Citations for International Law Cases

General rule: DO NOT USE Supra, but Id. may be used when proper

Use only the official websites.

WORLD COURT DECISIONS

 International Court of Justice
 Permanent Court of Justice

FORMAT:

(Case title) ((abbreviated names of parties, if relevant)), (matter of decision), (type of court document,
if relevant), (volume number), (reporter), (first page of the report), (pinpoint citation), ((date)).

EXAMPLE:

Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Ger. V. It.), 2012 I.C.J, 100, 140 (Feb. 3).

SUBSEQUENT CITATION:

WORLD COURT CASES AVAILABLE ONLINE

This rule applies only to world cases available in the official website of the ICJ or PCIJ, I.e., wwwicj-cij.org
FORMAT:

 No volume number
 Available at (internet address) (last accessed (date))

EXAMPLES:

Frontier Dispute (Burk. Faso v Niger.), Judgement, ¶ 34 (Apr. 16, 2013), available at www.icj-
cij.org/docket/files/149/17306.pdf (last accessed Jan. 22, 2014).

Maritime Dispute (Peru v. Chile), Judgement, ¶ (Jan. 27, 2014), available online at https://www.icj-
cij.org/files/case-related/137/137-20140127-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf (last accessed at Oct. 14, 2018).

SUBSEQUENT CITATION:

Format: (Short case title), ICJ (type of court document), pinpoint citation).

WORLD COURT ADVISORY OPINIONS

FORMAT:

(Case Title), Advisory Opinion, (volume number) (name of reporter) (first page of the report),
(pinpoint citation ((date)).

EXAMPLE:

Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 2004 I.C.J.
136, 158 (July 9)

The parties requesting the opinion are not listed.

SUBSEQUENT CITATION:

Follow the Rules on World Court Decisions (Rule 57) if the Advisory Opinion is cited from a reporter and
Rules on World Court Cases Available Online (Rule 58) if it is cited from the official website of the world
court.

COURT CASES BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

FORMAT:

(Case Title), (type of court document), (case number), (pinpoint citation) ((date))

EXAMPLE:

Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Decision on the Confirmation of Charges, Case No. ICC-01/12/15
¶ 20 (Mar. 24, 2016).

SUBSEQUENT CITATION:

Alhmad Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Case No. ICC-01/12/15 ¶ 45

COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) consist of separate courts:

 Court of Justice;
 General Court and;
 Civil Service Tribunal

Report of Cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance (ECR) - official reporter
of the first two courts

Reports of European Community Staff Cases – official reporter of the Civil Service Tribunal

EUR-Lex http://eur-lex.europa.eu - official publication of EU law and cases

Citation for CJEU cases in PRINT FORM

FORMAT:

(Case title), (case number), (year), ECR (volume number)-(first page of the report), (pinpoint citation)

B.F. Cadman v. Health and Safety Executive, Case C-17/05, 2006 ECR I-9608,¶ 9
Cases before Court of Justice are reported in Volume I while General Court cases are reported in Volume
II.

Case numbers before the Court of Justice begin with letter “C”; those before the General Court begin
with letter “T” and those before the Civil Service tribunal begin with letter “F”

SUBSEQUENT CITATION:

Format: (Short case title), (year) ECR (volume number)-(first page of the report)-(pinpoint citation)

COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

(Cases Available Online)

http://curia.europa.eu - official website of CJEU

http://eur-lex.europa.eu - EUR-Lex

FORMAT:

Type of Court document

 ECLI – European Case Law Identifier

 It may be used to search for CJEU cases
 CJEU (date)

(Case title), (type of court document), (case number, ECLI-(pinpoint citation) (CJEU- (date))

Sandy v. Siewart v. Condor Flugdienst GmbH, Order, Case C-394/14, EU:C:2014:2377, ¶ 19 (CJEU Nov.
14, 2014).

SUBSEQUENT CITATION:

(Short case title), (ECLI), pinpoint citation)

CASES BEFORE OTHER INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS AND AD HOC TRIBUNALS

FORMAT:

(Case title), (case number, if any), (matter of decision), type of court document), official reporter, if
any), (pinpoint citation), ((date))

EXAMPLE:

Velasquez Rodriguez, Inter. Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C), No. 4, Merits, Judgement, ¶ 3, (July 29, 2018)

SUBSEQUENT CITATIONS:

 (Short case title), (reporter). (pinpoint citation)

 (Short case title), (Case number) (pinpoint citation)
 (Short case title), Abbreviated name of judicial institution) (type of court document (pinpoint
citation)

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CASES

Cited analogously to World Court Decisions (Rule 57)

Award Relating to the Territory Ceded by Romania to Hungary, 28 R.I.A.A. 407, 420 (1940)

The indicated name of the parties may be used.

Do not indicate anymore the countries involved through parenetical when their names are already
evident in the case title.

For subsequent citations, follow Rule 57

Format: (Short case title), (volume number and name of reporter) (pinpoint citation)