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Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]

Intervention: International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Matina Papadaki

Content type:
Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]
Article last updated:
May 2018

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved.date: 28 February 2020

Subject(s):
Third party participation — International courts and tribunals, procedure — Consent to jurisdiction — Erga omnes obligations

Published under the direction of Hélène Ruiz Fabri, with the support of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution, under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law.

1 Intervention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) (‘Court’) is an incidental proceeding which allows third States to participate in the contentious proceedings of the Court in order to inform it of, and protect, their own legal interests. This procedural institution cannot be used for interests that are not of a legal nature and which are not related to the interveners. This distinguishes it from amicus curiae (International Courts and Tribunals, Amicus Curiae), the main function of which is not to protect the interests of the amici, but rather to furnish...
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