List of International Court of Justice Cases - Advisory Opinions

Advisory Opinions

These are opinions issued by the ICJ that do not have the effect of resolving a specific legal case, but merely advise on the constitutionality or interpretation of a law according to the ICJ's position.

• Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter) – Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1948 – General List No. 3 (1947–1948)
• Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 11 April 1949 – General List No. 4 (1948–1949)
• Competence of the General Assembly for the Admission of a State to the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 3 March 1950 – General List No. 9 (1949–1950)
• Interpretation of Peace Treaties with Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania – Advisory Opinion of 30 March 1950 (First Phase), Advisory Opinion of 18 July 1950 (Second Phase) – General List No. 8 (1949–1949)
• International Status of South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 11 July 1950 – General List No. 10 (1949–1950)
• Reservations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide – Advisory Opinion of 28 May 1951 – General List No. 12 (1950–1951)
• Effect of Awards of Compensation Made by the United Nations Administrative Tribuna – Advisory Opinion of 13 July 1954 – General List No. 21 (1953–1954)
• Voting Procedure on Questions relating to Reports and Petitions concerning the Territory of South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 7 June 1955 – General List No. 24 (1954–1955)
• Admissibility of Hearings of Petitioners by the Committee on South West Africa – Advisory Opinion of 1 June 1956 – General List No. 31 (1955–1956)
• Judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO upon Complaints Made against Unesco – Advisory Opinion of 23 October 1956 – General List No. 30 (1955–1956)
• Constitution of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization – Advisory Opinion of 8 June 1960 – General List No. 43 (1959–1960)
• Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, paragraph 2, of the Charter) – Advisory Opinion of 20 July 1962 – General List No. 49 (1961–1962)
• Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970) – Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971 – General List No. 53 (1970–1971)
• Application for Review of Judgement No. 158 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Advisory Opinion of 12 July 1973 – General List No. 57 (1972–1973)
• Western Sahara – Advisory Opinion of 16 October 1975 – General List No. 61 (1974–1975)
• Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt – Advisory Opinion of 20 December 1980 – General List No. 65 (1980–1980)
• Application for Review of Judgment No. 273 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Advisory Opinion of 20 July 1982 – General List No. 66 (1981–1982)
• Application for Review of Judgment No. 333 of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal – Advisory Opinion of 27 May 1987 – General List No. 72 (1984–1987)
• Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947 – Advisory Opinion of 26 April 1988 – General List No. 77 (1988–1988)
• Applicability of Article VI, Section 22, of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations – Advisory Opinion of 15 December 1989 – General List No. 81 (1989–1989)
• Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict – Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 – General List No. 93 (1993–1996)
• Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons – Advisory Opinion of 8 July 1996 – General List No. 95 (1995–1998)
• Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights – Advisory Opinion of 29 April 1999 – General List No. 100 (1998–1999)
• Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – Advisory Opinion of 7 July 2004 – General List No. 131 (2003–2004)