Provisional Measures in the Case Concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Georgia v. Russian Federation)
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Göttingen University Press
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Göttingen Journal of International Law |
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Russia)</em>.<a name="_ftnref1" href="#_ftn1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " lang="EN-GB">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> By these measures, it instructed both Russia and Georgia to refrain from specified violations of the Convention,<a name="_ftnref2" href="#_ftn2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " lang="EN-GB">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> to do all in their power to prevent their public authorities from committing such violations, to facilitate humanitarian assistance, and to generally refrain from any action which might prejudice the rights under adjudication in the case. The Order of the Court was made by a vote of eight to seven, and gave rise to a Joint Dissenting Opinion by seven judges. Those judges expressed not only their dissent from the making of the Order, but also their disagreement with the majority’s finding of even <em>prima facie</em> jurisdiction.<a name="_ftnref3" href="#_ftn3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " lang="EN-GB">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span></p> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: " lang="EN-GB">The case has already raised a few interesting issues relating to the Court’s jurisdiction to indicate provisional measures, and to the interpretation of CERD. These issues were all hotly contested not only between the parties, but also between the judges of the ICJ. This note will give a brief overview of the decision of the Court, and will comment on some outstanding features of the different opinions expressed.</span> <div><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><br /> <hr size="1" /><!--[endif]--> <div id="ftn1"><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn1" href="#_ftnref1"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ">[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><em><span style="color: black;">Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination</span></em></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></span><em><span lang="EN-GB">(Georgia v. Russian Federation)</span></em><span lang="EN-US">, </span><span lang="EN-GB">Order of 15 October 2008 (<em>Georgia v. Russia</em>), available at http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/140/14801.pdf (last visited 10 December 2008).</span></p></div> <div id="ftn2"><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn2" href="#_ftnref2"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ">[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span>International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 21 December 1965, 660 U.N.T.S. 195 (hereinafter CERD). On the measures indicated by the Court, see further Section D below.</span></p></div> <div id="ftn3"><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a name="_ftn3" href="#_ftnref3"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ">[3]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB"> <span> </span><em>Georgia v. Russia</em> (see, <em>supra</em>, note 1), Joint Dissenting Opinion of Vice-President Al-Khasawneh and Judges Ranjeva, Shi, Koroma, Tomka, Bennouna and Skotnikov, esp. para. 23 (Joint Dissenting Opinion) available at http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/ files/140/14805.pdf (last visited 10 December 2008).</span></p></div></div> |
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| ISSN: | 1868-1581 |