paragraph 295 in volume 3, chapter 19, The Institution of Contentious Proceedings
By Article 26, paragraph 1 (b), of the Rules, the Registrar, under the supervision of the President and in such form as the Court may lay down, has to keep a General List of all cases, entered and numbered in the order in which the documents instituting proceedings or requesting an advisory opinion are received in the Registry.1 Immediately on receipt of a document instituting proceedings which meets the formal requirements, the Registrar has to open a folio in the …