Practice question
A decisive fact is discovered eleven years after an ICJ judgment. The applicant files a revision request one week later and relies only on compliance with the six-month discovery period. What is correct?
- The ten-year outer limit still bars an Article61 application
- The recent discovery automatically removes every outer limit
- Any prompt request is always admissible
- The losing State may extend the limit unilaterally
- The Court must reverse without inquiry
Legal references
- ICJ Statute: https://legal.un.org/avl/pdf/ha/sicj/icj_statute_e.pdf Articles53 and61.
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