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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand): On October 6, 1959, an application instituting proceedings against the Kingdom of Thailand was filed in the Registry of the Court by the Kingdom of Cambodia. In its application the Kingdom of Cambodia alleged that since 1949 the Kingdom of Thailand had persisted in the occupation of a portion of Cambodian territory—the area surrounding the Temple of Preah Vihear, a sacred place of pilgrimage and worship for the Cambodian people—and that in 1954 it had sent detachments of its armed forces into the territory in question. The Kingdom of Cambodia alleged also that its tide to sovereignty over the land had been established by treaties, that it had effectively exercised territorial powers, and that the Kingdom of Thailand had not performed any acts of sovereignty which would displace them. The Court was thus requested to adjudge whether or not the Kingdom of Thailand was under an obligation to withdraw its troops, and whether or not territorial sovereignty over the Temple of Preah belonged to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
1 International Court of Justice, Application Instituting Proceedings filed in the Registry of the Court on October 6, 1959, Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand); see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 59/44, October 7, 1959.
2 International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 59/38, September 17, 1959. For previous information on the case, see International Organization, Winter 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 1), p. 145CrossRefGoogle Scholar, and ibid., Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2). p. 308.
3 International Court of Justice, Communiqués No. 59/41, September 26, 1959; No. 59/42, October 3, 1959; No. 59/43, October 7, 1959; No. 59/44, October 7, 1959; No. 59/46, October 10, 1959; No. 59/48, October 17, 1959; No. 59/49, October 21, 1959; No. 59/50, October 24, 1959; No. 59/51, October 31, 1959; and No. 59/52, November 7, 1959.
4 Ibid., Communiqué No. 59/52, November 7, 1959.
5 Case Concerning the Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on December 23, 1906, Order of October 7, 1959: I.C.J. Reports 1959, p. 273Google Scholar; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 59/45, October 9, 1959. For the application instituting proceedings, see International Organization, Autumn 1958 (Vol. 12, No. 4), p. 532.Google Scholar
6 Case Concerning the Compagnie du Port, des Quais et des Entrepôts de Beyrouth and the Société Radio-Orient (France v. Lebanon), Order of October 15, 1959: I.C.J. Reports 1959, p. 280; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 59/47, October 17, 1959. For the application instituting proceedings, see International Organization, Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 308.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7 Case Concerning the Aerial Incident of July 27, 1955 (United States v. Bulgaria), Order of October 23, 1959; I.C.J. Reports 1959, p. 283. For previous information on the case, see International Organization, Autumn 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 4), p. 630.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
8 Case Concerning the Aerial Incident of November 7, 1954 (United States v. Soviet Union), Order of October 7, 1959: I.C.J. Reports 1959, p. 276; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 59/45, October 9, 1959. For previous information on the case, see International Organization, Autumn 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 4), p. 630.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
