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24 January 2011

 

General List No. 146

 
     

international Court of Justice

     
     
     

Judgment No. 2867 Of The Administrative Tribunal Of The International Labour Organization Upon A Complaint Filed Against The International Fund For Agricultural Development

 

 

 

     
     
 

Order

 
     
     
     
 
BEFORE: Vice-President: Owada
   
PermaLink: http://www.worldcourts.com/icj/eng/decisions/2011.01.24_agricultural_development.htm
   
Citation: Judgment No. 2867 Of The Admin. Tribunal Of The Int’l Labour Org. Upon A Complaint Filed Against The Int’l Fund For Agric. Dev., 2011 I.C.J. (Order of Jan. 24)
 
     
 
 
     
 

The President of the International Court of Justice,

Having regard to Articles 48 and 66, paragraph 4, of the Statute of the Court, and to Article 105, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Court,

Having regard to the request for an advisory opinion submitted on 26 April 2010 by the International Fund for Agricultural Development on questions concerning the Judgment No. 2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization upon a complaint filed against the Fund,

Having regard to the Order made by the Court on 29 April 2010, fixing 29 October 2010 as the time-limit within which written statements might be submitted, in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 2, of the Statute, on the question laid before the Court for advisory opinion, and 31 January 2011 as the time-limit within which States and organizations having presented written statements might submit, in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 4, of the Statute, written comments on the other written statements,

Having regard to the same Order whereby the Court decided that the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development should transmit to the Court any statement setting forth the views of the complainant in the proceedings against the Fund before the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization which the said complainant might wish to bring to the attention of the Court, and fixed 29 October 2010 as the time-limit within which any possible statement by the complainant who is the subject of the judgment might be presented to the Court and 31 January 2011 as the time-limit within which any possible comments by the complainant might be presented to the Court;

Whereas the General Counsel of IFAD, on 19 October 2010, submitted a written statement of the Fund and, on 26 October 2010, a statement setting forth the views of the complainant in the proceedings against the Fund before the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization, within the time-limits fixed by the Court for those purposes;

Whereas on 28 October 2010 the Ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands submitted a written statement of the Government of Bolivia, within the time-limit fixed by the Court for that purpose;

Whereas by a letter dated 21 January 2011 and received in the Registry on the same day, the General Counsel of the Fund, referring to forthcoming consultations between the Fund and the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, relating to the very subject-matter of the proceedings before the Court, requested that the time-limit for the submission of written comments be extended to 11 March 2011, in order that comments on behalf of the Fund might be submitted “immediately following such consultations and after the thirty-fourth session of the IFAD Governing Council . . . and the first session of the Consultation for the Ninth Replenishment of the Resources of the Fund . . . ”,

Extends to 11 March 2011 the time-limit within which written comments may be submitted on the other written statements, in accordance with Article 66, paragraph 4, of the Statute of the Court, as well as the time-limit within which any possible comments by the complainant may be presented to the Court; and

Reserves the subsequent procedure for further decision.

Done in English and in French, the English text being authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand and eleven.

(Signed) Hisashi OWADA,
President.

(Signed) Philippe COUVREUR,
Registrar.

 

 
     

 

 






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