ccDc€airig. their applJ,cau,o6 gal lat e4r!€tation ar€gi.va i.E the I. C.J.Yoalbook so.1. '1982 at pp.9o-to6. For a ooopJ.et€ list of, categpr{,es of bEtluoEBts ltlalSLEg for the ccotatious 03 ad\rlso:ry Jurlad,lctto of tfie Court Ee€ I.C.J. Tearbook J9€*Zm.50-55.A/4O/682 EngIlsh Page 9 iaterpretatl,on or appligatiou of the treaty or coff/,eatioB by the Court bad, b€eo ga?dlaUy oa thE d€cU.De. Indeed i"E alrcst al,I r".1 tilaterel i.nstruoats. adoptecl durilg the sittLes ia Codiflcatioa CoDfereaces th€ provlsior' for posslbla refeteuce of cllsputeo to the lateaatl.oaal Court of Justj,c6 had to be Jacorporated and placed !o the Optiona.l Plotocol tbeteto. llihis alevice $as €(Bployed., ll!€X -e!tg, irt the Vlenlla CoovqrtloD otr Dlplooatic lelations, 1951; tba Vl.srno Co,[veotior]. oa Colsular Il€:Latioas, 1951i the Yl@aa Ccnveotion oD law of, Treatlss, 1969t RF a,lso ln the Inte:latioa€l Cov€rr€nt on CiviJ, aDd poU.tical :!gUts12. ftris !.aE !e rriew of the f,act that the prsvlE:totl oD C'or:fb I s jurCsallctiotr r.ras not acceptable to a la.r:ge nr:uber of States participatJ.tcg j.u tbe Coaliflcatioa ConfereoceE. In fact dur1s8 th€ €EtstLes there had, be@ rr€alr few t:$atiea 'fiLch hev€ qoatabeil a c:Larrse for refero.ce of rlrsputeg to the. IGI, ard the positioa hag rot Loplored notnithst'd{ig tbe C@e!a]' As6€nb1y !€eolutioB ,2ta (ECX) r.rhlch r'ad d.raur th6 attentioa of Statee to the dlatage of, i.leoerti-ug i.a treaties clau.ses plovidlD6 for ths arrbd.sEion to the Courb of dieputes fltich Eay artee fmo the bt€ll)retetl@ or application of gr:cb treatieE. IEpal iUmutes uder lrtiole 1f (2) of the Statute I'3ticle J6(Z) ot tb6 Statute of the Coul't provld,es that the Statea pa:rtJ,ee @alr at aly tlae Aedare that tbey recogrdEe as coqtul Bor.trr, lp8o facto. anrl rrlthout sp6oial a€reoEEnt, j,a relatloa 12. S€e the Optloaal ?lotocol to the IntE!3a,tlooa.l Cov€clat oD G.rril and PoLitlcal Rlgbts, 1966, Arr,,ez to ca€rEl IF6@b1y Regolutlon 2200 (lm) of }eoeober 16, 1966,
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