The Advisory Opinion was requested by the General Assembly of the United Nations. The ICJ were asked to consider the legal consequences arising under International law. James Crawford SC was counsel for Palestine.
The case was brought before the International Court of Justice by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) contending that NATO's Operation Allied Force had constituted a breach of International law. James Crawford SC appeared as counsel for Canada.
James Crawford SC was the President of the Tribunal in this dispute concerning a waste disposal enterprise. The Claimant alleged that the Government was liable under the North American Free Trade Agreement for the actions of state organs concerning their investment.
James Crawford SC was a member of the annulment committee in this dispute concerning water and sewer services concession agreements. The private parties claimed that the Argentine Republic had failed to prevent a local province from taking action which infringed their rights under the concession agreement and the bilateral investment treaty.
James Crawford SC and Philippe Sands QC were instructed as counsel for Albania in this ICSID arbitration on agricultural enterprise. Tradex referred the case to the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes asserting a claim for compensation for an alleged expropriation in Albania.
James Crawford SC was counsel for Malaysia in this application for interim measures in a case concerning land reclamation by Singapore in and around the Straits of Johor.
The case was referred to the International Court of Justice by Croatia, who contended that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) had violated the Genocide Convention 1948 through activities undertaken against Croatian citizens between 1991 and 1995. James Crawford SC is counsel for Croatia.
The case was referred to the ICJ by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who contended that Rwanda was responsible for the use of armed force on the territory of the DRC in violation of the UN Charter and the Charter of the Organization of African Unity. James Crawford SC represented Rwanda.
Australia and New Zealand requested interim measures for the protection of Southern Blue-Fin Tuna, a highly migratory fish species whose population the Applicants claimed were under threat due to Japan's unilateral fishing programme. James Crawford SC was Senior Counsel for Australia.
