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BEFORE: |
President: J. G. Guerrero |
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https://www.worldcourts.com/icj/eng/decisions/1949.04.09_corfu2.htm |
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Citation: |
Corfu Channel, U.K. v. Albania, Order, 1949 I.C.J.
171 (Apr. 9) |
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Represented By: |
United Kingdom:
Sir E. Beckett, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Office;
Sir Hartley Shawcross, Attorney-General;
Sir Frank Soskice, Solicitor-General;
Mr. C. H. M. Waldock, Professor;
Mr. R. O. Wilberforce;
Mr. J. Mervyn Jones;
Mr. M. E. Reed;
Albania:
M.Kahreman Ylli, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of
Albania in Paris;
M.Behar Stylla, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of
Albania in Paris;
M. Pierre Cot, Professor;
Maitre Joe Nordmann;
Maitre Marc Jacquier;
Maitre Paul Villard. |
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[p171]
The International Court of Justice,
After deliberation,
Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court,
Makes the following Order:
Having regard to the Judgment delivered this day in the Corfu Channel case
(Merits), whereby the Court reserves for further consideration the
assessment of the amount of compensation due from the People's Republic of
Albania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Whereas the United Kingdom Government, in its Memorial filed on October 1st,
1947, stated the various sums claimed by it in respect of compensation,
The Court,
subject to the right of the Parties to avail themselves of Article 68 of the
Rules of Court,
Fixes
Saturday, June 25th, 1949, as the time-limit for the Government of the
People's Republic of Albania to submit observations on the amount demanded
from it; [p172]
and Monday, July 25th, 1949, as the time-limit for the Government of the
United Kingdom to reply to these observations;
and Thursday, August 25th, 1949, as the time-limit for the Government of the
People's Republic of Albania to reply;
the further procedure, including the appointment of experts in case of
agreement being reached by the Parties both as to the subject of the expert
opinion and as to the names of the experts, will be regulated by Order of
the Acting President of the Court.
Done in French and in English, the French text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-nine, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives
of the Court, and the others transmitted to the Governments of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the People's Republic
of Albania respectively.
(Signed) J.G.Guerrero, Acting President.
(Signed) E.Hambro,
Registrar. |
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