Public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87

View of the ICJ courtroom at the start of the hearings

The Members of the Court at the start of the hearings

The President of the Court, HE Judge Iwasawa Yuji, at the start of the hearings

The Registrar of the Court, HE Mr Philippe Gautier, at the start of the hearings

Ms Tomi Kohiyama, Legal Adviser (International Labour Office)

Ms Tomi Kohiyama, Legal Adviser (International Labour Office)

Members of the Delegation of the International Trade Union Confederation

Mr Paapa Kwasi Danquah, Director of Legal and Human and Trade Union Right, International Trade Union Confederation (International Trade Union Confederation)

Mr Pierre Klein, Professor of International Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles (International Trade Union Confederation)

Ms Phoebe Okowa, Professor of Public International Law, Queen Mary University of London, member of the International Law Commission, associate member of the Institut de droit international, Advocate, High Court of Kenya (International Trade Union Confederation)

Mr Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, member of the Bars of the State of New York and of the District of Columbia (International Trade Union Confederation)

Members of the Delegation of the International Organisation of Employers

Mr Roberto Suárez Santos, Secretary-General (International Organisation of Employers)

Ms Michelle Butler, member of the Bar of England and Wales, Matrix Chambers (International Organisation of Employers)

Mr Anirudh Mathur, member of the Bar of England and Wales, Matrix Chambers (International Organisation of Employers)

Ms Rita Yip, member of the Bar of New Zealand, Senior Adviser (International Organisation of Employers)

Members of the Delegation of South Africa

HE Mr Vusimuzi Madonsela, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (South Africa)

Mr John Dugard, Counsel and Advocate (South Africa)

Mr Halton Cheadle, Counsel and Advocate (South Africa)

Members of the Delegation of Germany

Ms Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, Legal Adviser and Director-General for Legal Affairs, Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

Members of the Delegation of Australia

Mr Jesse Clarke, General Counsel (International Law), Office of International Law, Attorney-General’s Department (Australia)

Dr Stephen Donaghue KC, Solicitor-General of Australia (Australia)

Ms Kate Parlett, member of the Bar of England and Wales, Twenty Essex Chambers, London (Australia)

Members of the Delegation of Bangladesh

HE Mr Tareque Muhammad, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Bangladesh)

Mr Fabián Raimondo, Associate Professor of Public International Law, Maastricht University, member of the Bar of the City of La Plata, Argentina (Bangladesh)

Members of the Delegation of Colombia

HE Mr Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, Vice-Minister for Multilateral Affairs (Colombia)

Members of the Delegation of Brazil

Mr Marcelo Marotta Viegas, Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)

Members of the Delegation of Spain

Ms María José Ruiz Sánchez, State Attorney, Office of the Attorney General (Spain)

Mr Santiago Ripol Carulla, Professor of International Public Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Head of the International Legal Advisory Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (Spain)

Members of the Delegation of Indonesia

HE Mr Mayerfas, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Indonesia)

Members of the Delegation of Mauritius

HE Mr Muhammad Reza Cassam Uteem, Minister of Labour and Industrial Relations (Mauritius)

Ms Priya Veedu Ramjeeawon-Varma, Senior Counsel, Assistant Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General (Mauritius)

Members of the Delegation of Mexico

HE Ms Carmen Moreno Toscano, Ambassador of the United Mexican States to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Mexico)

Ms Alicia Patricia Perez Galeana, Deputy Legal Adviser “B”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

Mr Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mexico)

Members of the Delegation of Norway

Mr Kristian Jervell, Director-General, Legal Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

Members of the Delegation of Panama

HE Mr Javier Eduardo Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Panama)

Members of the Delegation of the United Kingdom

Mr Daniel Stilitz, KC, Barrister, member of the Bar of England and Wales, 11 King’s Bench Walk Chambers (United Kingdom)

Ms Philippa Webb, Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford, member of the Bar of England and Wales, and the Bars of the State of New York and Belize, Twenty Essex Chambers (United Kingdom)

Members of the Delegation of Egypt

Ms Jasmine Moussa, PhD, Minister Plenipotentiary, Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates (Egypt)

Members of the Delegation of Uruguay

HE Ms Alejandra de Bellis, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to the United Nations (Uruguay)

Members of the Delegation of Somalia

HE Ms Khadija Ossoble Ali, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Somalia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the European Union (Somalia)

Mr Guled Yusuf, Partner, A&O Shearman LLP (Somalia)

Members of the Delegation of Switzerland

Mr Franz Xaver Perrez, Head of the Directorate of International Law, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland)

Ms Valérie Berset Bircher, Ambassador and Head of International Labour Affairs, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Switzerland)

Members of the Delegation of Vanuatu

Ms Angelyne Glenda Dovo Roy, Attorney-General (Vanuatu)

Ms Murielle Metsan Meltenoven, Commissioner of Labour (Vanuatu)

Ms Florence Williams Samuel, Solicitor General (Vanuatu)

Members of the Delegation of International Cooperative Alliance

Mr Santosh Kumar Padmanabhan, Director of Legislation, International Cooperative Alliance (International Cooperative Alliance)

Mr Hagen Henrÿ, Chairperson, International Cooperative Alliance Cooperative Law Committee (International Cooperative Alliance)

Members of the Delegation of Business Africa

Mr Kaizer Moyane, Special Adviser, Business Africa (Business Africa)

Mr Paul Clark, member of the Bar of England and Wales, Garden Court Chambers (Business Africa)