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International Court of Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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Corfu Channel Case: At a public hearing on December 15, 1949 the International Court of Justice gave judgment in the last stage of the Corfu Channel Case between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of Albania. The two experts appointed by the Court to examine the figures and estimates of damages produced by the United Kingdom had reported on December 2, 1949 and had been further questioned by the judges. Because the Albanian government had failed to defend its case, procedure in default of appearance was brought into operation. After finding that the figures given by the United Kingdom government for the replacement of the destroyer Saumarez and for the damage sustained by the destroyer Volage were an exact and reasonable estimate of the damage sustained, and after finding the documents produced by the United Kingdom regarding deaths and injuries of naval personnel sufficient proof, the Court gave judgment in favor of the claim of the United Kingdom and ordered Albania to pay that country a total compensation of £843,947.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , May 1950 , pp. 310 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1950

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1 For previous action on this case, see International Organization, II, p. 117–8; III, p. 139–41, 334–37, 518–9; IV, p. 123.

2 ICJ Communique 49/26, December 15, 1949.

3 Ibid.

4 ICJ General List No. 7.

5 See International Organization, IV, p. 126.

6 For information on the request for this advisory opinion, see International Organization, IV, p. 124.

7 ICJ Communique 50/10, Februaiy 28, 1950.

8 Ibid., 50/12, March 1, 1950.

9 Ibid., 50/13, March 2, 1950.

10 Ibid., 50/19, March 30, 1950. For these four questions, see International Organization, IV, p. 124.

11 Ibid.

12 For the request for an advisory opinion from the Court on this matter, see International Organization, IV, p. 125.

13 ICJ Communique 50/7, February 16, 1950.

14 Ibid., March 3, 1950.

15 Ibid.

16 ICJ General List No. 10.

17 See International Organization, IV, p. 100.