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[Title] DECLARATION OF JAPAN RECOGNIZING THE COMPULSORY JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE 36, PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

[Place]
[Date] September 15, 1958
[Source] Syuyojyoyakushu, Heisei 10 nen Gekan, Gaimusho Jyoyakukyoku, pp.107-108.
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[Full text]

Your Excellency,

I have the honour, by direction of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to declare on behalf of the Government of Japan that, in conformity with paragraph 2 of Article 36 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, Japan recognizes as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other State accepting the same obligation and on condition of reciprocity, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, over all disputes which arise on and after the date of the present declaration with regard to situations or facts subsequent to the same date and which are not settled by other means of peaceful settlement.

This declaration does not apply to disputes which the parties thereto have agreed or shall agree to refer for final and binding decision to arbitration or judicial settlement. This declaration shall remain in force for a period of five years and thereafter until it may be terminated by a written notice.

I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration,

Your Excellency's obedient Servant.

Koto Matsudaira

Permanent Representative of Japan

to the United Nations

His Excellency

Mr. Dag Hammarskjold

Secretary-General of the United Nations

United Nations, 17, New York