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I. MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS
1.0 International Court of Justice (ICJ)
See page 228.
2.0 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
Cite ITLOS decisions by title (italicized), name of the parties (in parentheses, italicized, and
separated by “v.”), nature of the decision (italicized), “Order of”, date (italicized), title of the
reporter in which the decision is published (“ITLOS Reports”), year, and page referenced:
M/V Saiga (No. 2), Provisional Measures, Order of 11 March 1998, ITLOS Reports 1998,
p. 24.
Southern Bluefin Tuna (Australia v. Japan; New Zealand v. Japan), Provisional
Measures, Order of 27 August 1999, ITLOS Reports 2000, p. 3.
The Mox Plant Case (Ireland v. United Kingdom), Order of 13 November 2001, ITLOS
Reports 2001, p. 5.
3.0 World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body (WTO-DSB)
See page 253.
4.0 Human Rights Commission (HRC)
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR),
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
and other international human rights commissions
4.1 Communications
Cite communications by committee, title of the communication (italicized), communication
number and year [“Communication no.” number/year] (in parentheses), and official source if
available (e.g., U.N. Document).
Human Rights Committee, Mikmaq Tribal Society v. Canada (Communication no.
205/1986).
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