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[p102]
The President of the International Court of Justice,
having regard to Articles 40 and 48 of the Statute of the Court,
having regard to Articles 32 and 37 of the Rules of Court;
Whereas by a letter dated July 9th, 1957, received in the Registry on July
10th, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands transmitted to the
Registry an Application of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
of the same date instituting proceedings before the Court against the
Kingdom of Sweden in the matter of the guardianship of an infant;
Whereas the Application refers to Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute
and to the acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court by the
Kingdom of Sweden and by the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
Whereas by the said letter dated July 9th, 1957, the Minister for Foreign
Affairs of the Netherlands notified the appointment of Mr. W. Riphagen as
Agent for the Government of the Netherlands;
Whereas the text of the Application and of the letter from the Minister for
Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands was communicated, on July 10th, 1957, to
the Swedish Ambassador to the Netherlands, in accordance with Article 40,
paragraph 2, of the Statute and Article 33, paragraph 1, of the Rules of
Court; [p103]
Whereas in a letter dated July 18th, 1957, the Swedish Ambassador to the
Netherlands stated that the Application had been received by his Government;
Whereas by a letter of July 20th, 1957, the Swedish Minister of Justice
acting Minister for Foreign Affairs notified the appointment of Mr. Sven
Dahlman, Swedish Ambassador to the Netherlands, as Agent for the Government
of the Kingdom of Sweden;
After ascertaining the views of the Parties,
Fixes as follows the time-limits for the filing of the Pleadings:
for the Memorial of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands:
November 30th, 1957;
for the Counter-Memorial of the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden: March
31st, 1958;
And reserves the rest of the procedure for further decision.
Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the
Peace Palace, The Hague, this nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine
hundred and fifty-seven, in three copies, one of which will be placed in the
archives of the Court and the others transmitted to the Government of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands and to the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden,
respectively.
(Signed) Green H. Hackworth,
President.
(Signed) Garnier-Coignet,
Deputy-Registrar. |
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