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III. The International Court of Justice
3. THE PROCEDURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
3.10. Provisional Measures
3.10.1. General Questions

¤ Passage through the Great Belt
(Finland / Denmark),
Provisional Measures,
Order of 29 July 1991,
I.C.J. Reports 1991, p. 12

[p. 16] 16. Whereas the power of the Court to indicate provisional measures under Article 41 of the Statute of the Court has as its object to preserve the respective rights of the parties pending the decision of the Court, and presupposes that irreparable prejudice should not be caused to rights which are the subject of dispute in judicial proceedings;