paragraph 291 in volume 3, chapter 19, The Institution of Contentious Proceedings
It is not sufficient that a valid title of jurisdiction is invoked unilaterally. There has to exist at least a prima facie link between the subject of the dispute as set out in the instrument instituting the proceedings and the title of jurisdiction that is invoked. This is implicit in Articles 36 and 40 of the Statute read together. Article 38 of the Rules makes this specific when the case is instituted by an…