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12 July 1954

 

General List No. 22

 
     

international Court of Justice

     
 

Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of United States of America

 
     

United States

 

v. 

Hungary

     
     
 

Order

 
     
     
     
 
BEFORE: President: Arnold D. McNair
   
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Citation: Treatment in Hungary of Aircraft and Crew of U.S., U.S. v. Hungary, Order, 1954 I.C.J. 99 (July 12)
 
     
 
 
     
 

[p99]

The International Court of Justice,

composed as above,

after deliberation,

having regard to Articles 36 and 48 of the Statute of the Court;

Makes the following Order :

Whereas on March 3rd, 1954, the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Netherlands filed in the Registry an Application dated February 16th, 1954, and signed by the Agent of the Government of the United States of America instituting proceedings before the Court against the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic, "on account of certain actions of the latter Government in concert with the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" ;[p100]

Whereas on the same day the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Netherlands filed in the Registry another Application dated February 16th, 1954, and signed by the Agent of the Government of the United States of America instituting proceedings before the Court against the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in respect of the same question, and the Government of the United States of America expressed a wish that the two Applications should be considered and dealt with together;

Whereas the Application instituting proceedings against the Hungarian People's Republic was duly communicated by the Registry on March 3rd, 1954. to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hungarian People's Republic ;

Whereas both Applications were duly communicated by the Registry to all the Members of the United Nations, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and to all other States entitled to appear before the Court ;

Whereas the Application instituting proceedings against the Hungarian People's Republic was directly communicated by the Registry on March 3rd, 1954, to the Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Netherlands and the Application of the United States of America instituting proceedings against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was communicated on the same day to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Hungarian People's Republic ;

Whereas the Application instituting proceedings against the Hungarian People's Republic contains the following paragraph :

"The United States Government, in filing this application with the Court, submits to the -Court's jurisdiction for the purposes of this case. The Hungarian Government appears not to have filed any declaration with the Court thus far, and although it was invited to do so by the United States Government in the Note annexed hereto it has not made any responsive reply to the invitation. The Hungarian Government is, however, qualified to submit to the jurisdiction of the Court in this matter and may upon notification of this application by the Registrar, in accordance with the Rules of the Court, take the necessary steps to enable the Court's jurisdiction over both parties to the dispute to be confirmed.

Thus the United States Government founds the jurisdiction of this Court on the foregoing considerations and on Article 36 (1) of the Statute."

Whereas in a letter dated June 14th, 1954, from the Chargé d'affaires of the Hungarian People's Republic in the Netherlands to the Registry it was stated that :

".... the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic is unable to submit in this case to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice" ;[p 101]

Whereas a copy of the above-mentioned letter was communicated to the Agent of the Government of the United States of America by a letter dated June 16th, 1954 ;

Whereas, in these circumstances, the Court finds that it has not before it any acceptance by the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic of the jurisdiction of the Court to deal with the dispute which is the subject of the Application submitted to it by the Government of the United States of America and that therefore it can take no further steps upon this Application ;

The Court

orders that the case shall be removed from the list.

Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-four, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the United States of America and to the Government of the Hungarian People's Republic, respectively.

(Signed) Arnold D. McNair,
President.

(Signed) Garnier-Coignet,
Deputy-Registrar.

 
     

 

 






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