International Court of Justice Rejects Libyan Request for Provisional Measures

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Wednesday, April 1, 1992
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
8
Issue: 
4
Pg. 148
Abstract: 
On April 14, 1992, the International Court of Justice in a 11 to 5 vote ordered in the case concerning Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention Arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriva v. United States of America) that the circumstances of the case are not such as to require the exercise of its power under Article 41 of the Statute to indicate provisional measures…[more]