paragraph 225 in volume 2, chapter 13, Matters of Jurisdiction
The question whether a party may raise a series of objections in successive phases of a case, and after the original time limit laid down in Article 79, paragraph 1, of the Rules, is not regulated by the Statute or Rules of Court. Any answer to it must be qualified. In the South West Africa (Second Phase) case the Court (by the casting vote of the President) found, after studying all the written pleadings and oral arguments of the parties, that
there was one matter that appertained to the merits of the cas…