Review of the Role of the International Court of Justice

A/RES/2818(XXVI)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1972.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1971–1975

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/3232(XXIX)

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1975	A/RES/3232(XXIX)	Review of the role of the International Court of Justice	584	18%Compare
1972	A/RES/2818(XXVI)	Review of the role of the International Court of Justice	354	29%Compare
1971	A/RES/2723(XXV)	Review of the role of the International Court of Justice	225	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Dispute Settlement Information Transfer International Courts Meeting Records Questionnaires Rules and Regulations

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Invites Member States and States parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice which have not yet been able to do so to transmit to the Secretary-General, by 1 July 1972, their comments on the questionnaire prepared in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2723 (XXV);

Requests the Secretary-General to submit those comments to the General Assembly at its twenty-seventh session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Court the above-mentioned report,10 together with the summary records of the discussions held in the Sixth Committee on this subject at the twenty-sixth session;

Invites the Court to submit its views on the matter if it so desires;

Expresses the hope that the Court will complete the revision of its Rules as soon as possible;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its twenty-seventh session an item entitled "Review of the role of the Intemational Court of Justice".

15 December 1971.

9 Of]icial Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/8419).

10 A/8382 and Add.1-4.

11 A/8474.

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