature......Page 263
(ii) Object and Purpose......Page 267
(iii) The Relevance of Hypothetical Answers......Page 268
(v) Questions of Fact......Page 269
(D) The Judicial Character of the Court......Page 272
(E) The Exercise of the Discretion to Give an Opinion: The Court's Status as a Principal Organ......Page 283
(i) Interpretation......Page 289
(ii) Revision......Page 290
(G) Advisory Opinions to Review UNAT and ILOAT Judgments......Page 292
The Dispute Settlement System of the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention......Page 302
(b) Compétence Ratione Personae......Page 317
(d) Compétence Ratione Temporis......Page 319
(e) The Requirement of Consent......Page 320
(i) Provisional Measures......Page 322
(ii) The "Prompt Release" Exception......Page 326
(g) Recevabilité (Admissibility)......Page 329
(h) Jurisdiction in Respect of Remedies......Page 339
(i) Reopening Cases......Page 341
( j) The Special Jurisdiction of the Seabed Disputes Chamber (SBDC)......Page 342
(1) Fundamental Considerations......Page 346
(a) General......Page 350
(b) The Commonwealth Secretariat International Tribunal Case......Page 358
(a) Compétence Ratione Temporis......Page 362
(b) Compétence Ratione Personae......Page 363
(c) Compétence Ratione Materiae......Page 368
(i) Mandatory Nature of Time-Limits......Page 373
(ii) Extension by Agreement between the Parties......Page 375
(iii) Exceptional Circumstances......Page 376
(iv) The Terminus a Quo......Page 377
(i) Insufficient Clarity of Grounds......Page 378
(ii) Agreement of Release......Page 379
(iii) Scope of Claims......Page 380
(iv) Exhaustion of Internal Remedies......Page 381
(v) Inappropriate Respondent......Page 384
Introduction......Page 386
(1) Compétence Ratione Loci......Page 390
(2) Compétence Ratione Temporis......Page 392
(3) Restrictions on Acceptances of Jurisdiction Pursuant to Former Articles 25 and 46......Page 393
(A) Inter-state Applications......Page 395
(B) Individual Applications......Page 398
(C) Passive Legitimation with Regard to Both Kinds of Applications......Page 411
(5) Compétence Ratione Materiae......Page 415
(1) The Application Must not be Anonymous......Page 418
(2) The Application Must not Constitute an Abuse of the Right of Complaint......Page 419
(3) The Application Must not be Substantially the Same as a Matter Which has Already been Examined by the Court (or Commission) or has Already been Submitted to Another Procedure of International Investigation or Settlement unless it Contains Relevant New Information......Page 422
(4) The Application Must not be Incompatible with the Provisions of the Convention......Page 426
(5) The Application Must not be Manifestly Ill-founded......Page 428
(a) Basic Considerations......Page 432
(b) The Relevance of the Direct Injury......Page 441
(c) Jurisdictional Connection......Page 442
(d) Scope of the Rule......Page 444
(e) Limitations on the Rule......Page 455
(f) Raising the Objection Based on Domestic Remedies......Page 461
(g) The Time at which Remedies Must be Exhausted......Page 463
(h) The Continuing Situation
......Page 464
(7) The Six-months Rule......Page 466
Interim Measures......Page 471
Remedies......Page 472
Reopening Cases......Page 473
Concluding Observations......Page 477
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Context......Page 480
Interpretation......Page 485
La Compétence de la Compétence......Page 488
(i) Consent......Page 489
(ii) Forum Prorogatum as Consent......Page 494
(iii) Compétence Ratione Materiae......Page 495
(iv) Compétence Ratione Personae......Page 507
Admissibility (Recevabilité)......Page 534
Incidental Jurisdiction – Provisional Measures......Page 535
Reopening Cases......Page 539
(a) The Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU)......Page 552
(b) The WTO Organs Involved in Dispute Settlement......Page 561
(a) La Compétence de la Compétence......Page 570
(b) Compétence Ratione Personae......Page 571
(c) Subject Matter and Related Jurisdiction......Page 582
(d) Jurisdiction on Appeal, and Scope of Review, of the Appellate Body......Page 596
(e) Jurisdiction Relating to Remedies for Breach of WTO Law......Page 602
(g) Reopening Cases......Page 605
CHAPTER 9 EPILOGUE......Page 608
INDEX......Page 612