Case Analysis: The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases

Written by: Akula Sowkhya, B.B.A.LL.B, Christ Academy Institute of Law, Bengaluru

TITLE:

The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Germany/Denmark; Germany/Netherlands) ICJ Rep

3, ICGJ 150 (ICJ 1969)

BENCH & QUORUM:

There were 17 Judges in these cases

Jose Bustamante y Rivero (President), Vladimir Koretsky (Vice President), Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice, Kotaro Tanaka, Philip Jessup, Gaetano Morelli, Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Luis Padilla Nervo, Isaac Forster, Andre Gros, Fouad Ammoun, Cesar Bengzon, Petren Sture Petren, Manfred Lachs, Mosler (ad hoc for Germany), Max Sorensen (ad hoc for The Netherlands) JJ.

Keywords: Continental Shelf, Customary International Law, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Equitable Principles, Maritime Boundaries

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