CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Declarations recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice under Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court 15 October 1946 Status : States parties having accepted the jurisdiction of the Court: 75. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 : Note : Declarations under Article 35, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Court as implemented by Security Council Resolution 9 (1946) of 15 October 1946 are deposited with the Registrar of the Court. For those declarations, see United Nations, Treaty Series, or the Yearbooks of the Court . States which have made declarations under Article 36, paragraph 2 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice or whose declarations made under Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice are deemed to be acceptances of the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. (See paragraph 5 of Article 36 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.) (State names which appear in backets are States having made declarations recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice for specified periods of time and which have been terminated or have since expired. For an explanation thereof, see endnotes at the end of this chapter.) 10 Participant Australia Austria Barbados Belgium [Bolivia 3 ] Botswana [Brazil 3 ] Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada [Colombia 6 , 11 ] Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cyprus Democratic Republic of the Congo 12 Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic 11 Egypt [El Salvador 3 ] Equatorial Guinea Estonia Eswatini Finland [France 7 ] Gambia Georgia Germany Greece [Guatemala 3 ] Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti 11 Honduras Hungary Iceland India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Ireland [Israel 9 ] Italy Japan [Kenya 13 ] Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg 11 Madagascar Malawi Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico [Nauru 3 ] Netherlands (Kingdom of the) New Zealand Nicaragua 11 Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama 11 Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal 14 Romania Senegal [Serbia 5 , 8 ] Slovakia Somalia [South Africa 4 ] Spain Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland [Thailand 3 ] Timor-Leste Togo [Turkey 3 ] Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [United States of America 2 ] Uruguay 11 Close Window Texts of the declarations (The date shown after the name of the State indicates the date of deposit of the declaration.) a) Declarations made under Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the International Court of Justice Australia 15 Australia 15 22 March 2002 “The Government of Australia declares that it recognises as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other State accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in conformity with paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the Statute of the Court, until such time as notice may be given to the Secretary-General of the United Nations withdrawing this declaration. This declaration is effective immediately. This declaration does not apply to: (a) any dispute in regard to which the parties thereto have agreed or shall agree to have recourse to some other method of peaceful settlement; (b) any dispute concerning or relating to the delimitation of maritime zones, including the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, or arising out of, concerning, or relating to the exploitation of any disputed area of or adjacent to any such maritime zone pending its delimitation; (c) any dispute in respect of which any other party to the dispute has accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court only in relation to or for the purpose of the dispute; or where the acceptance of the Court's compulsory jurisdiction on behalf of any other party to the dispute was deposited less than 12 months prior to the filing of the application bringing the dispute before the Court. DONE at Canberra this 21st day of March two thousand and two. (Signed) Alexander John Gosse Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Austria 16 Austria 16 19 May 1971 I hereby declare that the Republic of Austria recognizes as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other State which accepts or has accepted the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in all legal disputes referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice. This Declaration does not apply to any dispute in respect of which the parties thereto have agreed or shall agree to have recourse to other means of peaceful settlement for its final and binding decision. This Declaration shall remain in force for a period of five years and thereafter until it will be terminated or modified by a written declaration. Done at Vienna on 28 April 1971. (Signed) Franz Jonas The Federal President Barbados 17 Barbados 17 1 August 1980 “I have the honour to declare on behalf of the Government of Barbados that - “The Government of Barbados accepts as compulsory, ipso facto , and without special agreement, on condition of reciprocity, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in conformity with paragraph 2 of Article 36 [of the Statute] of the Court until such time as notice might be given to terminate the acceptance, over all disputes arising after the declaration is made, other than: (a) disputes in regard to which parties have agreed or shall agree to have recourse to some other method of peaceful settlement; (b) disputes with the Government of any other country which is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, all of which disputes shall be settled in such manner as the parties have agreed or shall agree; (c) disputes with regard to questions which by international law fall exclusively within the jurisdiction of Barbados; (d) disputes arising out of or concerning jurisdiction or rights claimed or exercised by Barbados in respect of the conservation, management or exploitation of the living resources of the Sea, or in respect of the prevention or control of pollution or contamination of the marine environment in marine areas adjacent to the coast of Barbados. “Accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. ( Signed ) H.deB. Forde Minister of External Affairs”

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