Ireland v. United Kingdom ("MOX Plant Case")

The International Bureau served as registry in these arbitration proceedings initiated pursuant to Annex VII of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ("UNCLOS").

The arbitral tribunal consisted of:

    H.E. Judge Thomas A. Mensah (President)
    Prof. James Crawford, SC 
    Maître L. Yves Fortier CC QC
    Prof. Gerhard Hafner

 Rt Hon. Lord Mustill, PC 

 Sir Arthur Watts, KCMG QC (deceased November 16, 2007)
     

The following PDF documents pertaining to this arbitration can be downloaded:

    Rules of Procedure

    Written pleadings

    Ireland Memorial (segment 1)  
    Ireland Memorial (segment 2)  
    Ireland Memorial (segment 3)  
    Ireland Memorial (segment 4)  
    Ireland Reply
    UK Counter-Memorial

    UK Rejoinder (segment 1)
    UK Rejoinder (segment 2)

    Transcripts of hearings

    Day 1 - June 10, 2003
    Day 2 - June 11, 2003
    Day 3 - June 12, 2003
    Day 4 - June 13, 2003
    Day 5 - June 17, 2003
    Day 6 - June 18, 2003
    Day 7 - June 20, 2003
    Day 8 - June 21, 2003

    Procedural orders

    Order No. 1    

 Order No. 2     

    Order No. 3 

    Order No. 4 

    Order No. 5

    Order No. 6

    Press releases
    June 2, 2003  

    June 17, 2003     

    June 25, 2003  

    November 14, 2003

    February 21, 2007

    June 6, 2008

    Other

    President's Statement of June 13, 2003
    Ireland's Request for Provisional Measures  

Note: Certain material has either been excised or blacked-out for reasons of confidentiality. Ireland's Memorial and the UK's Rejoinder have been separated into smaller files (segments) enable faster downloading.