AGLC4 Rule 10.4.1: Unreported Materials: Decisions

An unreported ICJ decision is cited by case name, parties and phase, then a bracket giving the court, the general list number from the page where the judgment begins, and the full date of the judgment, then a paragraph pinpoint. Because paragraph numbering usually restarts in a separate or dissenting opinion, a pinpoint into an opinion must identify the judge.

AGLC4 page 167

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 167
Case Name (Parties’ Names) (Phase) (International Court of Justice, General List No Number, Full Date) Pinpoint.

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The case name, parties and phase are italic, each bracket italic, as under rule 10.2.
  • The court details go in one roman round bracket: International Court of Justice in full, a comma, General List No with no full stop and the number, a comma, and the full date.
  • The date is the date of the judgment, written day, month in full, year.
  • Paragraph pinpoints in square brackets follow the bracket after a single space.
  • A judge's name may follow the pinpoint in round brackets under rule 10.2.8, and must do so where the pinpoint is into an opinion.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 167
  1. 30
    Certain Questions of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Djibouti v France) (Judgment) (International Court of Justice, General List No 136, 4 June 2008).
  2. 31
    Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v Nicaragua) (Judgment) (International Court of Justice, General List No 133, 13 July 2009) [34].
  3. 32
    Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and Southern Ledge (Malaysia v Singapore) (Judgment) (International Court of Justice, General List No 130, 23 May 2008) [8] (Judge Parra-Aranguren).

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.