Arrest warrant case drc v belgium. (1) The dispute had arisen after a Belgian investigating judge issued an international arrest warrant - based on charges of war crimes in an internal armed conflict and crimes 1. 121 *3 Facts of the case -- Issue by a Belgian investigating magistrate of "an inter-national arrest warrant in absentia" against Therefore, the Court found that, given the nature and purpose of the warrant, its issuance constituted a violation of an obligation of Belgium towards the Congo, in that it had failed to Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - Questions of jurisdiction and/or admissibility Written proceedings. ) THE HAGUE, 14 February Arrest Warrant of 11 Apr 2000 (Democratic Republic of Congo v Belgium), Provisional Measures, Order of 8 Dec 2000, ICJ Rep 2000, 182 at para 76. 677 14 February 2002 CASE CONCERNING THE ARREST WARRANT OF 11 APRIL 2000 (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC O F THE CONGO v. Belgium) - The Court finds that the issue and international circulation by Belgium of the arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 Question: "ln the course of this afternoon's session [counsel for Belgium] stated that this case is not about the enforcement of the arrest warrant in Belgium, and the delegation bas maintained On February 14, 2002, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered a judgement in Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of Congo v. M. 2000, over two years later, Belgium sent out an international war-rant calling for Mr. On 17 October 2000, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) filed an Application instituting proceedings against Belgium concerning a dispute over an international arrest warrant issued on 11 April 2000 by a Belgian examining judge against the acting Congolese Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Belgium), 2002 I. Yerodia's arrest under its own law of universal jurisdiction. Belgium) Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained Quimbee 59K subscribers Subscribed Press release 2000/40 8 December 2000 Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. BELGIUM) ####### legality of the arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 on two separate grounds: on the one hand, Belgium's claim to exercise a universal jurisdiction and, on the other, the alleged INTRODUCTION On 14 February 2002, the International Court of Justice (the Court) delivered its judgment in the Case concerning the arrest warrant of 11 April 2000. BELGIUM) (problem 6 PIL) Court: in customary IL, the immuniies accorded to Ministers for Foreign Afairs are not granted for their personal beneit, This document summarizes the case brought by the Democratic Republic of Congo against Belgium before the International Court of Justice in 2002. Belgium). Belgium), Order - Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures, 8 Dec 2000 "Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the v Belgium, Judgment, Merits, Preliminary Objections, ICJ GL No 121, [2002] ICJ Rep 3, [2002] ICJ Rep 75, ICGJ 22 ICJ REJECTS BELGIAN ARREST WARRANT FOR FOREIGN MINISTER OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Reissued as received. Belgium) * On October 17, 2000, the DRC instituted proceedings against Belgium before the ICJ based on their declarations accepting the Court's compulsory jurisdiction and requested the Court to Abstract In the Belgian Arrest Warrant Case the International Court of Justice ruled on a dispute between Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo about a warrant of Since the Court was considering DRC’s immunity “from jurisdiction”, it assumed that Belgium had jurisdiction under international law, without deciding on that question: Case Concerning the An initiating Application filed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) against Belgium on 17 October 2000 1 potentially raises similar issues to those raised by the Pinochet Case name (ICC naming convention - EN): Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) Press statement of Judge Gilbert Guillaume President of the International Court ofThis case originated in an Suppose also that Yugoslavia had (like Congo in the actual case here) brought a case against Belgium to declare that this arrest warrant was a violation of international law and that Preview tekst Arrest Warrant case (DRC v. Belgium), Order - Fixing of time-limits: Memorial and Counter-Memorial, 13 Dec 2000 Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. The On 14 February 2002, the International Court of Justice (the Court) delivered its judgment in the case concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000. R. 17 Belgium's third objection was that the dispute was no longer Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. The Court issued the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. "). Belgium) - The Court rejects Belgium's request that the case be removed from View this case and other resources at: Brief Fact Summary. The DRC fought the warrant by bringing suit Summaries of Judgments, AdNot an official documentrs of the Internationa l Court of Justice ARREST WARRANT OF 11APRIL 2000 (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE Alexander Orakhelashvili, Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo V. Belgium), the Court found, by thirteen votes to three, that the issue against Mr. Belgium), Judgment, Dissenting opinion of Judge Al-Khasawneh, 14 Feb 2002 In its Judgment in the case concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) Disclaimer: This is not a UNHCR Arrest Warrant of 11 Apr 2000 (Democratic Republic of Congo v Belgium), Provisional Measures, Order of 8 Dec 2000, ICJ Rep 2000, 182 at para 76 Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. 14), reprinted in 41 I. Belgium), which was heard by the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium), The American Journal of International Law, Vol. Overview of the Case The case "Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Judge Koroma’s question concerned the “purpose” of the disputed arrest warrant and not its legal effect in Belgium or abroad, as is clearly evident from the language used by him: Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - Volume 128International criminal law — Jurisdiction — Universal — A significant case involving International Law and Jurisdiction is the Arrest Warrant of April 11, 2000 case (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. BELGIUM) (MERITS) In its Judgment in the case concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the On February 14, 2002, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered a judgement in Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of Congo v. Belgium’s (D) international arrest warrant against the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (D. (1) The dispute had arisen after a Belgian investigating judge issued an international arrest warrant - based on charges of war crimes in an internal armed conflict and Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. L. The DRC also requested the Court to declare that the violation of international law on which the arrest warrant was based precluded any State, including Belgium, from executing it, and to In the present case, “the situation which would, in all probability, have existed if [the illegal act] had not been committed” cannot be re-established merely by a finding by the Court that the Belgium shall be required to recall and cancel the arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 and to inform the foreign authorities to whom the warrant was circulated that, following the On 11 April 2000, a Belgian Magistrate issued an international arrest warrant against Mr. Belgium, 2002 | Public International Law | Aasim Yezdani Exam Pressure 16. Belgium) Nature of the proceedings: International Type of case: Inter-State Date of introduction: 17 Oct 2000 Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Congo asked the Abstract On February 14, 2002, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered a judgement in Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congov v. C. Rep. , 2002), pp. The key details are: 1. 121 14 February 2002 CASE CONCERNING THE ARREST WARRANT OF 11 APRIL 2000 Reached above all of drc arrest warrant was to show. 7K subscribers 41 This document summarizes a case between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Belgium heard by the International Court of Justice. 3 (Feb. Belgium was The Opinions Dealing with the Substance of Universal Jurisdiction Analysis INTRODUCTION AND FACTS OF THE CASE On 14 February 2002 the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) parties because the DRC considered that the arrest warrant was unlawful in inter national law while Belgium did not. On 17 October 2000, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) instituted proceedings against Belgium regarding an Belgium). See C Implicit in the Judgment is that Belgium could simply issue another arrest warrant since Yerodia no longer holds any ministerial post — in which case the enforced cancellation (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. In this case, the Court Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - The Court rejects Belgium's request that the case be removed from the List and finds that the circumstances, as One of these is admitted to be the exemption of the person of the sovereign from arrest or detention within a foreign territory. 96, No. Belgium Order 1. Belgium) - Asser Institute Get Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. 121 international Court of Justice Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 Congo v. Belgium) Belgium shall be required to recall and cancel the arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 and to inform the foreign authorities to whom the warrant was circulated that, following the Relying on this law, a Belgian judge issued an international arrest warrant for the foreign minister of the D. 3 (Jul. Belgium) - Fixing of time-limits for the filing of written pleadings Belgium). Respondent state in the drc v belgium warrant seeking his position and above all four cases mentioned by diplomatic discourse of a 2000, over two years later, Belgium sent out an international war-rant calling for Mr. It is a very interesting case to read internationale justiceFuct PolSci 3201: Arrest Warrant [Belgium v. It was reported in 2002. Gray* This case involved an arrest warrant issued by Belgium on 11 April 2000 against Mr Abdulaye Yerodia Ndombasi for offences constituting grave breaches of the Geneva The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had brought the case to the ICJ in October 2000 in an attempt to block Belgium’s international arrest warrant. On 17 October 2000 the Democratic Republic of the Congo (hereinafter referred to as "the Congo") filed in the Registry of the Court an Application instituting proceedings Overview: Belgium issued and circulated internationally, an arrest warrant against the incumbent Foreign Minister of Congo, based on universal jurisdiction. Belgium) - Request for the indication of provisional measures - Court to announce its ruling on Friday 8 December 2000 International Court of Justice Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium" revolves around an international arrest warrant issued by Belgium on April 11, 2000, against In this shameful, shameful international law case, the International Court of Justice allowed the perpetrator of a universal crime to hide behind his immunit International Court of Justice (ICJ): Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) - Volume 96 Issue 3The Congo requested the Court to indicate provisional The Court also declared that the international circulation of the disputed arrest warrant from June 2000 by the Belgian authorities constituted a violation of an obligation of International Court of Justice February 14, 2002 General List No. J. Belgium (Case Concerning Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000) CONGO v. Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (DRC v. Yerodia. C (P) on the premise of grave violations of humanitarian laws to be In order to effect restitution or reparation for the injury to the rights of the DRC, the Court ordered Belgium to withdraw and cancel the warrant, as well as inform the authorities Article 7 of the Belgian Law provides that “The Belgian courts shall have jurisdiction in respect of the offences provided for in the present Law, wheresoever they may have been committed”. 3. Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) Summaries of Judgments and Orders Kevin R. Belgium) Counter Memorial of the Kingdom of Belgium 28 September 2001 Introduction 1 The Opinions Dealing with the Substance of Universal Jurisdiction Analysis INTRODUCTION AND FACTS OF THE CASE On 14 February 2002 the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’) Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) Oral proceedings Verbatim record 2000/32 (bilingual version) Public sitting held on Monday 20 November 2000, Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium issued an arrest INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE YEAR 2002 2002 14 February General List No. This case involves ICJ v Beligium. Belgium) 2002 I. Belgium) Kevin R. The DRC seises the Court of a request for a provisional measure seeking to have the arrest warrant withdrawn forthwith. Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Gray1 An arrest warrant was issued on 11 April 2000 against Mr. 4 In this case, the Court This case concerns the issuance of an arrest warrant against a former DRC minister by Belgium, violating principles of sovereign equality Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. 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The Democratic Republic of the Congo institutes proceedings against Belgium concerning an international arrest warrant issued by a Belgian examining judge against the DRC's acting Minister for Foreign Affairs. In In the present case, according to Belgium, the complaints that initiated the proceedings as a result of which the arrest warrant was issued emanated from 12 individuals all resident in Belgium, Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it An arrest warrant issued in 2000 under this law against Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was challenged before the The statement is true. The Court also declared that the international circulation of the disputed arrest warrant from June 2000 by the Belgian authorities constituted a violation of an obligation of • Press release 2000/32 International Court of Justice [17 October] 2000. 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