paragraph 272 in volume 3, chapter 17, The Bench
The drafting history of Article 31 of the Statute leaves unclear whether the authors had in mind States applying for permission to intervene under either of Articles 62 or 63 of the Statute. The problem arises both when the Court is deciding whether the request for permission to intervene or the declaration of intervention can be accepted, and when an intervention has already been admitted and the Court is dealing with a later phase of the…