The Procedure of the International Court of Justice

Abstract

Whereas the Special Agreement, according to both existing translations into the official languages of the Court already referred to, defines in Article 2 the questions submitted for decision, and provides in Article 1 that the Parties submit those questions to a Chamber of the Court composed of three members, and further that in addition, the Chamber shall comprise two judges ad hoc, who may have the nationality of the Parties; and whereas the Court understands the Special Agreement as requesting the Court to form a Chamber to deal with the case in accordance with Article 26, paragraph 2, of its Statute;

Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras) Constitution of Chamber, Order of 8 May 1987, I.C.J. Reports 1987, p. 10