Practice question
A public international organization cannot be a contentious party under Article 34(1). Counsel concludes it is therefore prohibited from supplying any relevant information to the Court. Which is correct?
- Article 34(2) separately permits the information role, so lack of party standing does not imply total exclusion.
- Only States may supply every kind of information under all provisions
- The organization must become a private corporation first
- The Court cannot receive any evidence
- Information submission automatically makes the organization a State
Legal references
- Statute of the International Court of Justice, Articles 34 and 65: https://legal.un.org/avl/pdf/ha/sicj/icj_statute_e.pdf
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