paragraph 303 in volume 3, chapter 20, The Written Proceedings and Related Matters

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Article 43 of the Statute is categorical in requiring that the procedure in a contentious case before the full Court shall consist of two parts, written and oral.¹ Article 43, paragraphs 1 to 4, provides:

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The procedure shall consist of two parts: written and oral.

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The written proceedings shall consist of the communication to the Court and to the parties of memorials, counter-memorials and, if necessary, replies; also all papers and documents in support.

3.

These communications sh…