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Australia and Contentious Cases Table of Australia and ICJ Contentious Cases, including relevant links Compiled by the Project on Australia and the International Court of Justice, Melbourne Law School February 2019 Contact: [email protected] Official Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v. France) Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru East Timor (Portugal v Australia) Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Questions relating to the Seizure and Citation [1974] ICJ Rep 457 (Nauru v. Australia) [1992] ICJ Rep 240 [1995] ICJ Rep 90 Japan: New Zealand Intervening) Detention of Certain Documents and [2014] ICJ Rep 226 Data (Timor-Leste v. Australia) [2015] ICJ Rep 147 Australia’s Applicant Respondent Respondent Applicant Respondent Appearance Overview Overview of the Case Overview of the Case Overview of the Case Overview of the Case Overview of the Case Australia’s - Application Instituting Proceedings - Counter-Memorial of Australia - Counter-Memorial of Australia - Application instituting proceedings - Written observations of Australia on Written - Request for the indication of Interim - Preliminary Objections of - Rejoinder of Australia - Memorial of Australia Timor-Leste's Request for Submissions Measures of Protection of Australia Australia - Written observations of Australia on provisional measures - Memorial on Jurisdiction and the Declaration of Intervention by - Written Undertaking by the Admissibility submitted of Australia New Zealand Attorney-General of Australia dated - Written answer of Australia to the - Statement of Mr Marc Mangel 21 January 2014 question posed by Judge Gros at the (expert called by Australia) - Counter-Memorial of Australia hearing of 25 May 1973 - Statement of Mr Nick Gales (expert called by Australia) - Statement of Mr. Nick Gales (expert called by Australia) in response to the statement submitted by Mr. Lars Walløe (expert called by Japan) - Statement of Mr. Marc Mangel (expert called by Australia) in response to the statement submitted by Mr. Lars Walløe (expert called by Japan) Australia’s - Verbatim record 1973 - Verbatim record 1991/15 - Verbatim record 1995/7 - Verbatim record 2013/7 - Verbatim record 2014/2 Oral - Verbatim record 1974 - Verbatim record 1991/16 - Verbatim record 1995/8 - Verbatim record 2013/8 - Verbatim record 2014/4 Submissions - Verbatim record 1991/17 - Verbatim record 1995/9 - Verbatim record 2013/9 - Verbatim record 1991/21 - Verbatim record 1995/10 - Verbatim record 2013/10 - Verbatim record 1995/11 - Verbatim record 2013/11 - Verbatim record 1995/14 - Verbatim record 2013/18 - Verbatim record 1995/15 - Verbatim record 2013/19 - Verbatim record 2013/20 Judgment Judgment of 20 December 1974 Discontinuance Order of 13 Judgment of 30 June 1995 Judgment of 31 March 2014 Discontinuance Order of 11 June 2015 September 1993 Australian Dissenting Opinion of Judge ad hoc Sir Judge ad hoc Sir Ninian Stephen Separate Opinion of Judge ad hoc Dissenting opinion of Judge ad hoc Judges Garfield Barwick --- joining in the majority Charlesworth Callinan (Request for the indication of provisional measures) Declaration of Judge ad hoc Callinan .
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