paragraph 150 in volume 2, chapter 9, Jurisdiction and Admissibility: General Concepts
Of what does this consensual basis consist?
Aside from the broad and conceptual differentiation between the conditions ratione personae and ratione materiae - including for this purpose limitations, conditions or reservations ratione temporis as a factor determining the scope of the jurisdiction (see § II.156 below) - necessary for the exercise of jurisdiction, the principle of the consensual basis of jurisdiction means that it is not sufficient to…