Case concerning the aerial incident of 27 july 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria) (preliminary objections) Judgment of 26 May 1959

The case concerning the aerial incident of July 27th, 19SS (Israel v. Bulgaria), was submitted to the Court by an Application of the Government of Israel, on October 16th, 1957, relating to a dispute which had arisen with regard to the destruction, on July 27th, 1955, by the Bulgarian antiaircraft defence forces, of an aircraft belonging to El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. The Application invoked Article 36 of the Statute of the Court and the acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court by Israel, on the one hand, in its Declaration of 1956 replacing that of 1950, and by Bulgaria, on the other hand, in 1921. The Bulgarian Government had filed Preliminary Objections to the jurisdiction of the Court.

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