The Statute of the International Court of Justice A Commentary

Andreas Zimmermann, Professor of International and European Law, University of Potsdam,Christian J. Tams, Chair of International Law, University of Glasgow

Professor Dr. Andreas Zimmermann is Professor at the University of Potsdam and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights; Dr. jur. (Heidelberg), LL.M. (Harvard); adviser German delegation United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; member Permanent Court of Arbitration; counsel in various cases before the ICJ and arbitral tribunals; judge ad hoc European Court of Human Rights (until 2018); member advisory boards on UN issues and on public international law German Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of the advisory committee on international humanitarian law of the German Red Cross; member of the Human Rights Committee.

Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, where he directs the LLM in international law. He is a qualified lawyer in Germany (admitted in 2005) and holds LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge. His research in international law focuses on the settlement of international disputes, the law of State responsibility and investment arbitration. In addition to his academic work, Professor Tams practices international law as an academic member of Matrix Chambers, London, with a focus on inter-State disputes and investment arbitration.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
General Introduction, Tomka
Historical Introduction, Spiermann
PART TWO: RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE UN CHARTER
Article 2, para. 3 UN Charter, Caron/Tomuschat
Article 7 UN Charter, Gowlland-Debbas/Forteau
Article 33 UN Charter, Caron/Tomuschat
Article 36 UN Charter, Giegerich
Article 92 UN Charter, Chesterman/Oellers-Frahm
Article 93 UN Charter, Oellers-Frahm/Zimmermann
Article 94 UN Charter, Tams
Article 95 UN Charter, Finke
Article 96 UN Charter, d'Argent
PART THREE: STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Article 1, Chesterman/Gowlland-Debbas
Chapter I. Organization of the Court
Article 2, Aznar/Methymaki
Article 3, Aznar/Boos
Article 4, Georget
Article 5, Georget
Article 6, Georget
Article 7, Georget
Article 8, Georget
Article 9, Fassbender
Article 10, Fassbender
Article 11, Fassbender
Article 12, Fassbender
Article 13, Dugard
Article 14, Dugard
Article 15, Dugard
Article 16, Couvreur
Article 17, Couvreur
Article 18, Anderson/Wordsworth
Article 19, Anderson/Wordsworth
Article 20, Khan
Article 21, Shaw
Article 22, Shaw
Article 23, Ollivier
Article 24, Jennings/Couvreur
Article 25, Palchetti
Article 26, Palchetti
Article 27, Palchetti
Article 28, Palchetti
Article 29, Palchetti
Article 30, Thirlway
Article 31, Kooijmans/Bordin
Article 32, Esposito
Article 33, Esposito
Relationship of the ICJ with Other International Courts and Tribunals, Gaja
Chapter II. Competence of the Court
Article 34, Dupuy/Hoss
Article 35, Zimmermann
Article 36, Tomuschat
Article 37, Simma/Richemond-Barak
Article 38, Pellet/Muller
General Principles of Procedural Law, Kolb
Chapter III. Procedure
Article 39, Kohen
Article 40, Yee
Counter-Claims Article 80 of the Rules, Murphy
Article 41, Oellers-Frahm/Zimmermann
Article 42, Berman/Hernandez
Article 43, Macak
Article 44, Walter
Article 45, Yee
Article 46, von Schorlemer/Tzanakopoulos
Article 47, von Schorlemer/Tzanakopoulos
Article 48, Torres Bernardez/Moise Mbengue
Evidentiary Issues, Benzing
Article 49, Tams/Devaney
Article 50, Tams/Devaney
Article 51, Tams
Article 52, Tams
Article 53, von Mangoldt/Zimmermann
Article 54, Fassbender
Article 55, Fassbender
Article 56, Damrosch
Article 57, Hofmann/Karl
Article 58, Khan
Article 59, Brown
Discontinuance and Withdrawal, Wegen
Article 60, Zimmermann/Thienel
Article 61, Zimmermann/Geiss
Article 62, Miron/Chinkin
Article 63, Miron/Chinkin
Article 64, Esposito
Chapter IV. Advisory Opinions
Article 65, d'Argent
Article 66, Paulus
Article 67, Paulus
Article 68, Cot/Wittich
Chapter V. Amendment
Article 69, Karl
Article 70, Karl