5. OPTIONAL PROTOCOL OF SIGNATURE CONCERNING 

 THE COMPULSORY SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES, 

 APRIL 29, 1958. IN FORCE, BUT NOT FOR THE UNITED 



STATES* 



Done at Geneva^ April 29^ 1958; Signed on heJialf of the United 

 States Septemher 15^ 1958 ; Rejected hy the Senate May 26, 1960; 

 Entered into force September 30, 1962. 



The States Parties to this Protocol and to any one or more of the 

 Conventions on the Law of the Sea adopted by the United Nations 

 Conference on the Law of the Sea held at Geneva from 24 February 

 to 27 April 1958, 



Expressing their wish to resort, in all matters concerning them in 

 respect of any dispute arising out of the interpretation or application 

 of any article of any Convention on the Law of the Sea of 29 April 

 1958, to the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of 

 Justice, unless some other form of settlement is provided in the Con- 

 vention or has been agreed upon by the Parties within a reasonable 

 period, 



Have agreed as follows : 



Article I 



Disputes arising out of the interpretation or application of any 

 Convention on the Law of the Sea shall lie within the compulsory 

 jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, and may accordingly 

 be brought before the Court by an application made by any party to 

 the dispute being a Party to this Protocol. 



Article II 



This undertaking relates to all the provisions of any Convention on 

 the Law of the Sea except, in the Convention on Fishing and Conserva- 

 tion of the Living Resources of the High Seas, articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, 

 to which articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 of that Convention remain applicable. 



Article III 



The Parties may agree, within a period of two months after one 

 party has notified its opinion to the other that a dispute exists, to 



*Source: 450 UNTS 169. 



States which are parties: Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, China, Colombia (with reserva- 

 tions), Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Rep., Finland, Prance, Germany, Fed. Rep. 

 (applicable to Land Berlin), Ghana, Haiti, Holy See, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, 

 Malta, Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Portugal, Sierra 

 Leone, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Yugoslavia. 



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