Landmark case · Public International Law · Semester 4

North Sea Continental Shelf (Federal Republic of Germany/Denmark; Federal Republic of Germany/Netherlands)

ICJ Reports 1969, p. 3 · International Court of Justice

The equidistance method in Article 6 of the 1958 Convention had not become customary law; delimitation follows equitable principles.

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Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(a) — International conventions
Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(b) — International custom as evidence of a general practice accepted as law
Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(c) — General principles of law recognised by civilised nations
Statute of the International Court of Justice, 38(1)(d) — Judicial decisions and teachings as subsidiary means