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Preliminary Objections, Judgment of the ICJ, 24th May 2007. See also La Grand Case (Germany v USA) ICJ Reports
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This may be illustrated with the case of Peter Tatchell who has sought to have President Robert Mugabe of
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See generally Chapter II of the Statute of the ICJ dealing with the competence of the Court, especially Article 36(2).
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Article 65 of the Statute of the Court.
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Article 11 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998