...36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and which are still in force shall be deemed, as between the parties to the present Statute,...jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court. APPENDIX 2 US DECLARATION ACCEPTING ICJ OPTIONAL CLAUSE JURISDICTION, DEPOSITED 26 AUGUST...

...of its jurisdiction flows from article 36, paragraph 6, of the Statute, which records that: 21 "In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has...jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court." The use of the word "decision" could lead one to conclude that article 36, paragraph 6,...

...36 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and which are still in force shall be deemed, as between the parties to the present Statute,...have to run and in accordance with their terms. 6. Ln the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by...

...reservation was invalid, because it was contrary to Article 3fi1fi1 of the Statute, which provides; 'In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has...jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court'; moreover, since the reservation could not be severed from the rest of the acceptance, the...

...shall be deemed, as between the parties to the present Statute, to be acceptance of the compulsory B 37 Whenever a treaty or convention in force provides for reference of a matter to a tribunal to have...

...condition of reciprocity on the part of several or certain Members or States, or for a certain time. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has...jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court.64 Toward the end of 1921, eighteen states had made such declarations under the optional...

...Article 37. 4 Ibid., Article 36(2). 5 Article 36(6) of the Court's Statute expressly provides that 'in the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has...jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court'. 6 Charter of the United Nations, Article 96; Statute of the Court, Articles 65-68. contentious...

...provisions of the Montreal Convention.22 The matter does require some consideration. Which reads: "In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has...jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court." See, for example, J. Merrills, International Dispute Settlement (Cambridge: Grotius, 2nd...

...that the charter gave to the court in regard to its jurisdiction is contained in Article 36, clause 6: "In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court...has jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the Court." However, as we shall see, while the Court may have the legal right to settle jurisdictional...

...known). Article 36 (6) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice puts this tersely : "In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has...jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court." This requirement of consent goes further. It covers, in principle, how the parties shall...