The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, delivered its order on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Equatorial Guinea in the case concerning Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France). In its order, the Court indicates, unanimously, that France shall, pending a final decision in the case, take all measures at its disposal to ensure that the premises presented as housing the diplomatic mission of Equatorial Guinea at 42 avenue Foch in Paris enjoy treatment equivalent to that required by Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, in order to ensure their inviolability.

Philippe Couvreur, Registrar of the ICJ, during the delivery of the Court’s decision.