paragraph 94 in volume 1, chapter 6, The Members of the Court
There is a distinction between the general incompatibilities applicable to all members of the Court, and specific grounds to make a member ineligible to sit in a particular case applicable on an individual basis to members of the Court (and to judges ad hoc), examined in chapter 17, § III.260. Articles 16 and 17 of the Statute, applicable to all members of the Court, lay down in general terms activities that are incompatible with the status of being a member of the Court.1 They give substance to the principle …