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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Judgments of International Courts and Tribunals, Interpretation of

Karin Oellers-Frahm

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
February 2019

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2015. All Rights Reserved.date: 05 June 2020

Subject(s):
Interpretation of judgments — International organizations, practice and procedure

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law under the direction of Rüdiger Wolfrum.

1 According to a general principle, judgments of international courts and tribunals are final and without appeal unless otherwise provided (International Courts and Tribunals, Appeals). Judgments are binding upon the parties to the dispute and generate the res iudicata effect of the decision, one of the most essential and settled rules of the law of international tribunals. With a view to these principles, interpretation of a judgment cannot extend beyond what has been already decided in the original judgment. Thus, interpretation procedures may neither be used to...
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