INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

JUDGMENT OF 15 JUNE 1962
CASE CONCERNING THE TEMPLE OF PREAH VIHEAR
(CAMBODIA VS. THAILAND)

Present: President WINIARSKI; Vice-President ALFARO; Judges BASDEVANT, BADAWI, MORENO QUINTANA, WELLINGTON KOO, Sir Percy SPENDER, Sir Gerald FITZMAURICE, KORETSKY, TANAKA, BUSTAMANTE Y RIVERO, MORELLI; Registrar GARNIER-COIGNET.

In the case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear,
between
the Kingdom of Cambodia,

represented by
H.E. Truong Cang, Member of the Haut Conseil du Trône,
as Agent,
and by
H.E. Ouk Chhoum, Minister Counsellor at the Cambodian Embassy in France,
assisted by
Hon. Dean Acheson, Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States of America,
M. Roger Pinto, Professor at the Paris Law Faculty,
M. Paul Reuter, Professor at the Paris Law Faculty,
as Counsel,
and by
Mr. Brice M. Clagett, Member of the Bar of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia,
as Legal Adviser,
Colonel Ngin Karet, Director of the Survey Department of the Royal Khmer Armed Forces,
as Expert Adviser,
M. Chan Youran,
as General Secretary of the Delegation,
M. Chem Snguon,
as Deputy General Secretary of the Delegation,
and
the Kingdom of Thailand,
represented by
H.S.H. Prince Vongsamahip Jayankura, Ambassador of Thailand to the Netherlands,
as Agent,
assisted by
Mr. Seni Pramoj, Member of the Thai Bar,
M. Henri Rolin,
Honorary Professor of the Free University of Brussels, Advocate at the Court of Appeal of Brussels,
The Rt. Hon. Sir Frank Soskice, Q.C., M.P., former Attorney- General of England,
Mr. James Nevins Hyde, Member of the Bar of the State of York and Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States of America,
M. Marcel Slusny, Advocate at the Court of Appeal of Brussels,
Lecturer at the Free University of Brussels,
Mr. J. G. Le Quesne, Member of the English Bar,
as Advocates and Counsel,
and by
Lieutenant-General Busrindre Bhakdikul, Director-General, Royal Thai Survey Department, Ministry of Defence,
Mr. Suk Perunavin, Deputy Under-Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister,
Mr. Chinda Na Songkhla, Deputy Secretary-General of the Civil Service Commission,
Lieutenant-colonel Phoon Phon Asanachinta, Lecturer, School of Surveying, Royal Thai Survey Department, Ministry of Defence,
as Expert Advisers,
and by
Mr. Chapikorn Sreshthaputra, Chief of the Legal Division, Treaty and Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. David S. Downs, Solicitor, Supreme Court of Judicature, England,
as Juridical Advisers,
The Court, composed as above,
delivers the following Judgment:
By its Judgment of 26 May 1961, the Court rejected the first preliminary objection of the Government of Thailand and found that it had jurisdiction to adjudicate upon the dispute submitted to it on 6 October 1959 by the Application of the Government of Cambodia.
By Order of the same date, the Court fixed the time-limits for the further pleadings. The case became ready for hearing on the filing of the last pleading on 2 February 1962.
Public hearings were held on the following dates: 1-3 March, 5 March, 7-10 March, 12-13 March, 15-17 March, 19-24 March and 26-31 March 1962. At these hearings the Court heard oral arguments and replies by M. Truong Cang, Mr. Dean Acheson, M. Roger Pinto and M. Paul Reuter on behalf of the Government of Cambodia, and by Prince Vongsamahip Jayankura, Mr. Seni Pramoj, M. Henri Rolin, Sir Frank Soskice and Mr. James Nevins Hyde on behalf of the Government of Thailand.
At the hearings from 15 to 20 March 1962', the Court heard the evidence of the witnesses and experts, called by each of the Parties, in reply to questions put to them in examination and cross-examination on behalf of the Parties and by Members of the Court. The following persons gave evidence:

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